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9781567115208

World History

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  • ISBN13:

    9781567115208

  • ISBN10:

    1567115209

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-09-01
  • Publisher: Blackbirch Pr Inc
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Summary

A visual encyclopedia of significant places and events in world history from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

MIDDLE AGES
The Arab World
4(2)
Muhammad
The spread of Islam
Umayyads and Abbasids
The Barbarians
6(1)
Attacks on Rome
Charlemagne's empire
Byzantium
7(1)
Justinian
Invasion and conquest
China
8(2)
The Tang dynasty
Song, Yuan, Ming, and Manchu dynasties
Maya and Aztecs
10(2)
The ball game
The Vikings
12(2)
Settlements
Viking raiders
Viking ships
Home life
The Mongols
14(2)
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Mongol rule
Tamerlane
Japan
16(1)
Buddhism
The Samurai
Civil wars
Khmer Kingdom
17(1)
Angkor
Medieval Europe
18(2)
The feudal system
The Domesday Book
The Black Death
Trade and Faith
20(2)
Wealth and population
The Hanseatic League
The Christian Church
Knights
22(2)
Becoming a knight
The Crusades
Castles
24(2)
Life in a castle
Attacking a castle
Africa
26(2)
The Bantu migrations
The spread of Islam
West African states
East Africa
Great Zimbabwe
North America
28(1)
Native American tribes
Daily life
South America
29(1)
Andes empires
The Incas
MODERN HISTORY
Russia
30(2)
The Rus
Mongol rule
Ivan the Terrible
The Romanovs
Voyages of Exploration
32(2)
Columbus
Trade routes
Henry the Navigator
Portuguese voyages
The New World
The conquistadors
Renaissance
34(2)
Italy in the 14th century
Humanism
Writers and artists
New Horizons
Reformation
36(2)
Luther
Church corruption
The Anglican Church
Counter-Reformation
Islamic Empires
38(2)
The Ottoman Turks
The Safavids
Mughal India
Colonies and Commerce
40(2)
The slave trade
Wealth and profit
Trade with China
The Age of Revolution
42(2)
American and French Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution
44(2)
Coal and iron
New ways of life
The spread of industry
Native Americans
46(2)
Conflict with European settlers
The Growth of America
48(2)
The Oregon Trail
The gold rush
The Homestead Act
World Exploration
50(2)
Cook
Into Africa
To the Poles
Exploring space
Dawn of the Modern Age
52(2)
``Scramble for Africa''
Industrial technology
World at War
54(2)
World War I
The Russian Revolution
World War II
After the War
56(2)
United Nations
The Cold War
Independence
Apartheid
The Modern World
Timeline 58(4)
Index 62

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