40,000 BC to Present Day.
The Most Comprehensive, Illustrated History of the World.
What is Serbia's place in history? Did Christopher Columbus "discover" America" What were people's first homes like? This single volume is packed with information to explain these and many other questions. Our lives are still heavily influenced by the events of history and an appreciation of these will help us to understand the concerns of the world today.
Features:
- Essays on important events in history, illustrated with full colour reconstructions and important artefacts.
- An illustrated running timeline providing information about dates and developments from 40,000 BC to the present day.
- Subject symbols appearing next to three important categories of entry on the timeline: Arts, Developments in Science and Technology, and Main Battles.
- Fascinating details and dates about the people who have helped to shape our world by their actions, including biography boxes that link the events to the personalities that were involved.
Thematic features in each time period provide an overview of important developments in that period. The ten themes are: Arts and Crafts - Buildings - Communication and Transport - Food and Farming - People - Religion - Society and Government - Science and Technology - Trade - War and Weapons. Each of these ten chapters begins with an introduction to the time period, with an at-a-glance overview of the important dates and a world map summarising the changes that took place during that time period.
Also included are:
- Boxed features that provide details of the various plants and commodities that have driven trade through the ages, and tell some of the "stories" associated with historical events.
- Over 2,500 illustrations.
- Cross-references and a comprehensive index.
