TY  - BOOK
ED  - DK
TI  - History year by year: the ultimate visual guide to the events that shaped the world
SN  - 9780241605400
U1  - 909 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Dorling Kindersley Limited
KW  - World history
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Chronology, Historical
KW  - Miscellanea
N2  - A concise and detailed chronological survey of world events from early human ancestors to the present day Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years. When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the war of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happened. Taking a chronological approach, History Year by Year invites you to explore momentous discoveries, ingenious inventions, and important events from around the world in the context of their time. Along the way you'll meet charismatic leaders, brutal dictators, influential thinkers, and innovative scientists from every corner of the globe. Follow in the steps of your human ancestors as they colonize the planet, develop tools, harness fire, and paint cave walls. Learn how their descendants established great civilizations, founded huge empires, domesticated animals, built pyramids, produced great art, authored epic poems, and even travelled into space. There are wars and rebellions, voyages of adventure and discovery, extraordinary developments in technology, and incredible sporting feats.


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