For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of CivilizationMadison Books, 27/12/1992 - 318 páginas A fascinating history... —Kirkus Reviews ...an acidly witty guide. —Wall Street Journal |
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... paid . The Assyrian terror - kings passed into history like a bad dream , leav- ing a record of ruthless terror - taxation that would qualify them as among the worst imperialists of all times . 17 Every vassal city was seeth- ing with ...
... paid . The Assyrian terror - kings passed into history like a bad dream , leav- ing a record of ruthless terror - taxation that would qualify them as among the worst imperialists of all times . 17 Every vassal city was seeth- ing with ...
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... paid their taxes , and entered into a tax treaty with the Babylonians . To prevent further tax defiance , Nebuchadnezzar selected a new Jewish king named Zedekiah . With a king of his own choosing , Nebuchadnezzar thought the situation ...
... paid their taxes , and entered into a tax treaty with the Babylonians . To prevent further tax defiance , Nebuchadnezzar selected a new Jewish king named Zedekiah . With a king of his own choosing , Nebuchadnezzar thought the situation ...
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... Ptol- emy freed all Jewish slaves in Egypt and paid for their freedom out of his treasury . Jewish loyalties , however , were inclined towards the Seleucid 35 4. Israel's Final Hour: From Hanukkah's Glory to Goliath's Triumph.
... Ptol- emy freed all Jewish slaves in Egypt and paid for their freedom out of his treasury . Jewish loyalties , however , were inclined towards the Seleucid 35 4. Israel's Final Hour: From Hanukkah's Glory to Goliath's Triumph.
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... paid to be on the side of the victor in the ancient world . Just as Third World countries played the USSR and the United States against each other for favors , so the smaller nations of the ancient world offered aid to big colonial ...
... paid to be on the side of the victor in the ancient world . Just as Third World countries played the USSR and the United States against each other for favors , so the smaller nations of the ancient world offered aid to big colonial ...
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... paid their taxes . " By the time he had made the rounds of all the cities of Syria , Samaria and Phoenicia , he had enough wealth to pay Ptolemy his full sixteen thousand talents plus an enormous profit to boot . Like his namesake in ...
... paid their taxes . " By the time he had made the rounds of all the cities of Syria , Samaria and Phoenicia , he had enough wealth to pay Ptolemy his full sixteen thousand talents plus an enormous profit to boot . Like his namesake in ...
Índice
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75 | |
The Middle Ages | 129 |
Russia Switzerland Spain and Germany | 167 |
The Ancien Régime | 217 |
After Magna Carta | 239 |
The Rocky Road of Early American Taxation | 297 |
The Monster that Laid the Golden Egg | 345 |
The Foursquare | 481 |
Notes | 485 |
Selected Bibliography | 509 |
Illustration Credits | 521 |
Index | 523 |
About the Author | 541 |
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For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization Charles Adams Pré-visualização limitada - 1993 |
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