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Government Leaders, Military Rulers and Political Activists an encyclopedia of people who changed the world

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport Oryx Press 2001Description: x, 245 p. : ill. 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781573561532
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920.02TES
Summary: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leading America from a wheelchair; Genghis Khan, conquering Central Asia until he died in a riding accident; Nelson Mandela, teaching freedom through prison walls: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 leaders, rulers, and activists from around the world. The volume includes lesser-known, yet important, individuals such as Chin Shih Huang, the emperor who reunified China, and Hatshepsut, queen of ancient Egyptian dynasty. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, illuminating their enduring impact on the common understanding, and fundamental themes, of human existence.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 920.02TES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000500

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leading America from a wheelchair; Genghis Khan, conquering Central Asia until he died in a riding accident; Nelson Mandela, teaching freedom through prison walls: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 leaders, rulers, and activists from around the world. The volume includes lesser-known, yet important, individuals such as Chin Shih Huang, the emperor who reunified China, and Hatshepsut, queen of ancient Egyptian dynasty. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, illuminating their enduring impact on the common understanding, and fundamental themes, of human existence.

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