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National Geographic almanac of world history
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From the eBook - Third edition.
Foreword -- About This Book -- MILESTONES -- The Rise of Agriculture & Complex Societies -- The Evolution of Writing -- The Classical Tradition -- The Silk Road &; the East-West Connection -- Plagues & Peoples -- Gutenberg & the Print Revolution -- Slave Trade & Colonialism -- The Rise of Democracy -- Technology Shrinks the World -- The Search for World Order -- MAJOR ERAS -- ANCIENT WORLD: Prehistory-500 BC -- Human Evolution & Early Migration Prehistory-3000 B.C. -- Mesopotamian Civilizations 3500-500 B.C. -- Sidebar: The Lessons of Judaism -- Egyptian Civilization 3000-500 B.C. -- Sidebar: The Divine Right of Queens -- Indian Civilization 2500-500 B.C. -- Sidebar: The Multiplicity of Hinduism -- Chinese Civilization 2200-500 B.C. -- Mediterranean Civilizations 2000-500 B.C. -- Olmec of Mesoamerica 1200-400 B.C. -- WORLD SURVEY: Prehistory-500 B.C. -- Classical World: 550 B.C.-A.D. 700 -- Persia 550 B.C.-A.D. 651 -- North American Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 400 -- Mesoamerican Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 700 -- South American Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 600 -- The Roman Empire 509 B.C.-A.D. 476 -- Sidebar: Hannibal of Carthage -- Sidebar: The Roman Army -- Greece 492-400 B.C. -- China's Qin & Han Dynasties 403 B.C.-A.D. 220 -- Sidebar: Emperor Qin's Tomb -- Alexander the Great 336-323 B.C. -- India 327 B.C.-A.D. 550 -- Rise of Christianity A.D. 27-392 -- World Survey 550 B.C.-A.D. 700 -- Age of Faith: 500-1150 -- Maya: 500-1000 -- Sidebar: Watching the Heavens -- Anglo-Saxon England 500-1066 -- Byzantine Empire 527-1054 -- Muhammad & Islam 570-1000 -- Sidebar: The Koran -- China's Sui & Tang Dynasties 581-907 -- Khmer Empire 600-1150 -- Charlemagne 768-814 -- Vikings 793-1042 -- Feudalism 800-1000 -- World Survey: 500-1150 --
CRUSADES TO COLUMBUS: 960-1644 -- China's Song Dynasty 960-1279 -- Holy Roman Empire 962-1648 -- Toltec & Aztec Empires 1000-1521 -- Sidebar: Rituals of Aztec Warfare -- Peru's Chimu & Inca Empires 1000-1536 -- Mississippians & Anasazi 1000-1540 -- The High Middle Ages in Europe 1000-1453 -- The Crusades 1095-1291 -- Mongol Empire 1206-1368 -- Sidebar: Marco Polo -- Ottoman Empire 1299-1571 -- The Renaissance 1300-1600 -- Sidebar: Machiavelli -- China's Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 -- Sidebar: The Admiral of the Western Ocean -- World Survey 960-1644 -- COLONIZING NEW WORLDS: 1455-1857 -- England: 1455-1689 -- Sidebar: The Great Fire of London -- Spain & Portugal 1469-1640 -- Sidebar: The Spanish Inquisition -- Navigating the globe 1492-1522 -- Spanish-American Empire 1492-1800 -- Sidebar: Spanish Mission System -- The Reformation 1517-1648 -- Mogul India 1523-1857 -- France's North American Colonies 1534-1763 -- England's North American Colonies 1584-1775 -- Sidebar: English Conquest of Canada -- Japan &; the Shoguns 1588-1853 -- The Rise of Russia 1613-1796 --
The Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 -- Europe's Balance of Power 1702-1763 -- British Exploration of the Pacific 1760-1840 -- Sidebar: Australia's Aborigines -- American Revolution: 1775-1789 -- Sidebar: Rebellions in Other American Colonies -- French Revolution 1789-1799 -- Sidebar: Robespierre & the Reign of Terror -- World Survey: 1455-1857 -- AGE OF IMPERIALISM: 1750-1917 -- European Imperialism: 1750-1900 -- Sidebar: Queen Victoria -- India Under the British 1757-1917 -- Napoleon 1769-1821 -- Europe's Industrial Revolution 1769-1900 -- Sidebar: Urban Migration -- Sidebar: Ireland's Potato Famine -- Imperialism in the Pacific 1800-1900 -- Sidebar: Maori of New Zealand -- Latin American Independence 1800-1830 -- Sidebar: Bolivar: Liberator or Dictator? -- U.S. Expansion 1800-1860 -- Sidebar: The California Gold Rush -- European Nationalism 1815-1871 -- China Ends Its Isolation 1820-1900 -- European Powers Colonize Africa 1830-1914 -- Sidebar: Livingstone & Stanley -- Japan & the West 1853-1905 -- U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction 1860-1877 -- Sidebar: The Battle of Gettysburg -- The U.S. Becomes a Great Power 1876-1900 -- Sidebar: Rough Riders in Cuba -- World Survey: 1750-1917 --
GLOBAL CONFLICT: 1900-1945
Revolution in Transit: 1900-1930
Sidebar: Mass Production Comes of Age
World War I 1914-1918
Sidebar: The Russian Revolutions of 1917
Boom & Bust 1920-1937
Sidebar: Mass Communication
Authoritarianism: 1920-1938
World War II 1939-1945
Sidebar: Development of the Atom Bomb
World Survey: 1900-1945
Toward A New Millennium: 1945-Present
Postwar Settlement & Cold War: 1945-1991
Sidebar: Arab-Israeli Conflicts
Sidebar: Vietnam War
Sidebar: Iran Revolution
Development of a (3z(BThird World(3y: (B1945-1991
Sidebar: Gandhi: India's Peaceful Rebel
Frontiers of Science and Exploration: 1945-Present
Sidebar: Other Planets, Other Earths
The Global Community 1991-Present
Sidebar: The Death of Osama bin Laden
World Survey: 1945-Present
At a glance: Major Wars
Major Religions
Periods & Movements
Human Accomplishments
Leaders
Scientists, Inventors, & Philosophers
Explorers
Artists
Appendix
Highlights of Chinese history
Roman rulers
Rulers of England and Great Britain
Historical periods of Japan
Rulers of France
Prime ministers of Great Britain
Presidents of the United States
Rulers of Russia since 1533.
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9781426213915
9780792250920
9780792259114
9781785391101
9780792250920
9780792259114
9781785391101
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