| Description |
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
How this book works -- 570 MYA-40,000 BC: introduction to human history -- 40,000-5000 BC: early people -- 5000-1200 BC: first civilizations -- 1200-500 BC: traders and warriors -- 500 BC-AD 1: the growth of empires -- AD 1-400: decline of the ancient world -- 400-800: religious worlds -- 800-1000: new nations -- 1000-1200: monks and invaders -- 1200-1400: conquest and plague -- 1400-1500: the expansion of knowledge -- 1500-1600: the great rulers -- 1600-1700: age of enquiry -- 1750-1800: the age of revolution -- 1800-1850: independence and industry -- 1850-1900: the rise of nationalism - 1900-1919: the world goes to war -- 1919-1946: peace and war -- 1946-2000s: one world -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
A visual, chronological journey into the world's past from the origins of life on earth to the 2000s. |
| Subject |
World history -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Simon, 1955-
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Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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| Cover Title |
History of the world |
| ISBN |
9780756631444 |
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0756631440 |
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