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Thousands of facts and figures about key events and people in the history of the world shown in a stunning visual way. This book gives comprehensive information about history throughout the world from the beginnings of evolution to modern times.Contents
Contents : About this factfinder -- Introduction -- EARLY CIVILIZATIONS : discovering the past / the birth of civilization / the beginnings of beliefs / the Greeks / the Romans -- THE MIDDLE AGES : raiders and invaders / Christianity and Islam / The Crusades / War and Plague -- THE MODERN WORLD : the Renaissance / Reformation and Counter Reformation / American Civilizations / The Age of Discovery / The East : India, China and Japan / The colonization of America / European Society in the 1600s / Africa and the Slave Trade -- THE AGE OF KINGS : Kings and commoners / the age of reason / European Settlement Overseas -- THE AGE OF REVOLUTION : The American War of Independence / The French Revolution / Napoleon Bonaparte -- THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM : The New Nationalism / The American Civil War / The Movement of Peoples / Society in the 1800s / The Colonial Age -- THE TWO WORLD WARS : World War I / The Great Depression / World War II -- THE POSTWAR WORLD : The Cold War / The World Transformed / Retreat from Empire / The New World Order / People in World History / Key dates in World History -- INDEX
