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Hemos complicado excesivamente el estudio del pasado dando mayor importancia a opiniones e intereses nacionalistas, religiosos y morales, relegando los hechos históricos a un segundo plano y subordinandolos a los intereses del sistema que pretende educarnos. Es hora de simplificar y respetar a nuestros antepasados esforzandonos por aprender lo que realmente sucedio en el pasado, no solo lo que el sistema pretende informarnos. Despues de tantos años de estudiar historia, he llegado a la conclusion de que la mejor manera de conocer el pasado es a traves de una cronologia imparcial y objetiva que coloque cada acontecimiento en su lugar exacto en el tiempo y revele la historia sin manipulaciones ni medias verdades. Esta cronologia es la obra de referencia mas completa, transcurre año tras año, en la medida de lo posible, desde la prehistoria hasta el presente. Para aquellos que prefieran un estudio mas profundo y detallado, he creado una segunda cronologia, que abarca dia a dia desde 1789 hasta 1946, dividida en cuatro colecciones.

Hemos complicado excesivamente el estudio del pasado dando mayor importancia a opiniones e intereses nacionalistas, religiosos y morales, relegando los hechos históricos a un segundo plano y subordinandolos a los intereses del sistema que pretende educarnos. Es hora de simplificar y respetar a nuestros antepasados esforzandonos por conocer lo que realmente sucedio en el pasado, no solo lo que el sistema quiere informarnos. Despues de muchos años estudiando historia, he llegado a la conclusion de que la mejor manera de conocer el pasado es a traves de una cronologia imparcial y objetiva que coloque cada acontecimiento en su lugar exacto en el tiempo y revele la historia sin manipulaciones ni medias verdades. Esta cronologia es la obra de referencia mas completa, transcurre año tras año, en la medida de lo posible, desde la prehistoria hasta el presente. Para aquellos que prefieran un estudio mas detallado, he creado una segunda cronologia, que abarca dia a dia desde 1789 hasta 1946, dividida en cuatro colecciones.

Hemos complicado excesivamente el estudio del pasado dando mayor importancia a opiniones e intereses nacionalistas, religiosos y morales, relegando el hecho histórico a un segundo plano, subordinándolo a los intereses del sistema que controla nuestra educacion. No podemos aceptar esa manipulacion, es nuestro deber librarnos de las cadenas falsamente culturales por respeto hacia nuestros antepasados. Despues de muchos años estudiando Historia, he llegado a la conclusion de que la mejor manera de conocer el pasado es a traves de una cronologia imparcial y objetiva que coloque cada acontecimiento en su lugar exacto en el tiempo y revele la historia sin manipulaciones ni medias verdades. Cronologias siempre fueron un complemento secundario en los metodos tradicionales de estudio, pero en mis libros constituye el centro de la narrativa, una obra de referencia completa que transcurre año a año, en la medida de lo posible, desde la prehistoria hasta el presente. Para aquellos que prefieran un estudio mas detallado, he organizado una segunda cronologia, que abarca dia a dia desde 1789 hasta 1946, dividida en cuatro colecciones.

"Paulina Machuca sostiene elocuentemente que los desastres no son naturales, sino que son un producto social. El desastre de 1645, cuando un gran terremoto destruyó tres cuartas partes de Manila, tardo setenta años en gestarse. El colonialismo español transformo un asentamiento de paja y madera en una ciudad de piedra y tejas, haciendolo aun mas vulnerable. Este proceso se repitio, en mayor o menor medida, en todo el archipielago. Machuca cuenta esta historia con detalles convincentes: la tragedia de esa fatidica noche, la forma en que se reconstruyo la ciudad, las lecciones aprendidas o desaprendidas, como la poblacion local aprovecho la oportunidad para rebelarse contra los intrusos del otro lado del oceano y las razones por las que la gente penso que ocurrio el terremoto. La historia de Filipinas, sostiene, esta estrechamente ligada a sus propiedades sismicas. Es una historia fascinante y ella la cuenta con gran erudicion y perspicacia. Tambien es una contribucion importante a la historia moderna temprana de Filipinas y a la de España en el Pacifico. Asimismo, hay lecciones, afirma ella, en esta historia a las que hariamos bien en prestar atencion en el mundo demasiado fragil de hoy. Me inclino a estar de acuerdo con ella" (Greg Bankoff, autor de Cultures of Disasters: Society and Natural Hazards in the Philippines).

El segundo kirchnerismo (2008-2015) tuvo una determinación estratégica: sostener una serie de objetivos políticos que remitían a un proyecto de país, aun cuando eso supusiera entrar en conflicto directo con la elite economica, con los intereses de ciertas empresas transnacionales y con sectores del poder financiero global. Es decir, los gobiernos de Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner se propusieron mantener un proyecto politico y social a pesar de que tales sectores le hicieron saber que ya no lo acompañarian, y redoblar la apuesta ante las presiones crecientes para que lo abandone. Para sustentar esa conviccion, ademas, fue precisa una convocatoria a la movilizacion popular, la busqueda de una nueva alianza politico-social de gobierno y la generacion de una corriente politica propia.El periodo delimitado por los años 2008 y 2015, al que identificamos como "segundo kirchnerismo", es quizas la etapa de la historia reciente sobre la que aun existen menores niveles de acuerdo en su interpretacion. Este libro de Ulises Bosia ofrece una clave de lectura para afrontarla.Ulises Bosia es Profesor de enseñanza media y superior en Filosofia (UBA). Especialista y magister en Historia Economica y de las Politicas Economicas (UBA). Coautor junto con Itai Hagman del libro La izquierda y el nacionalismo popular, ¿un divorcio inevitable? (Colihue, 2017). Ensayista y articulista en diversas publicaciones y medios de comunicacion. Docente part-time y militante nacional-popular. Coordina el Instituto Democracia - Fundacion Igualdad. En twitter es @ulibosia.

The Mughal Empire is remembered for Taj Mahal splendor and Akbars tolerance, but its real story lies in how provincial governors, revenue collectors, textile merchants, and regional nobles negotiated power across a subcontinent for over three centuries. This book traces how the empire functioned beyond Delhis court, examining the administrative systems, economic networks, and cultural exchanges that made Mughal rule possibleand the local resistances that eventually unmade it.Drawing on Persian chronicles, regional archives, European trading company records, and archaeological evidence, the narrative follows the empires evolution from Baburs 1526 conquest through Aurangzebs overextension to the 1857 collapse. It explores how Akbars mansabdari system transformed Central Asian military traditions into bureaucratic governance, how Gujarati and Bengali merchants financed imperial expansion through textile trade, and how Rajput, Maratha, and Sikh communities maintained autonomy while participating in Mughal institutions.The book reexamines familiar monuments through the lens of those who built them: the stonecutters who carved Fatehpur Sikri, the miniature painters who documented court life in multiple artistic traditions, and the farmers whose surplus funded architectural ambitions. It traces how Mughal syncretism emerged not from imperial decree but from daily interactions between Persian officials, Hindu revenue administrators, and local power brokers managing diverse populations.Relevant for readers interested in how empires govern multicultural territories, how economic systems enable political control, and how regional forces shape and ultimately outlast centralized authority.

Ancient Egyptian culture appears exotic to modern eyesanimal-headed gods, elaborate mummification, towering templesbut beneath these striking visuals lay a coherent worldview that governed everything from farming schedules to legal disputes. This book explores how the concept of maat (cosmic order, truth, justice) functioned as the organizing principle of Egyptian civilization for three millennia.Through temple records, household artifacts, tomb inscriptions, and legal papyri, the narrative reveals how Egyptians understood their relationship with the divine not as distant worship but as daily maintenance of universal balance. Priests calculated festival dates to align earthly rhythms with celestial movements. Farmers timed planting to the Niles flood cycle, seen as the gods gift requiring human reciprocity. Even criminal punishment aimed to restore maat rather than simply punish wrongdoing.The book examines religious practice across social classesfrom royal mortuary cults requiring hundreds of priests to village shrines where families left offerings for local deities. It traces how beliefs about the afterlife shaped architecture, art, literature, and social obligations, making "religion" inseparable from what we might call economics, politics, or ethics. Death preparation wasnt morbid obsession but logical extension of a worldview where existence continued if proper order was maintained.

The pyramids stand as Egypts most iconic monuments, but their story begins long before the first stone was laid. This book traces how pharaohs consolidated religious and political power through generations of institution-building, ritual innovation, and social reorganizationtransformations that made monumental architecture possible.Drawing on archaeological evidence from predynastic settlements to the Old Kingdoms zenith, the narrative follows the evolution of kingship itself: from regional chieftains to divine rulers who commanded the resources, labor systems, and ideological frameworks necessary for pyramid construction. Palace archives, temple inscriptions, and burial practices reveal how pharaohs positioned themselves as essential mediators between gods and mortals, turning abstract authority into concrete stone.The book examines not just royal ambition but the communities who quarried limestone, transported blocks, and sustained construction sites for decades. It reframes the pyramids as culminating expressions of centralized power rather than spontaneous wondersmonuments that required centuries of groundwork in governance, theology, and social hierarchy.

The Ottoman Empire is often reduced to military conquest and eventual decline. Yet this rise-and-fall narrative overlooks what sustained an empire across six centuries and three continents: sophisticated administrative systems that adapted to diverse populations, legal frameworks balancing Islamic law with local customs, and diplomatic networks managing relationships with European powers, Persian rivals, and internal religious communities.This book reexamines Ottoman governance through administrative records, court documents, tax registers, and diplomatic correspondence. It traces how the empire integrated Christian and Jewish subjects through the millet system, how provincial governors negotiated between central authority and local realities, and how economic pressuresshifting trade routes, military costs, debt to European creditorsgradually undermined institutional capacity.By focusing on administrative practice rather than dramatic events, this work reveals the empires actual mechanisms of survival and transformation. It explores how Ottoman institutions managed religious diversity, territorial expansion, and eventual contractionoffering insight into the gap between imperial ambition and governmental reality. The question becomes: not why the empire fell, but how it endured as long as it did.

The Silk Road is romanticized as a continuous route carrying exotic goods between East and West. Yet this linear narrative overlooks the complex reality: dozens of interconnected trade networks operated by merchants who rarely traveled the entire distance, goods changing hands through multiple intermediaries, and thriving cities sustained by the infrastructure of caravanserais, currency exchange, and legal frameworks protecting foreign traders.This book traces the Silk Road through merchant letters, customs records, archaeological evidence from trading posts, and travelers accounts. It examines how Buddhist monks, Nestorian Christians, and Muslim scholars moved alongside commodity tradersspreading religious ideas, artistic techniques, and scientific knowledge. The focus extends beyond silk and spices to include the translators who made commerce possible, the banking systems financing long-distance trade, and the steppe nomads whose political stability determined whether caravans could safely pass.By analyzing the practical mechanics of cross-continental exchange, this work reveals how the Silk Road functioned as an economic and cultural system rather than a single path. It explores how goods, ideas, technologies, and diseases traveled through human networksshowing that connection, not isolation, defined pre-modern civilizations.

"The Living Wall The massive hedge planted to tax salt in India" uncovers one of the most colossal and forgotten structures in human history: The Great Hedge of India. In the mid-19th century, the British colonial administration grew a barrier of thorny bushes and trees that stretched for over 2,500 mileslonger than the Great Wall of Chinaacross the heart of India.Historian Silas Flint explains the purpose of this botanical monster: greed. It was the physical enforcement of the "Inland Customs Line," designed solely to prevent the smuggling of untaxed salt. The book describes the army of 12,000 men who patrolled the hedge, seizing salt from starving peasants."The Living Wall" is a testament to the absurdity of bureaucracy. It shows how an empire used nature itself as a weapon of taxation, creating a barrier that divided a subcontinent, only to be abandoned and forgotten when the tax laws changed.

"The Tea Poison How Britain drugged an empire to pay for cheaper tea" connects your morning cup of Earl Grey to one of the largest state-sponsored drug cartels in history. In the 18th century, Britain was addicted to Chinese tea but had nothing China wanted in return, draining the British treasury of silver. The solution found by the East India Company was evil genius: Opium.Historian Caleb Winter details how Britain grew opium in India and smuggled it into China to hook the population. When China tried to ban the drug to save its people, Britain declared war in the name of "free trade." The resulting Opium Wars humiliated China and handed Hong Kong to the British."The Tea Poison" is a dark history of globalization. It reveals the moral cost of consumerism, showing how the polite British tea habit was directly funded by the mass addiction and destruction of Chinese society.

"The City of Darkness The lawless high-rise where 33,000 people lived without government" explores the strange existence of the Kowloon Walled City. Until its demolition in 1993, this 6-acre patch of land in Hong Kong was the most densely populated place on Earth. Due to a diplomatic loophole, neither Britain nor China claimed jurisdiction over it.Author David Block details the organic growth of this "architectural tumor." Buildings were stacked atop one another without blueprints, connected by a maze of dripping pipes and dark alleyways where sunlight never reached. Inside, triads ran opium dens next to unlicensed dentists and noodle factories. Yet, amidst the crime and squalor, a tight-knit, functioning community emerged."The City of Darkness" is a study of human adaptability. It shows how order can emerge from total anarchy and how a society functioned for decades without police, taxes, or building codes, creating a cyberpunk reality before the genre even existed.

"The Deadly Bottle The marketing error that started a revolution" recounts the "Number Fever" disaster of 1992. Pepsi launched a promotion in the Philippines: look under the bottle cap, and if you find the number 349, you win 1 million pesos. A computer glitch printed 800,000 winning caps instead of two. Half the population of the Philippines thought they were millionaires.Journalist Marcus Cap describes the chaos when Pepsi refused to pay. Riots erupted, delivery trucks were burned, and grenades were thrown into Pepsi offices, killing five people. The "349 Alliance" waged a years-long war against the corporation."The Deadly Bottle" is a cautionary tale about the power of hope in a poor society. It illustrates how a simple printing error can escalate into civil unrest when a corporation breaks a promise to millions of desperate people.

"The Bloody Spice The genocide committed for a nut that cures the plague" tells the dark micro-history of the nutmeg. In the 17th century, nutmeg grew only on the tiny Banda Islands in Indonesia and was worth more than gold, rumored to cure the Bubonic Plague. To secure a monopoly, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) did not just trade; they enslaved and massacred almost the entire indigenous population of the islands.Historian Emily Thorne traces the brutal economics of the spice trade. She details the pivotal moment when the Dutch traded the island of Manhattan (then a small outpost) to the British in exchange for the island of Run, just to control the nutmeg supply."The Bloody Spice" is a stark reminder of how consumer demand in Europe led to atrocities on the other side of the world. It reveals the blood that stains the history of global commerce and connects the spice in your pumpkin pie to one of historys first corporate genocides.

Hemos complicado excesivamente el estudio del pasado dando mayor importancia a opiniones e intereses nacionalistas, religiosos y morales, relegando los hechos históricos a un segundo plano y subordinandolos a los intereses del sistema que pretende educarnos. Es hora de simplificar y respetar a nuestros antepasados esforzandonos por aprender lo que realmente sucedio en el pasado, no solo lo que el sistema pretende informarnos. Despues de tantos años de estudiar historia, he llegado a la conclusion de que la mejor manera de conocer el pasado es a traves de una cronologia imparcial y objetiva que coloque cada acontecimiento en su lugar exacto en el tiempo y revele la historia sin manipulaciones ni medias verdades. Esta cronologia es la obra de referencia mas completa, transcurre año tras año, en la medida de lo posible, desde la prehistoria hasta el presente. Para aquellos que prefieran un estudio mas profundo y detallado, he creado una segunda cronologia, que abarca dia a dia desde 1789 hasta 1946, dividida en cuatro colecciones.

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Antiquities of the Jews, composed in twenty books around 93 CE, surveys Jewish history from creation to the eve of the revolt, recasting biblical narratives and later traditions for a Greco-Roman readership. Written in Koine with the apparatus of Hellenistic historiographyproems, digressions, genealogies, speechesit blends paraphrase with commentary, harmonizing Scripture with reason and stressing the antiquity and rationality of the Law. Josephus draws on the Septuagint, priestly lore, and archives, often expanding episodes with explanatory ethnography. Flavius Josephus, born Yosef ben Matityahu of priestly stock, fought in the First JewishRoman War before surrendering, prophesying Vespasians rise, and entering Flavian patronage in Rome. Writing in Greek with assistants, he aimed to vindicate Jewish traditions after the revolts catastrophe. His position as insider-turned-mediatorPharisaic training, aristocratic education, and access to Roman archivesshaped a project dedicated to Epaphroditus that both defends his people and negotiates imperial sensibilities. This classic is indispensable for biblical scholars, classicists, and historians of Second Temple Judaism, offering unique extra-biblical notices (John the Baptist, James, the contested Testimonium) and a window onto diaspora apologetics. Read with critical attention to purpose and rhetoric; with modern translations and notes, it remains a rewarding, essential companion to the Hebrew Bible and early Christianity.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

The History of England: All Six Volumes gathers David Humes sweeping narrative from Roman conquest to the Revolution Settlement of 1688, interweaving political events with changes in manners, religion, and commerce. Written in lucid, balanced prose, the work rejects triumphalist Whig teleology, testing chronicles against evidence and probability. Humes portraits of Tudor and Stuart monarchsHenry VIIIs statecraft, Elizabeths prudence, Charles Is tragic rigidityanchor broader reflections on constitutional change, religious zeal, and the growth of civil society. Its blend of philosophical skepticism with narrative elegance made it the quintessential Enlightenment national history. A leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, Hume approached history as a "science of man," refining the empiricism of his Treatise and Essays through archival labor. His tenure as Keeper of the Advocates Library in Edinburgh furnished unparalleled access to manuscripts, while his desire for wider readership and financial independence spurred the project. Cosmopolitan experiences in France and Britain, and his suspicion of religious enthusiasm, shaped his evenhanded yet controversial reassessment of the Stuarts and the constitutional myths of post-1688 Britain. Scholars, students, and curious readers will find a lucid companion to modern researchat once critical, pleasurable to read, and foundational to British historical writing.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

The Other Side of the Mountain offers a granular compendium of Mujahideen tactical vignettes from the SovietAfghan War. Organized by mode of combatambushes, raids, sieges, mining, interdiction, and defensethe cases pair clear maps and order-of-battle notes with concise narratives and after-action reflections. The prose is spare, field-focused, and analytic, situating each fight in its terrain, tribal, and logistical setting. As a deliberate counterpoint to Soviet-framed studies, it reconstructs guerrilla decision-making, highlighting decentralized command, improvisation, and the operational effects of mobility, sanctuary, and anti-air tactics. Ali Ahmad Jalali brings the vantage of an Afghan military professional and scholar who straddled soldiering, analysis, and governance. His service in Afghanistans armed forces, long experience as a journalist and analyst, linguistic reach, and stewardship of the Interior Ministry afforded rare access to commanders, fighters, and archives. That access grounds the books rigorously sourced vignettes and judgments, transforming oral recollections into teachable, context-rich doctrine for irregular warfare. This volume is indispensable for officers, historians, and policy practitioners seeking to understand how small units prevail in harsh, politically complex environments. Read it to test doctrine against lived combat, see tactics nested in culture and terrain, and draw durable lessons without romanticizing insurgency.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.