History

• Author : Adam Hart-Davis
• Publisher : Dk Pub
• Release Date : 2012
• ISBN : 0756676096

Chronologically traces the course of human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day, covering key events, people, inventions and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.

• Author : Adam Hart-Davis,Adam
• Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Release Date : 2010
• ISBN : 1405359331

The definitive, 4.4 million year-old story of human history From the origins of mankind to the 21st century, spanning the globe and based on the latest research, the complete story of the people, events, themes, ideas and forces that have shaped human existence. Find out about our history's turning points: eye witness accounts and biographies give a personal angle to major events. Explore humankind's legacy from architecture and artefacts to the big ideas that have changed our world. Examine the effect

• Author : Adam Hart-Davis
• Publisher : Dk Pub
• Release Date : 2007
• ISBN : 075663119X

Chronologically traces the course of human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day, covering key events, people, inventions and discoveries, and ideas and beliefs.

• Author : David Graeber,David Wengrow
• Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Release Date : 2021-11-09
• ISBN : 9780374721107

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by

• Author : Will Durant
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 2002-04-23
• ISBN : 9780743229104

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Heroes of History is a book of life-enhancing wisdom and optimism, complete with Durant's wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple, exciting terms. It is the lessons of our

• Author : Guillermo Algaze
• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• Release Date : 2009-05-15
• ISBN : 9780226013787

The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the “cradle of civilization,” owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in the area by the second half of the fourth millennium BCE. In Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization, Guillermo Algaze draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium affected the development of urban

• Author : Philip Parker
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2017-10-03
• ISBN : 9780744033458

Take a trip through the defining moments of our global story and see the thinkers, leaders, ideas, and inventions that have shaped the world. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, World History is an essential guide for anyone who loves history or wants to broaden their knowledge. This accessible book covers over 350 of the world's most important turning points, from our earliest human ancestors of prehistory to political events of the modern world. Follow detailed maps showing the continuous movement of

• Author : Stuart Piggott
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1967
• ISBN : OCLC:476381331

• Author : Gaston Maspero
• Publisher : London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
• Release Date : 1894
• ISBN : WISC:89042939090

• Author : Sean Ellerker
• Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release Date : 2014-09-28
• ISBN : 9781783065431

An absorbing and enlightening adventure through time… This book tells the story of the ancient world from the Fourth Millennium to the Sixth Century BC. All the major civilizations are covered, from the Near East, Egypt and Mediterranean to the great river valleys of India and China and the coastlines of Mexico and Peru. The histories of these cultures have been woven into a compelling and compact narrative, illuminating this formative period and providing a context for the better-known classical

• Author : Tom Phillips
• Publisher : Harlequin
• Release Date : 2019-05-07
• ISBN : 9781488051135

*NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A Toronto Star Bestselling Book of the Year “Witty and entertaining.”—Sarah Knight “Laugh-out-loud.”—Steve Brusatte AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY Modern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they’ve walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade—on the evolutionary food chain, we’re true winners. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, and sometimes—just occasionally—we’ve managed to

• Author : DK
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2019-12-20
• ISBN : 9780744024401

Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated ebook. Combining over 700 photographs, maps, and artworks with accessible text, the History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this ebook is the

• Author : DK
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2019-09-03
• ISBN : 9780744021004

Trace the epic history of World War 2 across the globe with more than 100 detailed maps. In this stunning visual history book, custom maps tell the story of the Second World War from the rise of the Axis powers to the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Each map is rich with detail and graphics, helping you to chart the progress of key events of World War II on land, sea, and air, such as the Dunkirk evacuation,

• Author : G. J. Whitrow
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1989
• ISBN : 0192852116

Discusses how time was considered and measured in ancient and medieval times, profiles the development of more accurate timepieces, and shows the changes that occured as the new developments spread

• Author : Oswald Spengler
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 1991
• ISBN : 0195066340

Spengler's work describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity, and his controversial ideas spark debate over the meaning of historiography.