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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Traces the course of human history from prehistoric times to the present day, analyzing the common themes, threads, forces, and factors that have shaped human life--including climate, ecology, disease, and geology--and examining human accomplishments, from the technological innovations that changed the world to key cultural, social, artistic, and intellectual achievements.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author of A Treasury of Royal Scandals Michael Farquhar uncovers an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, and unadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year in this engrossing compendium of history's worst moments. From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, Bad Days in History delves into the past to present 365 delightfully told tales of historically bad days. Michael Farquhar's...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the history of Empire with the Akkadian civilization, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next the narrative describes how a great deal of Western Classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyad Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural...
Author
Publisher
Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine traveling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadores, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered. From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Witness the vast sweep of world history. Dive into every period of human history and experience the great cultures of the world in this magnificent new illustrated history of civilization. From the emergence of Homo sapiens to the establishment of the United Nations, from ancient Jericho to the Arab Spring, this beautifully illustrated volume illuminates the grand procession of history around the world. Filled with exquisite maps, inspiring photographs,...
Author
Publisher
Perseus Running [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other. As Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected and the Western narrative drove the other one under. The West hardly noticed, but the Islamic world found the encounter profoundly disrupting. This book reveals the parallel “other” narrative of world history...
52) The great big book of horrible things: the definitive chronicle of history's 100 worst atrocities
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them. Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University's department of comparative literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
This three-part course provides a survey of the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe. It begins with the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era and ends with the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century.
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