| Description |
416 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
First societies: Prehistory-500 B.C.E.: Ice ages -- Essay: Human migration -- Birth of writing -- Essay: Ancient summer -- Civilization in the Indus Valley -- Lost world of the Minoans -- Essay: Journey to the hereafter -- China's origins unearthed -- Tomb of Tutankhamun -- Olmec of Mesoamerica -- Essay: Birth of monotheism -- Phoenician seafarers -- Kingdom of Israel -- Hinduism: At one with the universe -- Celts: Europe's metalsmiths -- Nubian kingdom of Africa -- Etruscans: lovers of life -- Explorers of Oceania -- Classical Age 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.: Zoroastrianism -- Roots of democracy -- Essay: Might of Persia -- Nok -- Library of Alexandria -- Hannibal -- Essay: Tiger of Qin -- Brothers Gracchi -- Julius Caesar -- Rebellion of the Trung sisters -- Masada -- Essay: Frozen in time: Pompeii 79 C.E. -- Art of the Moche -- Rise of Christianity -- Nazca lines -- Teotihuacan -- India's golden age -- Fall of Rome -- Faith and power 500-1000: Easter Island -- Buddhism spreads east -- Essay: Silk Road -- China's Grand Canal -- Rise of Islam -- Split between Sunni and Shiite -- Caddo Confederacy -- Essay: Maya chronicles -- Arab sea traders -- Monastic life in Europe -- Emperor Charlemagne -- Cyrillic alphabet -- Viking raiders -- Treasures of the desert -- Cahokia mound builders -- Holy Roman Empire -- Essay: Islamic arts and sciences -- Song Dynasty -- Invasions and advances 1000-1500: Judaism moves west -- When the Moors ruled Spain -- William the Conqueror -- Age of Chivalry -- Invention of gunpowder -- Essay: Glory of Angkor -- Lion and the sultan -- Essay: Ancient cities in stone -- Jain Temples: sanctuaries for the nonviolent -- Way of the Samurai -- Marco Polo -- Gothic cathedrals -- Essay: Mali's kingdom of gold -- Chimu society of Peru -- Merchants of Venice -- Aztec empire -- Revolution in publishing -- Columbus discovers the new world -- Converging worlds 1500-1750: Portugal sets sail -- Essay: Genius of the Renaissance -- Cortes the Conqueror -- Spanish Inquisition -- Mining the new world -- Essay: Ottoman Empire -- Germ warfare -- Armada's last stand -- Emergence of Russia -- Northwest Passage -- Warrior queen of Ndongo -- Ireland invaded -- Sir Isaac Newton -- Essay: Splendor of the Mughals -- Asante unite -- Salem witch trials -- Caste system -- Indian wars -- Empires and revolutions 1750-1900: Age of Reason -- Chief Pontiac's rebellion -- Essay: Trade in human flesh -- American Revolution -- Revolution in the arts -- French Revolution -- Conquests of Napoleon -- Rise of the Zulus -- Freedom for South America -- Trail of Tears -- Irish potato famine -- Taiping rebellion -- Darwinism -- Essay: Brother against brother -- Scramble for Africa -- Essay: Manhattan melting pot -- Building the Brooklyn Bridge -- Persecution of Russia's Jews -- Global conflict 1900-1950: New world of flight -- Beginnings of modern art -- Building the Panama Canal -- Essay: Death in the trenches -- Russian Revolution -- Jazz age -- Black Tuesday on Wall Street -- Hitler's rise to power -- Sino-Japanese War -- Battle of Britain -- Pearl Harbor -- Siege of Stalingrad -- Italian Campaign -- Island fighting -- Essay: D Day -- Atomic bombs fall on Japan -- Essay: Holocaust -- Gandhi -- Toward a new world order 1950-present: Korean War -- Conquering Everest -- Rock-and-roll -- Spy games -- End of Camelot -- Arab-Israeli wars -- One giant leap -- Essay: At a loss in Vietnam -- Women's rights -- Cambodia's killing fields -- Revolution in Iran -- Japan's economic miracle -- Global AIDS crisis -- End of apartheid -- Essay: Lure of city life -- Man versus Machine -- Terror's breeding ground -- Essay: Tsunami. |
| Subject |
Chronology, Historical.
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| Added Author |
Kagan, Neil.
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| Added Title |
Concise history of the world |
| ISBN |
0792283643 |
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9780792283645 |
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