The Times Illustrated History of the World

by Parker, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780062700100
• ISBN10: 0062700103
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
Chronology of World History	p. 8
Human Origins: 8 million - 8000 BC	p. 20
The Agricultural Revolution: 8000-5000 BC	p. 28
The Birth of Civilization: 6000-2000 BC	p. 36
The First Empires: 2000 BC-AD 200	p. 44
Greece and Rome: 1200 BC-AD 200	p. 52
World Religions: 600 BC-AD 500	p. 64
The End of the Ancient World: AD 100-600	p. 74
Islam: 600-1200	p. 86
Europe Recovers: 800-1250	p. 96
The Mongol Onslaught: 850-1300	p. 108
The Expansion of Europe: 1250-1500	p. 118
China in Transition: 581-1279	p. 130
China and Japan: 1279-1644	p. 140
The Ottoman Empire: 1280-1683	p. 150
Africa Before the Europeans: 100-1500	p. 160
America Before the Europeans: 300-1500	p. 170
Europe: State and Power: 1453-1700	p. 182
The West and the Wider World: 1500-1700	p. 194
Asia: 1600-1800	p. 204
The Age of Revolutions: 1776-1848	p. 216
The Making of Russia: 1480-1860	p. 230
The Making of the USA: 1776-1890	p. 240
Industry and Empire: 1870-1914	p. 250
The End of the Old Order: 1914-1929	p. 262
The World in Conflict: 1929-1945	p. 274
The Modern World: From 1945	p. 286
Bibliography	p. 298
Illustration Acknowledgements	p. 300
Index	p. 301
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