National Geographic ATLAS of world history
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©1997Description: 400 p.: illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cmISBN: 9780792270485; 0792270487Subject(s): World history | Historical geography | Civilization -- HistoryDDC classification: 909 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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