The history book.
- London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2016.
- 352 pages: colored 24 cm
- Big ideas simply explained .
Includes glossary and index.
Introduction Human origins: 200 000 years ago-3500 BCE (The first humans arrive in Australia ; Cave paintings of Altamina ; The Big Freeze ; The settlement at C¸atalho¨yuk ; Further events). Ancient civilizations: 6000 BCE-500 CE (The law code of Hammurabi ; The temples of Abu Simbel ; Siddharta Gautama preaches Buddhism ; The palace at Knossos ; The Persian Wars ; Athenian democracy ; The conquests of Alexander the Great ; The First Emperor unifies China ; The assassination of Julius Caesar ; The Battle of Milvian Bridge ; The sack of Rome ; Further events). The medieval world: 500-1492 (Belisarius retakes Rome ; Muhammad received the divine revelation ; The crowning of Chrlemagne ; The An Lushan revolt ; The founding of Baghdad ; The Viking raid on Lindisfarne ; The Investiture controversy ; Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Shogun ; The signing of the Magna Carta ; Kublai Khan conquers the Song ; Marco Polo reaches Shangdu ; The fall of Jerusalem ; Mansa Musa`s hajj to Mecca ; The foundation of Tenochtitlan ; The outrbreak of the Black Death in Europe ; Hongwu founds the Ming dynasty ; The fall of Granada ; King Sejong introduces a new scrpt ; Further events). The early modern era: 1420-1795 (The fall of Constantinople ; Christopher Columbus reaches America ; The Treaty of Tordesillas ; The beginning of the Italoan Renaissance ; The Battle of Castillon ; The Columbian Exchange ; Martin Luther`s 95 theses ; The Defenestration of Prague ; The conquests of Akbar the Great ; The voyage of the Mayflower ; The execution of Charles I ; The formation of the Royal African Company ; The opening of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange ; The Battle of Sekigahara ; The Revolt of the Three Feudatories ; Newton publishes Principia ; The voyages of Captain Cook ; Louis XIV begins personal rule of France ; The Battle of Quebec ; Diderot publishes the Encyclope´die ; The founding of St. Petersburg ; Further events). Changing societies: 1776-1914 (The signing of the Declaration of Independence ; The storming of the Bastille ; The Battle of Waterloo ; Boli´var establishes Gran Colombia ; Stephenson`s Rocket enters service ; The Slave Trade Abolition Act ; The 1848 revolutions ; The construction of the Suez Canal ; Darwin publishes On the origin of Species ; The Expedition of the Thousand ; The siege of Lucknow ; Russia emancipates the serfs ; The Gettysburg Address ; The California gold rush ; The opening of Ellis Island ; The Meiji restoration ; The Second Opium War ; The opening of the Eiffel Tower ; The Berlin Conference ; The Young Turk Revolution ; The death of Emily Davison ; Further events). The modern world: 1914-present (The Battle of Passcendaele ; The October Revolution ; The Treaty of Versailles ; Stalin assumes power ; The Wall Street crash ; The Reichstag fire ; Nazi invasion of Poland ; The Wannsee Conference ; The Berlin Airlift ; Indian independence and partition ; The establishment of Israel ; The Long March ; Nkrumah wins Ghanaian independence ; The Cuban missile crisis ; The launch of Sputnik ; The march on Washington ; The Gulf of Tonkin incident ; The Bay of Pigs invasion ; The Cultural Revolution ; The Suez crisis ; The fall of the Berlin Wall ; The 1968 protests ; The release of Nelson Mandela ; The Siege of Sarajevo ; The 9/11 attacks ; The launch of the first website ; The global financial crisis ; Global population exceeds 7 billion ; Further events)
The History Book tackles big historical ideas with stunning visuals, key quotes, and important themes that are woven throughout world history. Discover events from the assassination of Caesar to World War I and see the people and events come to life with The History Book, perfect for students, adults, or anyone who wants to understand our fascinating past.