| Description |
383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
ANCIENT WORLDS: 100,000 BC - AD 100, first civilizations. Hunters to farming -- Cities in the river valleys: Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley -- Good life as a gift of the Nile: Ancient Egypt -- Masters of the Aegean: Minoans and Mycenaeans -- People of Biblical times in the Near East -- A world behind walls: Ancient China -- Greek age of gold / Ancient Greece -- Imperial Rome (Roman empire) -- Iron age -- OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS, AD 100 - 1775, the medieval world. Byzantium (Byzantine empire) -- Saxons, Celts, Franks and Vikings -- Western Europe's Middle Ages -- Rise of Islam: Muslim empire in Asia -- Early America -- China and Japan -- Nation-states in Western Europe -- Serfs of the Tsar's empire: Russia in the Middle Ages -- THE MODERN WORLD, AD 1776 - 1900, revolutions in living and cultures in conflict. American Revolution and Europe -- The Industrial Revolution -- Western Europe in the 19th century -- Eastern Europe -- Africa, slaves and settlers -- Hindus and the Raj: India -- Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands -- The United States -- 100 innovations that have made life in the home and society more secure and agreeable. |
| Subject |
Social history.
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World history.
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Culture -- History.
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| Added Author |
Davidson, Michael Worth.
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Martin, Neal V.
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Reader's Digest Association.
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| Added Title |
Everyday life through the ages. |
| ISBN |
0276420357 |
| Standard No. |
9780276420351 |
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