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World history 50 things you really need to know

People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimulating outl...

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Main Author: Crofton, Ian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Quercus 2011
Subjects:
History > Miscellanea
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Table of Contents:
  • From ancient times to the Middle Ages : The beginnings of agriculture
  • The first cities
  • Egypt of the pharaohs
  • Classical Greece
  • Alexander the Great
  • The spread of Roman power
  • The fall of Rome and its aftermath
  • The rise of Islam
  • The Vikings
  • The Crusades
  • The Black Death. Other worlds : Precolonial India
  • Imperial China
  • The Mongols
  • Japan, the island empire
  • Incas and Aztecs
  • Empires and kingdoms of Africa. The early modern period : The Renaissance
  • The Ottoman empire
  • The voyages of discovery
  • The Reformation
  • The Counter-Reformation
  • The English Revolution
  • The Scientific Revolution
  • The age of empire
  • The Enlightenment. Gathering pace : The American Revolution
  • The French Revolution
  • The Napoleonic era
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Nationalism in Europe
  • Slavery
  • The expansion of the USA
  • The American Civil War
  • The rise of socialism
  • Women's rights. The 20th Century and after : The First World War
  • Lenin and Stalin
  • The shadow of Fascism
  • The Great Depression
  • The Second World War: Euorpe
  • The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific
  • The Holocaust
  • The Cold War
  • The end of empire
  • The Vietnam War
  • The Arab-Israeli conflict
  • The fall of communism
  • The resurgence of China
  • 9/11 and after.

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