But most of all this is a balanced history—political, military, social, constitutional—of the thirteen colonies from the French and Indian War in 1763 to Washington’s inauguration in 1789.

But the core of the book is devoted to Washington's career as a leader -- as commander of chief of the Continental Army, his victories & defeats, & his central role in the formation of the new nation.

The fourth millennium BC was a critical period of socio-economic and political transformation in the Iranian Plateau and its surrounding zones.

Traces the development of thought through historical movements and periods from 1500 to 1830.