The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World

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illustrated
HISTORY
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WORLD
The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World tells the history of the world from 40,000 BC through the time when the first people settled and developed the first civilizations up to the present day. This remarkable reference source presents the essential events of world history in 800 highly-illustrated pages. Its informative essays are linked by a chronological timeline of dates and intriguing events, broken by highly visualHhematic features showing how the lives of people have changed.
250 essays covering major historical events •
Over 1600 colour and black and white illustrations
and photographs •
Over 100 clear maps to show the relative positions of countries and places mentioned
Nearly 100 biographies of important historical figures
Continuous timeline of dates and events from 40,000 BC to
the present day •
Thematic features presenting overviews of information in fen key areas of people's lives

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Fülszöveg

I THE KINGFISHER 1
illustrated
HISTORY
-OF-THE-
WORLD
The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World tells the history of the world from 40,000 BC through the time when the first people settled and developed the first civilizations up to the present day. This remarkable reference source presents the essential events of world history in 800 highly-illustrated pages. Its informative essays are linked by a chronological timeline of dates and intriguing events, broken by highly visualHhematic features showing how the lives of people have changed.
250 essays covering major historical events •
Over 1600 colour and black and white illustrations
and photographs •
Over 100 clear maps to show the relative positions of countries and places mentioned
Nearly 100 biographies of important historical figures
Continuous timeline of dates and events from 40,000 BC to
the present day •
Thematic features presenting overviews of information in fen key areas of people's lives

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ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY
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WORLD
What is Serbia's place in history? Did Christopher Columbus 'discover' America? What were people's homes like? This single volume is packed with information to explain these and many other questions that may occur to the reader. Our lives are stiU heavily influenced by the events of history and an understanding of the history of the different regions of the world will help us to understand the concerns of the world today.
THE ESSAYS
Throughout The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World there are essays on the important events of history. The highly readable essays are illustrated with fiiU colour reconstructions and important artefacts.
TIMELINE
In conjunction with the essays, the illustrated, running timeline provides information about dates and developments from 40,000 BC to the present day. For easy reference subject symbols appear next to three important categories of entry. These are arts ^, developments in science and technology and main battles H .
THEMATIC FEATURES In each time period there are a number of thematic features which provide an overview of important developments in that period. There are ten themes as follows: ARTS AND CRAFTS; BUILDINGS; COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORT; FOOD AND FARMING; PEOPLE; RELIGION; SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TRADE AND MONEY; and WAR AND WEAPONS. These themes allow the reader to build up a picture of people's lives and how they have changed over the centuries.
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