world history

Reviews the top stories and photographs from sixty years of "Life" magazine, from 1936 through 1996, grouped by subject including the White House, Hollywood, fashion, disaster, protest, and other topics.

A historical overview of the twentieth century made up of primary and secondary source documents on the period, covering the first fourteen years, the First World War and its aftermath, totalitarianism in the 1930s, Asia's turmoil in the 1930s and '40s, the Second World War, the Cold War, and political and cultural upheavals around the world from 1960 to 2000.

Examines the interactive cooperative and competitive "human webs" that have thrived throughout world history, through which the exchange of products, power, and ideas has shaped societies and global relations from the days of the first civilizations to the twenty-first century.

Describes and evaluates the global impact of ten of the nineteenth century's most important events.

Begins with a revisionist account of Noah's story and ends with a sneak preview of Heaven. In between life's embattled tenure on Earth is chronicled.

Presents a children's collection of humorous jokes about history.

Sophie and Jake, who don't find history interesting, test a computer program that shows what life was like in ancient Rome, Viking times, the Renaissance, the Gold Rush era, World War Two, and into the space age.

Presents a chronological exploration of the people and events that have shaped societies through time--from Mesopotamia to Mao, the Incas to Iraq, and the Spartans to the space shuttle.

This book provides an overview of world history at the beginning of the 20th century, including the birth of cinema, the sinking of the Titanic, the First World War, and the Russian Revolution.