From Oxford University Press: "Very Short Introductions offer concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable to develop your core knowledge." The short books in this series provide an excellent overview of broad topics. They books are located near the main desk in the library and their call numbers have a prefix of BIC so you know where to look for them.
Hinduism: a Very Short Introduction
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The first emperor : China's Terracotta Army
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Khubilai Khan's lost fleet : in search of a legendary armada
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The troubled empire : China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties
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Zheng He : China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433
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China's last empire : the great Qing
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Hatchepsut : the female pharaoh
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The great Maya droughts : water, life, and death
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Palenque : eternal city of the Maya
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Maya art and architecture
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The lost chronicles of the Maya kings
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World religions : a historical approach
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Islam : origins, practices, holy texts, sacred persons, sacred places
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A history of God : the 4000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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A history of Islamic societies
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The origins of the modern world : a global and environmental narrative from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century
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Empire's twilight : northeast Asia under the Mongols
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Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia
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From Mesopotamia to Iraq : a concise history
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The ancient Indus : urbanism, economy, and society
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The history of Africa : the quest for eternal harmony
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South Africa in world history
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The river sea : the Amazon in history, myth, and legend : a story of discovery, exploration, and exploitation
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Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization : the evolution of an urban landscape
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A to Z of women in world history
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The ancient world at war : a global history
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A global history of war : from Assyria to the twenty-first century
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A cultural history of climate
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Silk road : a new history
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