This book gives a broad historical sweep of plaques that have struck civilization from the earliest civilizations to the present day. Kenny gives interesting descriptions of how the various infectious diseases resulted in the winning of battles (Napoleon) and the conquering of empires (the A...
A systematic attempt to resurrect classical Greece was conducted through a gradually consolidation of a historical continuity. "When, within the context of the independence of national states from the great empires in the European area (Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian), architecture turned towards to the ...