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Timelines of everything : from woolly mammoths to world wars.
Title:
Timelines of everything : from woolly mammoths to world wars.
Author:
DK Publishing, Inc., publisher.
ISBN:
9780744069754
Edition:
New edition, revised and updated.

Second edition.

American edition.
Physical Description:
328 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Prehistory: before 3000 BCE -- The Ancient world: 3000 BCE-500 CE -- The Medieval world: 500-1450 -- The age of exploration: 1450-1750 -- The age of revolution: 1750-1914 -- The modern world: after 1914.
Abstract:
"Jam-packed with surprising facts and amazing details, such as the most bloodthirsty pirate of all time and the first crime to be solved by studying fingerprints, Timelines of Everything will take you on a whirlwind journey through an illustrated history of time, from the Big Bang to the modern world."-- Publisher's website.