A fascinating compilation of historical disasters.
History has never been more fun than it is in this fact-filled compendium of historical fiascos and embarrassingly bad ideas.
Provides questions and answers that explain a variety of historical events and concepts, covering such topics as religion, exploration and settlement, war, law, economics, natural disasters, medicine, philosophy, science, culture, and recreation.
All things must pass. In an understatement of historic proportions, quite a few things have passed since the end of the last millennium. Some of the history-making events include the election of George W. Bush, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and wars in Afghanistan…
Explores 150 major innovations from the past two thousand years and how they shaped world history, including the first use of gunpowder, the first great novel, and the first university.
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics'the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis'and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Things You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimula…
"Human history is a seemingly endless succession of bloody conflicts and devastating turmoil. Yet, inexplicably, in the light of astonshing intellectual and technological advancement, Man's progress has been halted in one crucial area: he still indulges the primitive beast withi…