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3、isive Battles of World HistoryTaught by Professor Gregory S.AldreteUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINGREEN BAYLECTURE TITLES1.What Makes a Battle Decisive?2.1274 B.C.KadeshGreatest Chariot Battle3.479 B.C.PlataeaGreece Wins Freedom4.331 B.C.GaugamelaAlexanders Genius5.197 B.C.CynoscephalaeLegion vs.Phalanx6.31
4、 B.C.ActiumBirth of the Roman Empire7.260110 B.C.ChinaStruggles for Unifi cation 8.636 Yarmouk&al-QadisiyyahIslam Triumphs9.751 Talas&1192 TarainIslam into Asia10.1066 HastingsWilliam Conquers England11.1187 HattinCrusader Desert Disaster12.1260 Ain JalutCan the Mongols Be Stopped?13.1410 Tannenberg
5、Cataclysm of Knights14.Frigidus,Badr,DiuObscure Turning Points 15.1521 TenochtitlnAztecs vs.Conquistadors 16.1532 CajamarcaInca vs.Conquistadors17.1526&1556 PanipatBabur&Akbar in India18.1571 LepantoLast Gasp of the Galleys19.1592 SacheonYis Mighty Turtle Ships20.1600 SekigaharaSamurai Showdown21.16
6、83 ViennaThe Great Ottoman Siege22.1709 PoltavaSwedens Fall,Russias Rise23.1759 QuebecBattle for North America24.1776 TrentonThe Revolutions Darkest Hour25.1805 TrafalgarNelson Thwarts Napoleon26.1813 LeipzigThe Grand Coalition27.1824 AyacuchoSouth American Independence28.1836 San JacintoMexicos Big
7、 Loss 29.1862 AntietamThe Civil Wars Bloodiest Day30.1866 KniggrtzBismarck Molds Germany31.1905 TsushimaJapan Humiliates Russia32.1914 MarneParis Is Saved33.1939 Khalkhin GolSowing the Seeds of WWII34.1942 MidwayFour Minutes Change Everything35.1942 StalingradHitlers Ambitions Crushed36.Recent&Not-S
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12、146166NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 1 F R O M T H E E D I T O RWhether a novel,a movie,or a television showthere is nothing like a good story.Combine compelling characters with dramatic conflict,and audiences will devour each installment until they know the ending.In terms of storytelling,it would see
13、m that fiction might have an edge over nonfiction.Knowing the ending can sap a story of its suspense.For instance(spoiler alert),it is very well known that Octavian defeats Antony and Lepidus to become Romes first emperor.When looking at his regal statues and imperial monuments,that victory can seem
14、 almost preordained.But history has an edge here:To the men who lived it,nothing was certain.The real threats faced by Octavianhis great-uncles murder,the challenge to his status as Julius Caesars heir,and all the revolts,riots,and betrayals that followedreveal how precarious his outcome was.The num
15、erous obstacles he overcame highlight the exceptional character at the center of his story,who persisted despite having no idea how things were going to turn out.Amy Briggs,Executive Editor WINNERTAKESROMEOCTAVIANTHEILIADANEPICTALEOFWARANDPEACEDANGEROUS ENDEAVORSTHEFIRST VOYAGE OFCAPTAINCOOKEGYPTSRE
16、BELQUEENSFIGHTING FOR THE KINGDOMIts Alive!The Birth of Mary Shelleys FrankensteinPLUS:EXECUTIVE EDITOR AMY E.BRIGGSDeputy Editor VICTOR LLORET BLACKBURNText Editor JULIUS PURCELL Editorial Consultants JOSEP MARIA CASALS(Managing Editor,Historia magazine),IAKI DE LA FUENTE(Art Director,Historia magazine)Design Editor FRANCISCO ORDUAPhotography Editor MERITXELL CASANOVASContributorsMARC BRIAN DUCKETT,SARAH PRESANT-COLLINS,THEODORE A.SICKLEY,JANE SUNDERLAND VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGERJOHN M