Full name: History: The Definitive Visual Guide From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day

Authors: Adam Hart-Davis, Simon Adams Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780756631192 075663119X

Homo sapiens have remained the same species, largely unchanged in genetic makeup and anatomy since the Cro-Magnon era. By contrast, the cultural, social, and technological changes since then have been nothing less than extraordinary. Telling our story, from prehistory to the present day, DK's "History" is a thought-provoking journey, revealing the common threads and forces that have shaped human history. Includes: Inventions, discoveries, and ideas that have shaped world history A look at human achievement through artifacts, painting, sculpture, and architecture An examination of humankind in context as part of the natural world Eyewitness accounts and biographies of key figures A comprehensive timeline chronicling the key events of the countries of the world Similar books: Asimov's Chronology of the World by Isaac Asimov Millennium by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Human Web by J. R. McNeill The Rise of the West by William H. McNeill World History For Dummies by Peter Haugen A Short History of the World by J. M. Roberts The Outline of History by H. G. Wells After Tamerlane by John Darwin The Handy History Answer Book by Rebecca Nelson A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel The Birth of the Modern World by Christopher Bayly 1688 by John E. Wills The Origins of the Modern World by Robert B. Marks Civilization by Roger Osborne The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers Dreamers and Deceivers by Glenn Beck Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea by Daniel V. Gallery