文档介绍：Battles that Changed History
Battles that
Changed History
An Encyclopedia of World Conflict
Spencer C. Tucker
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Tucker, Spencer, 1937–
â Battles that changed history : an encyclopedia of world conflict / Spencer C. Tucker.—
1st ed.
ââ p. cm.
â Includes bibliographical references and index.
â ISBN 978-1-59884-429-0 (hard copy : alk. paper)
â ISBN 978-1-59884-430-6 (ebook)
â 1. Battles—Encyclopedias.â 2. Battles—History—Encyclopedias.â 3. Military history—
Encyclopedias.â I. Title.
â â 2010
â '8—dc22
2010032810
15â 14â 13â 12â 11â 1â 2â 3â 4â 5
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Contents
List of Battles, ix
Preface, xv
Battles, 3
Bibliography, 605
Index, 631
vii
List of Battles
Battle of Megiddo (May 1479 BCE)â 3 Battle of Cannae (August 2, 216
Battle of Kadesh (1298 BCE)â 4 BCE)â 49
Siege of Troy (1194–1184 BCE)â 5 Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BCE)â 52
Battle of Thymbra (546 BCE)â 7 Battle of the Metaurus River
(207 BCE)â 55
Siege of Babylon (539–538 BCE)â 9
Battle of Zama (202 BCE)â 58
Battle of Marathon (490 BCE)â 11
Battle of Gaixia (December 202
Battle of Thermopylae (ca. August 19,
BCE)â 60
480 BCE)â 15
Battle of Pydna (June 22, 168
Battle of Salamis (ca. September 20,
BCE)â 63
480 BCE)â 18
Siege of Carthage (14