Author: Times Books (Firm)
Publisher: Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond Incorporated
ISBN: 9780723005346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times to the present
The Times Atlas of World History
Author: Times Books (Firm)
Publisher: Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond Incorporated
ISBN: 9780723005346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times to the present
Publisher: Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond Incorporated
ISBN: 9780723005346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Featuring more than six hundred maps, this reference combines the visual detail of an atlas with a comprehensive narrative of world history from ancient times to the present
The Times Concise Atlas of World History
Author: Geoffrey Barraclough
Publisher: Times Books(NY)
ISBN: 9780723002802
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The study of world history - those great movements and conflicts which form man's collective memory - is essential for an appreciation of the world today. Illustrated with over 300 dynamic and colourful maps this superlative atlas makes a fascinating companion for anyone aspiring to understand the past and an ideal reference for all who study or enjoy history. The text is divided into four main sections covering history from the ancient to the modern world. Section one - Early Man and the Civilisations of the Ancient World - includes: the origins of man; man the hunter; the ice age; stone age cultures; the agricultural revolution; early civilisations (including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece, India, and China); world religions and the Roman empire. Section two - Decline and Recovery: the emergence of a new world - covers: the Barbarian invasions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam; Medieval Europe; the Imperial dynasties of China; and early peoples of Africa and the Americas. The Rise of the West looks at: European voyages of discovery and expansion overseas; colonial America; the expansion of Russia; the struggle for empire; the age of revolution and Napoleon; the expansion of the United States; the Industrial Revolution; European colonialism; the world economy; and the First World War. The Modern World concludes the book, discussing: the Russian and Chinese revolutions; the modernisation of Japan; the Great Depression; the Second World War; retreat from empire; the development of the superpowers; the Cold War; and the world in the 1980s.
Publisher: Times Books(NY)
ISBN: 9780723002802
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The study of world history - those great movements and conflicts which form man's collective memory - is essential for an appreciation of the world today. Illustrated with over 300 dynamic and colourful maps this superlative atlas makes a fascinating companion for anyone aspiring to understand the past and an ideal reference for all who study or enjoy history. The text is divided into four main sections covering history from the ancient to the modern world. Section one - Early Man and the Civilisations of the Ancient World - includes: the origins of man; man the hunter; the ice age; stone age cultures; the agricultural revolution; early civilisations (including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, Greece, India, and China); world religions and the Roman empire. Section two - Decline and Recovery: the emergence of a new world - covers: the Barbarian invasions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam; Medieval Europe; the Imperial dynasties of China; and early peoples of Africa and the Americas. The Rise of the West looks at: European voyages of discovery and expansion overseas; colonial America; the expansion of Russia; the struggle for empire; the age of revolution and Napoleon; the expansion of the United States; the Industrial Revolution; European colonialism; the world economy; and the First World War. The Modern World concludes the book, discussing: the Russian and Chinese revolutions; the modernisation of Japan; the Great Depression; the Second World War; retreat from empire; the development of the superpowers; the Cold War; and the world in the 1980s.
Hammond Atlas of World Religions
Author: Stuart Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780843709957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Maps and text present a guide to the historical development and current state of the world's religions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780843709957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Maps and text present a guide to the historical development and current state of the world's religions.
The Times Atlas of World History
Author: Geoffrey Barraclough
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Contains large full color plates and commentary on each map or set of maps. Includes approximately 600 maps covering the date span of 3000 BCE to 1975.
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Contains large full color plates and commentary on each map or set of maps. Includes approximately 600 maps covering the date span of 3000 BCE to 1975.
Cassell's Atlas of World History
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304357574
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Now available in paperback, the first entirely new historical atlas for 20 years, covering every region of the world at every period of its history
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304357574
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Now available in paperback, the first entirely new historical atlas for 20 years, covering every region of the world at every period of its history
Historical Atlas of the Classical World, 500 BC--AD 600
Author: Charles Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760719732
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760719732
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Hammond Historical Atlas of the World
Author: Hammond Incorporated
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
ISBN: 9780843774610
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Covers eras from primitive humans to the breakup of the Soviet Union
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
ISBN: 9780843774610
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Covers eras from primitive humans to the breakup of the Soviet Union
Hammond World Atlas
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780843715606
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, Hammond's venerable world atlas contains 20 more pages than the previous edition, new photos, and a font change at the same great price. This atlas contains full-color, accurate, easy-to-read world maps with striking physical relief and the latest country information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780843715606
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Completely revised and updated, Hammond's venerable world atlas contains 20 more pages than the previous edition, new photos, and a font change at the same great price. This atlas contains full-color, accurate, easy-to-read world maps with striking physical relief and the latest country information.
Epidemics and the Modern World
Author: Mitchell L. Hammond
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487593732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Epidemics and the Modern World uses "biographies" of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS to explore the impact of diseases on society from the fourteenth century to the twenty-first century.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487593732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Epidemics and the Modern World uses "biographies" of epidemics such as plague, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS to explore the impact of diseases on society from the fourteenth century to the twenty-first century.