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_bGRO
100 _aGrove, Noel
245 _aNational Geographic ATLAS of world history
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bNational Geographic Society,
_c©1997.
300 _a400 p.:
_billustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
500 _aIncluding Index
505 _a1. 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.
520 _aEach 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.
650 _aWorld history.
650 _aHistorical geography.
650 _aCivilization -- History.
942 _cPR
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