world history

Designed to help students think critically about mysteries in ancient history. Includes teacher lesson plans, background information, and student activities.

Describes the top one hundred events, people, and discoveries of the millennium as identified by the editors of "LIFE" magazine; and includes over two hundred color and black-and-white illustrations.

Examines twenty-first-century strains on relations in the West as Europe continues its opposition towards American foreign and economic policies and discusses the causes and implications of the rift maintaining that only by working together can the problems be adequately addressed.

Features important events in world history between the years 1500 and 2000, from the first sea voyages around the world to the coming of the computer age.

"We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In 'Figuring Out the Past,' . . . dive[s] in to the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers"--OCLC.

An encyclopedic chronicle of world history featuring time lines, maps, reference charts, and over one thousand illustrations, diagrams, and photos.

"Jason explores a world of centaurs and angels, pharaohs and philosophers, priestesses and slaves. His tale reveals the history of Western Civilization and its roots in the ancient Middle East"--Back cover.

An illustrated description of walls around the world and their significance, from the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall.

". . . a visual guide to 'everything'--from the formation of the solar system, right up to the modern day"--Provided by publisher.