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Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War provides a broad overview of war throughout world history, from ancient times to present, with a special emphasis on its causes and repercussions. In two volumes, the set is organized chronologically, by war, into chapters. Chapters include: Assyrian Conquests (853 B.C. to 612 B.C.); Greek-Persian Wars (5th century B.C.); Conquests of Alexander the Great (4th century B.C.); Roman Conquests (3rd-1st centuries B.C.); Invasions of Rome (4th and 5th centuries A.D.); Expansion of Islam (7th-11th centuries); Viking Raids & Norman Conquests (8th-11th centuries); The Crusades (1099-1291); Mongol Conquests (13th-14th centuries); Hundred Years Wars (1337-1453); Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire (14th-17th centuries); Mogul Conquest of India (1526-1707); Conquest of the Americas (15th-16th centuries); Religious Wars in Europe (16th-17th centuries); Japanese Feudal Wars (16th century); Thirty Years War (1618-1648); English Civil War (1642-1651); Dynastic Wars of Europe (1688-1748); Seven Years War (1756-1763); American Revolution (1775-1781); French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815); American Civil War (1861-1865); Crimean War (1854-1856); South American Wars of Liberation (19th century); European Wars of Empire (includes Boer Wars; 19th-early 20th century); World War I (1914-1919); Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); World War II (1939-1945); Korean War (1950-1953); Post-Colonial Wars (1940s-1970s); Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988); Terrorism. Each chapter includes an introductory essay on the war followed by entries grouped under consistent subheads: Overview, Major Figures, Major Battles, Key Elements of War Craft, and Impact. Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War consists of approximately 400 entries, including subject entries and biographies that average about 1,000 words; 300 images, including maps; a chronology; a glossary; sources for further study; and a general index.