Screen LibraryA little history of the world /
Presents a brief, narrative history of the world, from the Stone Age up to the end of World War II.
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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| Summary: |
Presents a brief, narrative history of the world, from the Stone Age up to the end of World War II. |
| Item Description: |
Originally published in 2005. With added illustrations. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 346 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300197181 0300197187 |
| Index Number: | D23 |
| CLC: | K10 |
| Call Number: | K10/G632 |
| Contents: | Once upon a time -- The greatest inventors of all time -- The land by the Nile -- Sunday, Monday ... -- The one and only god -- I c-a-n r-e-a-d -- Heroes and their weapons -- A unequal struggle -- Two small cities in one small land -- The enlightened one and his land -- The great teacher of a great people -- The greatest adventure of all -- New wars and warriors -- An enemy of history -- Rulers of the western world -- The good news -- Life in the empire and it's frontiers -- The storm -- The starry night begins -- There is no god but Alla, and Muhammad is his prophet -- A conqueror who knows how to rule -- A struggle to become lord of Christendom -- Chivalrous knights -- Emperors in the age of chivalry -- Cities and citizens -- A new age -- A new world -- A new faith -- The church at war -- Terrible times -- An unlucky king and a lucky king -- Meanwhile, looking eastward ... -- A truly new age -- A very violent revolution -- The last conqueror -- Men and machines -- Across the seas -- Two new states in Europe -- Dividing up the world -- The small part of the history of the world which I have lived through myself: looking back. |