The new atlas of world history: global events at a glance - Rilegato

Haywood, John

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ISBN 10: 0500251851 ISBN 13: 9780500251850

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Riassunto

This is the first and only historical atlas to present global history in a series of uniform world maps, so allowing complete and instant comparability between different periods and regions. For example, when did modern humans first colonize different parts of the world? What was happening in China when Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire? What was the global reach of the great religious faiths at the time of the European Reformation? Covering the whole of human history from six million years ago to the present day in 56 specially commissioned world maps, this is the perfect book for quick reference and a highly appealing and authoritative overview of the human story for the 21st century.

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Recensione:

`An excellent point of reference'
--BBC History Magazine

'An outstanding cartographic portrayal of events, places and people' --Oxford Times

'Entertaining reading ... An invaluable account of history from a global perspective that helps to explain the synchronicity of well-known events'
--Geographical Magazine

A brave venture in compressing a great deal into a relatively small volume. --Contemporary Review

L'autore:

John Haywood is an honorary research fellow in the Department of History at Lancaster University. His books include "The Great Migrations: From the Earliest Humans to the Age of Globalization", "The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations", "The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings", and T"he Historical Atlas of the Celtic World".

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0500251851
• ISBN 13: 9780500251850
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 252