Imagine, if you will, the study of history without reading — how much a sense of the past could you possibly have? The first chapter from World History For Dummies by Peter Haugen. A review of The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium. An interview with Judith Herrin on books on Byzantium. A review of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips. The introduction to Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present by Daniel Headrick. An interview with Simon Young on books on the Celts. A review of The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings by Robert Ferguson (and more and more). A review of The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor. A talk with Michael Haag, author of The

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