Product Description

From the dawn of humankind to today's global complexities, this monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread. Few references are as invaluable, all-inclusive, and satisfying to browse. For readers of all ages, world history is easily accessible, depicted as never before—so that events occurring simultaneously around the world can be viewed at-a-glance together. For example, Texas Instruments launched the pocket calculator the same year the Soviet Union launched the first manned space station, in 1971. Columbus sailed from Spain the year Martin Behaim constructed a terrestrial globe in Nuremberg. The California Gold Rush followed the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, and the Greek dictatorship of Papadopoulos is overthrown the same year Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed and U.S. president Nixon resigns, in 1974. The book's innovative time line truly sets it apart, allowing readers to scan across a spread and explore a single area or compare contemporary societies across the globe.

This remarkable resource also contains dozens of maps; scores of sidebars; hundreds of illustrations; and thousands of events, milestones, personalities, ideas, and inventions. Throughout, vivid illustrations depict artworks, artifacts, portraits and dramatic scenes, while sidebar topics range from local customs and lifestyles to the effect of climate change on human migration. Drawing on National Geographic's vast resources, this concise yet comprehensive, one-of-a-kind work is as rewarding as it is compulsively readable.

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Product Details

Publisher	National Geographic
ISBN	0792283643
Format	Hardcover
Author	Neil Kagan
EAN	9780792283645
Label	National Geographic
Dewey Decimal Number	902.02
Studio	National Geographic
Number Of Pages	416
Title	National Geographic Concise History of the World: An Illustrated Time Line (Timeline)
Release Date	2006-10-24
Publication Date	2006-10-24
Manufacturer	National Geographic

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Customer Reviews

Very Good book!

Review by John David, 2010-08-28

The quality of the book is very good! Obviously, being from Nat Geographic it treats the very old earth evolutionary view of the world as if it were scientific fact. Other than that... the quality of the book is outstanding.

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concise history of the world

Review by STEPHEN OSUNKEYE, 2010-06-26

IS A BOOK THAT IS NEEDED FOR ANY ONE THAT WHICH TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST GREAT EVENTS THAT HAS HAPPEN IN OUR WORLD. I FIND THE BOOK SO EXCITING AND LOADED IT CAN BE SHARE WITH CHILDREN SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE OF OUR WORLD

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Concise History of the World by National Geographic

Review by Walter L. Covington, 2010-03-04

A good reference for significant world history events. While in depth information is not the purpose of the book the comparative timeline is great for revealing parallel events in other parts of the world.

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world history

Review by Michael H. Loomis, 2010-01-24

I wasn't quite ready for the book's layout- it's written using timeline, column and rows with an occasional break to preface or highlight an era using paragraphs etc. This isn't historical fiction but then how could it be? There's far too much imformation for that- it is after all a history of the world! Once I got the hang of the layout I beggan to enjoy it reading it bit by bit. Probably best used to focus in on a particular time or culture- when backgound info is needed. This NG book will add to anyone's library- pick it up.

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great savings on the cost - I bought two

Review by D. A. Edel, 2008-12-22

A very interesting book. The cost compared to other sites of purchase was wonderful and helped me purchase one for a gift and one for me.

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