For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of CivilizationMadison Books, 1999 - 541 páginas The very word taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. Charles Adams changes that in this newly revised and enlarged edition of his fascinating history. Taxation, says Adams, has been a catalyst of history, a powerful influence on and sometimes the direct cause of many of the famous events that have marched across the world's stage as empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser. For Good and Evil is the first book to examine how taxation has been a key factor in world events. Like the Rosetta Stone - itself a tax document - the book sheds fresh light onto much of history. |
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... took place in Egypt under the rule of the Ptolemies . When Alexander the Great spread Greek culture throughout the known world around 340 B.C. , he did not include in his package the ideals of Greek democracy and freedom from direct ...
... took place in Egypt under the rule of the Ptolemies . When Alexander the Great spread Greek culture throughout the known world around 340 B.C. , he did not include in his package the ideals of Greek democracy and freedom from direct ...
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... took a neutral position and offered to mediate a peace treaty be- tween Rome and Macedonia . The Romans looked upon this neutrality as an act of treachery for an ally they had richly rewarded . The Rhodi- ans misjudged Roman power , and ...
... took a neutral position and offered to mediate a peace treaty be- tween Rome and Macedonia . The Romans looked upon this neutrality as an act of treachery for an ally they had richly rewarded . The Rhodi- ans misjudged Roman power , and ...
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... took my departure , and I acted as he had commanded me , and when I returned , I had not reduced the yield of the land tax at all.4 A similar policy of common sense was introduced when the Moslems took over Egypt . At that time the ...
... took my departure , and I acted as he had commanded me , and when I returned , I had not reduced the yield of the land tax at all.4 A similar policy of common sense was introduced when the Moslems took over Egypt . At that time the ...
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From Hanukkahs Glory to Goliaths | 35 |
Tyranny and Taxes | 53 |
Part II | 75 |
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