Beskrivelse

Who were the Philistines?

What was the writing on the wall?

Why should you speak to a Samaritan?

Who was King Midas and what was the Gordian Knot?

Can you name the Lost Tribes of Israel?

Were the Vandals really vandals?

Did Goths wear black?

What was a Pyrrhic victory? How did the term arise?

Find the answers – and vivid tales of unsung peoples and migrating tribes who shaped out heritage – in this richly illustrated book, rangnin from Sargon of Akkad at civilization’s dawn to the barbarian invasions at the fall of Rome.