A short history of the world / Ruth Brocklehurst & Henry Brook ; illustrated by Adam Larkum ; designed by Alice Reese & Hayley Wells ; edited by Jane Chisholm & Anne Millard.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London Usborne, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 159 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781409550228
- 1409550222
- 9780794540180
- 079454018X
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 909 B864 | Available | 33111008909117 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Friends, Romans, citizens of the world - do you want to take a fast-paced trip through time? All of human history is here, from hunter-gatherers in the Ice Age to technological innovators in modern times. With bitesize narrative accounts, lively illustrations, timelines, maps and links to specially selected websites to bring history alive.
Includes index.
From hunter-gatherers in the Ice Age to technological innovators in modern times, this book provides a short introduction to the world's history. Lively text introduces historical concepts such as civilization, empires, revolutions, religion and democracy, while bite-size narrative accounts describe the people and events that have shaped our world.
The ancient world : from the Ice Age -- The medieval world : From the 450s -- The early modern world : from the 1450s -- The modern world : from the 1750s.