The Times Atlas Of World History
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The Times Atlas of World History
Author: Times Books (Firm)
language: en
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
Release Date: 1984
Combines the visual detail of excitement of an atlas with a full-scale narrative of world history from the earliest times to the present. Contains over 600 maps and illustrations and 300,000 words of narrative, glossary, and index.
The Times Concise Atlas of World History
The study of world history - those great movements and conflicts which form man's collective memory - is essential for an appreciation of the world today. Illustrated with over 300 dynamic and colourful maps this superlative atlas makes a fascinating companion for anyone aspiring to understand the past and an ideal reference for all who study or enjoy history. The text is divided into four main sections covering history from the ancient to the modern world. Section one - Early Man and the Civilisations of the Ancient World - includes: the origins of man; man the hunter; the ice age; stone age cultures; the agricultural revolution; early civilisations (including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece, India, and China); world religions and the Roman empire. Section two - Decline and Recovery: the emergence of a new world - covers: the Barbarian invasions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam; Medieval Europe; the Imperial dynasties of China; and early peoples of Africa and the Americas. The Rise of the West looks at: European voyages of discovery and expansion overseas; colonial America; the expansion of Russia; the struggle for empire; the age of revolution and Napoleon; the expansion of the United States; the Industrial Revolution; European colonialism; the world economy; and the First World War. The Modern World concludes the book, discussing: the Russian and Chinese revolutions; the modernisation of Japan; the Great Depression; the Second World War; retreat from empire; the development of the superpowers; the Cold War; and the world in the 1980s.
The New Atlas of World History
The first and only atlas to present global history in a series of uniform world-to-view maps, this groundbreaking volume allows complete and instant comparison between different periods and regions."--Book cover