History Year By Year The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World
Smithsonian history year by year
Dr. Fiona Coward, Dr. Jen Green, Philip Parker, Joel Levy, Thomas Cussans, Dr. Carrie Gibson, R.G. Grant, Sally Regan, Richard Beatty.
- New York, NY DK Publishing 2024
- 512 pages color illustrations, color maps 29 cm
Includes index. Previously printed as Timelines of History.
8 million years ago [MYA]-3000BCE : Human origins -- Colonizing the planet -- Prehistoric peoples -- 3000-700 BCE : Early civilization -- Story of writing -- Ancient Empires -- Ancient Egypt -- 700 BCE -599CE : Classical Age -- Ancient Greece -- Story of metalworking -- Story of money -- Rise of the Roman Empire -- Ancient Rome -- Classical trade -- 600-1449 : Trade and invention -- Vikings -- Islamic world -- Aztecs, Incas, and Maya -- Story of printing -- 1450-1749 : Reformation and exploration -- Voyages of exploration -- Story of astronomy -- Edo period -- Mughal Empire -- Renaissance -- Story of arms and armor -- Rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire -- Story of navigation -- Story of agriculture -- 1750-1913 : Age of Revolution -- European nation states -- Story of steam power -- Story of medicine -- Indigenous Americans -- Story of electricity -- American Civil War -- Qing Dynasty -- Colonial World -- Story of the car -- 1914-2017 : Technology and superpowers -- Great War [World War I] -- Soviet propaganda -- World War I -- Story of flight -- Story of communication -- War in Europe -- War in the Pacific -- World War II -- Space Race -- End of empire -- Story of genetics -- Collapse of the USSR -- European Union -- Global economy -- Rulers and leaders -- History in figures -- Wars -- Explorers -- Inventions and discoveries -- Philosophy and religion -- Culture and learning -- Disasters.
Relive history as it happened with this new, revised American edition. Year by year from the origins of our earliest African ancestors right up until the present day, this book covers the history of cultures and nations around the world in amazing visual detail.
9780744091991
Chronology, Historical.
World history.
D11 / .T538 2024
j902.02 His 29
Includes index. Previously printed as Timelines of History.
8 million years ago [MYA]-3000BCE : Human origins -- Colonizing the planet -- Prehistoric peoples -- 3000-700 BCE : Early civilization -- Story of writing -- Ancient Empires -- Ancient Egypt -- 700 BCE -599CE : Classical Age -- Ancient Greece -- Story of metalworking -- Story of money -- Rise of the Roman Empire -- Ancient Rome -- Classical trade -- 600-1449 : Trade and invention -- Vikings -- Islamic world -- Aztecs, Incas, and Maya -- Story of printing -- 1450-1749 : Reformation and exploration -- Voyages of exploration -- Story of astronomy -- Edo period -- Mughal Empire -- Renaissance -- Story of arms and armor -- Rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire -- Story of navigation -- Story of agriculture -- 1750-1913 : Age of Revolution -- European nation states -- Story of steam power -- Story of medicine -- Indigenous Americans -- Story of electricity -- American Civil War -- Qing Dynasty -- Colonial World -- Story of the car -- 1914-2017 : Technology and superpowers -- Great War [World War I] -- Soviet propaganda -- World War I -- Story of flight -- Story of communication -- War in Europe -- War in the Pacific -- World War II -- Space Race -- End of empire -- Story of genetics -- Collapse of the USSR -- European Union -- Global economy -- Rulers and leaders -- History in figures -- Wars -- Explorers -- Inventions and discoveries -- Philosophy and religion -- Culture and learning -- Disasters.
Relive history as it happened with this new, revised American edition. Year by year from the origins of our earliest African ancestors right up until the present day, this book covers the history of cultures and nations around the world in amazing visual detail.
9780744091991
Chronology, Historical.
World history.
D11 / .T538 2024
j902.02 His 29