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 .
Glimpses of history for young readers.
HALLEY & POSTRESTORATION SCIENCE Noel Coley AMONG MEN OF SCIENCE IN THE post - Restoration period , it would be difficult to find one more talented than Edmond Halley . For diversity of scientific interests he was the equal of Robert ...
Brings together in printed form the essays that introduce the nine big eras in World History for Us All, a web-based model curriculum for world history.
Explores world history, covering such topics as the ancient world, the Middle Ages, discovery and exploration, revolution and industry, and the modern world.
Revise for History GCSE.: The modern world
Chronologically discusses the events of history beginning with the evolution of man and ending with the restructuring of Western Europe in 1993.
Shorter History of the World
A revised edition of the sweeping world history chronicles from early hominid life through the global events of the twenty-first century, following a central theme that human history is a story of change through a deliberate shaping of ...
History of the World: To 1500
The fourth volume in this eleven volume set presents an illustrated history of the diverging traditions of Islam, Arab empires, Byzantium and the making of Europe, from 150 to 1750.