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Rediscovering Europe: How Italy Became Italy
Italy is the birthplace of the Renaissance, the birthplace of Baroque art, and the cradle of Western civilization. Today's Italians have a strong sense of pride. Just a few place names like Tuscany, Milan, Rome, and Venice can reveal a lot of cultural information. Drawing on a large number of traveler diaries, memoirs and letters throughout history, Jeremy Black explains Italy's past of more than two thousand years in simple words, from the rise of Rome to the enslaved unified country, to the fa
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Rediscovering Europe: How Spain Became Spain
Spain, known as a powerful country, has been recovering lost territory for more than a thousand years? Why did an empire on which the sun never sets rise to its peak and then decline? Cervantes' drama had already predicted this? Spanish people are passionate, but their rulers are Machiavellian? It is said that Spain has developed transportation, but at one time they could only ride donkeys when going out? Harsh environment and historical wars, what exactly shaped Spain? Renowned historian Jeremy
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