The Dorling Kindersley history of the World
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The Dorling Kindersley history of the World
（A Dorling Kindersley book）
Dorling Kindersley, 1998
Rev. ed.
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Includes index
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Description
Approaching history from an international perspective, this book - organized chronologically - uses a continuous timeline to make the passage of time and events accessible and clear. The book is divided into 20 chapters, each opening with a world map, and an illustrated timechart highlighting the events of that period, so that the reader is able to see at a glance what was happening simultaneously across five continents. Maps, charts, artefacts and photographs are used throughout.
Table of Contents
- Prehistoric peoples (40000-10000 BC) early farmers and settlers (10000-5000 BC)
- the first civilizations (5000-1200 BC)
- traders and warriors, (1200-500 BC)
- the growth of empires (500 BC to AD 1)
- the decline of the ancient world (1-400)
- religious worlds (400-800)
- new nations (800-1000)
- monks and invaders (1000-1200)
- conquest and plague (1200-1400)
- the expansion of knowledge (1400-1500)
- the great rulers (1500-1600)
- commerce and colonies (1600-1700)
- the age of enquiry (1700-1750)
- the age of revolution (1750-1800)
- independence and industry (1800-1850)
- the rise of nationalism (1850-1900)
- peace and war (1900-1946)
- one world (1946-present).
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