Presents a history of the world from the ancient civilizations of the Middle and Far East to the modern world of the late twentieth century. Includes maps and illustrations.
This successful world history reader contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides readers through the process of historical inquiry and explanation.
The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data.
many , Hans - Ulrich Wehler , The German Empire , 1871-1918 ( 1985 ) ; James J. Sheehan , German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century ( 1978 ) , and Fritz Stern , Gold and Iron : Bismarck , Bleichroder and the Building of the German ...
Seven times between 1403 and 1433 a court official , named Cheng Ho , gathered a great fleet in south China and sailed into the Indian Ocean . He returned successfully , bringing with him the king of Ceylon , the prince of Sumatra ...
The Fascinating Book of History, from the much-loved Armchair Digest series, is a lively collection of the most compelling, bizarre, chilling, and hilarious stories from world history.
Modern World History GCSE: Key Stage 4
Squeezing together 3,500 years of bloody battles, glorious empires, revolting revolutions, monstrous monarchs, and so much more, The History Book gives everything a good shake and a couple of twists, so the important bits are all there, but ...
fertile strip of land along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers . It's shaped like an arch , or crescent , and stretches from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Persian Gulf in the east . Melting snows in the nearby mountains have ...
A truly global approach to world history built around significant world history stories.
2 Japan : Izanagi and Izanami Juliet Piggott . Japanese Mythology . London : Paul Hamlyn , 1969 . 13-14 . In this brief Japanese creation story , Izanagi and Izanami are gods who descend from heaven to create land in the sea .