National Geographic ATLAS of world history

Grove, Noel

National Geographic ATLAS of world history - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©1997. - 400 p.: illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Including Index

1. Early Man to 500 B.C. : The ancient world --
2. 500 B.C. to A.D. 500 : The classical age --
3. 500 to 1400 : Isolated realms --
4. 1400 to 1700 : New links and contacts --
5. 1700 to 1900 : Quickening change --
6. Twentieth century vanishing empires.

Each of this book's six sections, arranged chronologically, opens with a world map that shows developments at various points of the compass, along with an essay about what was happening and why. Cross-cultural time lines run through the book like a thick thread, tying all of history together.

9780792270485 0792270487


World history.
Historical geography.
Civilization -- History.

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