The Times Complete History of the World

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Use this atlas as a companion to whatever history book you're reading to get a better sense of space. The first two editions were created by Barry Winkleman, the editorial director of Times Atlases and Managing Director of Times Books. It wished to give a dynamic view of population migrations, economic developments such as agriculture and industrialisation, wars, the spread of religions and political ideologies. It has been revised and reprinted for many times and the latest edition is the ninth edition, published in 2015, and reflects on the modern world up to the 21st Century.

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This work of reference gave my knowledge on world history a significant boost, and it inspired me to find out more about certain periods and places. It allow the reader to find a variety of topics, and should a particular topic stand out, to find other sources that can lead the a further understanding. The coverage of the United States has been strengthened to allow more material on the post-War period while that on the 20th century has been reorganized to reflect new historical perspectives and the dramatic events of this revolutionary century. A brand-new edition of the most comprehensive world history available, The Times Complete History of the World has been fully updated, and together with the addition of new material, remains truly the ultimate work of historical reference.

Those early civilizations were used to inhabit on banks of rivers where they could access water easily. Seiten Umschlag leichte Gebrauchsspuren, sonst gutes Exemplar, Sprache: Englisch Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3495 27,6 x 4,0 x 37,8 cm, Gebundene Ausgabe. It’s such a fantastic book to understand the overall patterns of history, and it really comes in handy when you’re reading it with a few other history books at the same time! The book is prefaced with an eleven page "World Chronology" which is quick-view timeline across general geographic regions. Our history shapes the way we live today, even as we might strive to break away from the bounds of the past.

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Taylor), "original and important" ( New York Review of Books) and "at the cutting edge" ( Times Literary Supplement.

For the first time this edition is internet-linked, permitting further in-depth exploration of key subjects.

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From cavemen to the Cold War, from Alexander the Great to global warming, from warfare through the ages to the great voyages of exploration, The Times Complete History of the World is the book that has all the answers, the detail and the authoritative text in one breathtaking single historical source. Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published extensively on the history of World War II and the Third Reich.

They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. This book digs deep into the origin of Human beings and then explores who human beings of the different regions of the world transformed themselves into modern human beings. In the introduction to the first edition, Geoffrey Barraclough notes that the desire of The Atlas was to provide a history based on the viewpoint of its creators, hence the spread of Islam, for example, is centred at Mecca, as might have been the view of the seventh century Arabs. Concluding with thoughts on what will be the dominant factors driving the world in the future, Richard Overy gives us a rare opportunity to consider world history in one magnificent sweep.