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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xix, 284 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This world history is not dominated by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science.
Author
Language
English
Description
Originally written in 1921 for the authors grandchildren, Hendrik Willem van Loons The Story of Mankind has charmed generations with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Rather than the dry recitation of events so common in school textbooks, van Loons witty, amiable tone animates the story of human history as a grand and perpetually unfolding adventure. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, van...
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 36 cm.
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations present an overview of such important historical topics as the Roman Empire, the First Crusade, the fall of the Aztecs, the Moghul Empire, and the French Revolution.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
History doesn't just happen! It is made by real-life superstars. Read about the good deeds of Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela, the evildoings of Genghis Khan, Hitler, and Stalin, and the superbrainy thinking of Archimedes, Marie Curie, and Einstein.
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Combines information from four previously published atlases into one volume, covering the history of human civilization from the ancient world to the modern era and examining religion, exploration, war, colonization, kingdoms, and technology.
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