An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world w…
Maps of Time unites natural history and human history in a single, grand, and intelligible narrative. This is a great achievement, analogous to the way in which Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century united the heavens and the earth under uniform laws of motion; it is even more…
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world w…
by Sebag Montefiore, Simon, Bew, John, Frampton, Martyn, Jones, Dan, Renton, Claudia
by Sebag Montefiore, Simon, Bew, John, Frampton, Martyn, Jones, Dan, Renton, Claudia
A book containing information on conquerors, poets, kings, empresses and psychopaths, prophets, composers and explorers who have changed our world.
by Sebag Montefiore, Simon, Bew, John, Frampton, Martyn, Jones, Dan, Renton, Claudia
Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of our pre-eminent historians, presents the lives of the giants who have made our world. The cast varies from conquerors, poets, kings, empresses and whores to psychopaths, composers and explorers. Informative, entertaining, inspiring and sometimes ho…
by Sebag Montefiore, Simon, Bew, John, Frampton, Martyn, Jones, Dan, Renton, Claudia
Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of our pre-eminent historians, presents the lives of the giants who have made our world. The cast varies from conquerors, poets, kings, empresses and whores to psychopaths, composers and explorers. Informative, entertaining, inspiring and sometimes ho…
Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.
Examines the world's mistakes throughout history, including military insurgencies, inflation and devaluation of currency, financial disasters, ecological collapses, pandemics and epidemics, and the rise of radical political minorities.
by Andrea, Alfred J., Neel, Carolyn, Andrea, Alfred J., Ph. D.
In order to broaden our perspective and gain the deeper understanding necessary to function effectively in today's global arena, we need to focus on ""big picture"" trends and phenomenaÑreligion and philosophy, science and technology, political organization, art and culture, pop…
by Andrea, Alfred J., Neel, Carolyn
fromGale virtual reference library
An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the …
