Atlas of World HistorySynthesizing exceptional cartography and impeccable scholarship, the Atlas of World History traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full-color maps and over 200,000 words of text. Its outstanding features include: * More than 200 illustrations and tables * Longer essays on worldwide trends, political developments, and military conflicts, highlighting the most significant socioeconomic, cultural, and religious themes for five pivotal historical periods * Devotion to the rich past of Africa, Asia, and the Americas * Cross-references and an 8,000-entry index with alternative name forms permitting movement through regions and time periods with the utmost of ease The Atlas of World History is sure to appeal to a wide audience of history and geography buffs and scholars, as well as students. |
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Contents
FOREWORD | 10 |
1 THE ANCIENT WORLD | 12 |
2 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD | 58 |
3 THE EARLY MODERN WORLD | 112 |
4 THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS | 160 |
5 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 212 |
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| 308 | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 312 |
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Common terms and phrases
1st millennium BC 20th century Abbasid Africa agriculture Anatolia areas army Austria became began Boundary Britain British Buddhism Byzantine capital Caribbean cent central centre China Chinese Christian cities civil coast colonies communist communities conquest countries Crusade culture defeat developed dominated Dutch dynasty early East eastern economic Egypt emperor established ethnic European expansion exports forces France French German groups growth Habsburg Holy Roman Empire Hungary hunter-gatherers imperial important increased independence India industrial Islam Italy Japan Japanese King kingdom labour land Latin major manufacturing Mesoamerica Mexico military million Mongol Muslim nomadic North America northern Olmec Ottoman Ottoman Empire period Persian Poland political population Portuguese production region religious Republic result revolution rule rulers Russia settlement slaves South Southeast Asia southern Soviet Union Spain Spanish spread territory tion towns trade route Treaty troops United urban West western Europe Xiongnu
Bibliographic information
| Title | Atlas of World History |
| Author | Patrick Karl O'Brien |
| Editor | Patrick Karl O'Brien |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 019521921X, 9780195219210 |
| Length | 312 pages |
| Subjects | › Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |