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Pub. Date
April 2020
Edition
First Anchor books edition.
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The great vanishing -- Alexandria -- Baghdad -- C�ordoba -- Toledo -- Salerno -- Palermo -- Venice -- 1500 and beyond.
"The foundations of modern knowledge--philosophy, math, astronomy, geography--were laid by the Greeks, whose ideas were written on scrolls and stored in libraries across the Mediterranean and beyond. But as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Description
In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors--Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda--grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities,...
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