Includes index

in English

From ancient times to the Middle Ages : The beginnings of agriculture -- The first cities -- Egypt of the pharaohs -- Classical Greece -- Alexander the Great -- The spread of Roman power -- The fall of Rome and its aftermath -- The rise of Islam -- The Vikings -- The Crusades -- The Black Death. Other worlds : Precolonial India -- Imperial China -- The Mongols -- Japan, the island empire -- Incas and Aztecs -- Empires and kingdoms of Africa. The early modern period : The Renaissance -- The Ottoman empire -- The voyages of discovery -- The Reformation -- The Counter-Reformation -- The English Revolution -- The Scientific Revolution -- The age of empire -- The Enlightenment. Gathering pace : The American Revolution -- The French Revolution -- The Napoleonic era -- The Industrial Revolution -- Nationalism in Europe -- Slavery -- The expansion of the USA -- The American Civil War -- The rise of socialism -- Women`s rights. The 20th Century and after : The First World War -- Lenin and Stalin -- The shadow of Fascism -- The Great Depression -- The Second World War: Euorpe -- The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific -- The Holocaust -- The Cold War -- The end of empire -- The Vietnam War -- The Arab-Israeli conflict -- The fall of communism -- The resurgence of China -- 9/11 and after.

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