The past is frustratingly hard to pin down. THE GOAL OF HISTORY IS TO TRY TO BRING G SENSE AND ORDER TO OUR VIEW OF THAT H PAST. E H ELEMENT OF PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY H EAC HAS BEE EN SHAPED H BY THE ACTIONS OF OUR ANCESTORS, AN ND THOSE IN TURN BY CHAINS H OF EVENTS STRETCHIN IN NG BACK INTO AN ALMOST UNIMAGINABLY REMOTE PAST. HISTORY IS AN INESCAPABLE PART OF OUR LIVES. World War I 314 Between the Wars 326 World War II 338 The Middle East and North Africa 180 India 184 Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper Products Limited.Ĩ0 THE ANCIENT WORLD 3000–700 bce The Near East 84 Egypt 92 Europe 100 South Asia 102 East Asia 104 The Americas 106ĬONTENTS 108 THE CLASSICAL WORLD 700 bce–600 ce Persia 112 ISBN 978-1-4053-4124-0 Colour reproduction by Media Development Printing Limited. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.Ī CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The Stables, Wood Farm, F Deopham Road, R Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 1AJ A 12 WHAT IS HISTORY?Įditors Marek Walisiewicz, Kati Dye, Louise Abbott, Judy Barrett, Robin R Sampson Art Editors Paul Reid, R Darren Bland, Claire Dale, Lloyd Tilbury, Annika Skoog First published in 2010 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL A Penguin CompanyĢ6 TIMELINES OF WORLD HISTORY 56 THE PREHISTORIC W WORLD to 3000 bceĢ 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Copyright © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited.Īll rights reserved. LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, MELBOURNE, DELHI Managing Editor Managing Art Editor Project Editor Project Art Editor Cartographers Production Controller Production Editor Art Director Publisher Associate PublisherĬamilla Hallinan Karen Self Sam Atkinson Anna Hall Simon Mumford, Paul Eames Imogen Boase Luca Frassinetti F Bryn Walls Jonathan Metcalf Liz Wheeler ” Confuc Con Co fucius ius, us, Ana An le lec e ts ts, 6th h cen ntur tury BCE “THINK OF TOMORROW, THE PAST CAN’T BE M E N DE D.
“THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT.” Geo Ge eorge eo rge ge Sa Santa ntayan nta yana, yan na a, 20t 20th-c 20 h- ent h-c ntury uryy ph philo p ilo losop so sop sopher oph her er
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