A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world. In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Sus

Chronicles the period between the 4th and 12th centuries, when religion became the justification for political and military action, a time that included the dev

A chronicle of the years between 1100 and 1453 describes the Crusades, the Inquisition, the emergence of the Ottomans, the rise of the Mongols, and the inventio

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te

From Jericho to Troy, medieval Europe knew siege warfare as a tradition of antiquity. Long before the advent of city culture, rivaling civilizations had relied