National Geographic Essential Visual History of the World |
Contents
Elements of this Book | 12 |
Prehistory | 14 |
The Development of Humankind | 16 |
The First Cultures | 18 |
First Empires | 20 |
The Birth of Civilization | 22 |
Mass Migrations | 24 |
Mesopotamia | 26 |
Medes and Persians | 44 |
The Scythians | 46 |
India | 48 |
China | 50 |
Soldier of the terracotta army in the grave of Chinese emperor Qin Shih Huangdi page 100 | 52 |
Philosophy and Barbarism Foundations of our World | 54 |
Crete and Mycenae The Beginnings of Greek Culture | 56 |
Greece | 58 |
The Ancient Egyptians | 30 |
The Hittites | 36 |
Kingdoms on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent | 38 |
Syria and Palestine | 40 |
The Israelites | 42 |
Diadochoi | 64 |
Arabia and Judea before the Romans | 68 |
Carthage World Power and Rival of Rome | 70 |
The Etruscans Until the Roman Empire | 73 |
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