Contents:
Creation : stars to shining sea
Sea life : sponges to sharks
Land life : millipedes to monkeys
Human life : primates to pundits
Language : Sanskrit to surnames
Writing : scribble to shorthand
Beverages : tea to Tab
Fruits : apples to oranges
Cereals : corn to croissants
Spices : sugar to salt
Books : dictionary to Dickens
Printing : Pulitzer to Popeye
Civilization & education : Sumerians to Jesuits
Governments & organizations : crowns to corporations
Religion : Bible to Buddhism
Man's best friends : Afghan to Abyssinian
More friends : bunnies to broncos
Communications : smoke signals to stereo
Music : Renaissance to rock
Instruments : oboe to bagpipes
Theater : comedy to Kabuki
Art : painting to porcelain
Medicine : hospitals to hypnosis
Land : wheels to automobiles
Sea : sailboats to submarines
Air : balloons to bombers
Technology : flushing toilets to pneumatic tires
Science : metrics to microscopes
Sports and games : baseball to bullfighting

Describes the origins of more than 1000 objects, ideas, movements, and concepts, including checkers, the computer, ragtime, Islam, ice cream, the abacus, Yiddish, and many other familiar and not-so-familiar things

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