World history

《FACTopia》歷史特輯帶你穿越時空，發掘數百則令人驚嘆的歷史知識。從隱藏的古墓、幽靈船、煮蛇毒湯，到武士、造雪機、寵物獅子、神秘金字塔、祕密密碼與燃燒火球，甚至木製泳衣與璀璨寶石，這些看似毫不相干的事物，都在書中被巧妙串連成知識之網。讀者可在不同分岔點選擇前進或回溯，探索另一條時空路徑。全書以《大英百科全書》驗證事實，搭配幽默插圖，讓歷史變得驚喜又有趣。📖 亮點★ 跨越時空的歷史冷知識★ 多路徑閱讀，探索自由多變★ 插圖活潑，增添趣味性In this blast-from-the-past adventure you’ll discover hundreds of the most mind-blowing facts from history. Hidden tombs, ghostly ships, boiled vipers, samurai warriors, snow machines, pet lions, hidden pyramids, secret codes, flaming fireballs, wooden swimsuits, sparkling jewels and many more are all woven together in this ingenious web of connected facts. And there isn’t just one trail through these facts.Sometimes your path branches, and you can choose to fast forward or rewind to a completely different (but still connected) part of history. Where will your curiosity take you?

The objectives of this book are twofold. First, it provides an accessible introduction to the vast literature dedicated to the study of public opinion. Examining how its influence on diplomacy has bee

The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—our proprietary relationship with the land—through human history, how it has shaped us and what it wil

For the first time, Britain and the United States in Greece provides an in-depth analysis of Anglo-American diplomacy in Greece from 1946 to 1950. After Word War II, as Europe floundered economically,