The history book / Reg Grant [and six others].
contributors:
- UK : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2016.
- 352 pages: color illustrations 24 cm.
- Big Ideas Simply Explained .
Includes index and glossary
Human origins, 200,000 years ago-3500 BCE -- Ancient civilizations, 6000 BCE-500 CE -- The medieval world, 500-1492 -- The early modern era, 1420-1795 -- Changing societies, 1776-1914 -- The modern world
Written in plain English, the History Book is packed with short, pithy explainations of the ideas behind the events that have shaped our world, step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty concepts, and witty illustrations that play with our ideas about the past.