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245 00 $aNational Geographic concise history of the world :$ban illustrated timeline /$cedited by Neil Kagan.
246 30 $aConcise history of the world
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Geographic Society,$c2006.
300 $a416 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 $aFirst societies: Prehistory-500 B.C.E.: Ice ages -- Essay: Human migration -- Birth of writing -- Essay: Ancient summer -- Civilization in the Indus Valley -- Lost world of the Minoans -- Essay: Journey to the hereafter -- China's origins unearthed -- Tomb of Tutankhamun -- Olmec of Mesoamerica -- Essay: Birth of monotheism -- Phoenician seafarers -- Kingdom of Israel -- Hinduism: At one with the universe -- Celts: Europe's metalsmiths -- Nubian kingdom of Africa -- Etruscans: lovers of life -- Explorers of Oceania -- Classical Age 500 B.C.E.-500 C.E.: Zoroastrianism -- Roots of democracy -- Essay: Might of Persia -- Nok -- Library of Alexandria -- Hannibal -- Essay: Tiger of Qin -- Brothers Gracchi -- Julius Caesar -- Rebellion of the Trung sisters -- Masada -- Essay: Frozen in time: Pompeii 79 C.E. -- Art of the Moche -- Rise of Christianity -- Nazca lines -- Teotihuacan -- India's golden age -- Fall of Rome -- Faith and power 500-1000: Easter Island -- Buddhism spreads east -- Essay: Silk Road -- China's Grand Canal -- Rise of Islam -- Split between Sunni and Shiite -- Caddo Confederacy -- Essay: Maya chronicles -- Arab sea traders -- Monastic life in Europe -- Emperor Charlemagne -- Cyrillic alphabet -- Viking raiders -- Treasures of the desert -- Cahokia mound builders -- Holy Roman Empire -- Essay: Islamic arts and sciences -- Song Dynasty -- Invasions and advances 1000-1500: Judaism moves west -- When the Moors ruled Spain -- William the Conqueror -- Age of Chivalry -- Invention of gunpowder -- Essay: Glory of Angkor -- Lion and the sultan -- Essay: Ancient cities in stone -- Jain Temples: sanctuaries for the nonviolent -- Way of the Samurai -- Marco Polo -- Gothic cathedrals -- Essay: Mali's kingdom of gold -- Chimu society of Peru -- Merchants of Venice -- Aztec empire -- Revolution in publishing -- Columbus discovers the new world -- Converging worlds 1500-1750: Portugal sets sail -- Essay: Genius of the Renaissance -- Cortes the Conqueror -- Spanish Inquisition -- Mining the new world -- Essay: Ottoman Empire -- Germ warfare -- Armada's last stand -- Emergence of Russia -- Northwest Passage -- Warrior queen of Ndongo -- Ireland invaded -- Sir Isaac Newton -- Essay: Splendor of the Mughals -- Asante unite -- Salem witch trials -- Caste system -- Indian wars -- Empires and revolutions 1750-1900: Age of Reason -- Chief Pontiac's rebellion -- Essay: Trade in human flesh -- American Revolution -- Revolution in the arts -- French Revolution -- Conquests of Napoleon -- Rise of the Zulus -- Freedom for South America -- Trail of Tears -- Irish potato famine -- Taiping rebellion -- Darwinism -- Essay: Brother against brother -- Scramble for Africa -- Essay: Manhattan melting pot -- Building the Brooklyn Bridge -- Persecution of Russia's Jews -- Global conflict 1900-1950: New world of flight -- Beginnings of modern art -- Building the Panama Canal -- Essay: Death in the trenches -- Russian Revolution -- Jazz age -- Black Tuesday on Wall Street -- Hitler's rise to power -- Sino-Japanese War -- Battle of Britain -- Pearl Harbor -- Siege of Stalingrad -- Italian Campaign -- Island fighting -- Essay: D Day -- Atomic bombs fall on Japan -- Essay: Holocaust -- Gandhi -- Toward a new world order 1950-present: Korean War -- Conquering Everest -- Rock-and-roll -- Spy games -- End of Camelot -- Arab-Israeli wars -- One giant leap -- Essay: At a loss in Vietnam -- Women's rights -- Cambodia's killing fields -- Revolution in Iran -- Japan's economic miracle -- Global AIDS crisis -- End of apartheid -- Essay: Lure of city life -- Man versus Machine -- Terror's breeding ground -- Essay: Tsunami.
520 $aA chronology of world history ranges from the dawn of humankind to the present day, examining important events, milestones, ideas, and personalities that occurred simultaneously in different regions of the world.
650 0 $aChronology, Historical.
700 1 $aKagan, Neil.
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