The Timetables of History, New 4th Revised Edition A Horizontal Linkage of People & Events
The world-famous reference that tells who did what when from 4500 BC to the present day, now updated for the 21st century. A unique encyclopedic book - rewarding, informative, entertaining. The Wall Street Journal. A vast and absorbing resource, the fourth edition of The Timetables of ™History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously from the dawn of history to the present day. With nearly 100 pages of new material including recent breakthroughs in science and technology, new achievements in the visual arts and music, milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning, the rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historical figures, and landmarks in the drama of daily life around the world.
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The world-famous reference that tells who did what when from 4500 BC to the present day--now updated for the 21st century.
A unique encyclopedic book--rewarding informative entertaining.--The Wall Street Journal
A vast and absorbing resource, the fourth edition of The Timetables of ™History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening at the same time from the dawn of history to the present day.
With nearly 100 pages of new material, including:
- Recent breakthroughs in science and technology
- New achievements in the visual arts and music
- Milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning
- The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historical figures
- Landmarks in the drama of daily life around the world
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Subject: History
Brand: Aladdin
Publisher Date: 09/13/2005
Author: Bernard Grun
Dimensions: 11.0 x 8.5 x 1.7
UPC: 9780743270038
Pages: 848
