The History Book / DK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DK, author.

Series:

DK Big Ideas Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history--Juvenile literature.

World history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

DK Publishing, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Travel thousands of years into our past and discover the significant events that shaped the world as we know it. This book includes short, descriptive explanations of key ideas, themes, and events of world history that are easy to understand. Explore topics such as the founding of Baghdad, the colonization of the Americas, and the inception of Buddhism without complicated jargon. This book is part of DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained educational series that uses witty graphics and engaging descriptions to enlighten readers. Don't stop at American history, explore the world! This book is full of fun facts from the human story, going as far back as the origins of our species to space exploration today. Discover all things revolution, from the French to the digital, including the rise of the internet. Enjoy short and sweet biographies of some of the most important thinkers and leaders throughout history, like Martin Luther, Charles Darwin, and Nelson Mandela. You'll learn who said famous historical quotes, and what they really meant when they said it. Big Ideas This is a modern twist on the good old-fashioned encyclopedia, now easier to follow with diagrams, mind maps, and timelines. Step-by-step diagrams will have you reviewing your ideas about history. Start from the very beginning: - Human Origins 200,000 years ago - 3500 BGE - Ancient Civilizations 6000 BGE - 500 CE - The Medieval World 500 - 1492 - Early Modern Era 1420 - 1795 - Changing Societies 1776 - 1914 - The Modern World 1914 - Present The Series Simply Explained With over 7 million copies sold worldwide to date, The History Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series from DK Books. It uses innovative graphics along with engaging writing to make complex subjects easier to understand.

Contents:

BOOK CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

HUMAN ORIGINS • 200,000 YEARS AGO–3500 BCE

At least as important as Columbus’s journey to America or the Apollo 11 expedition • The first humans arrive in Australia

Everything was so beautiful, so fresh • Cave paintings at Altamira

The foundations of today’s Europe were forged in the events of the late Ice Age • The Big Freeze

A great civilization arose on the Anatolian plain • The settlement at Çatalhöyük

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS • 6000 BCE–500 CE

To bring about the rule of righteousness in the land • The Law Code of Hammurabi

All the lands have fallen prostrate beneath his sandals for eternity • The temples of Abu Simbel

Attachment is the root of suffering • Siddartha Gautama preaches Buddhism

A clue to the existence of a system of picture-writing in the Greek lands • The palace at Knossos

In times of peace, sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who bury their sons • The Persian Wars

Administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few • Athenian democracy

There is nothing impossible to he who will try • The conquests of Alexander the Great

If the Qin should ever get his way with the world, then the whole world will end up his prisoner • The First Emperor unifies China

Thus perish all tyrants • The assassination of Julius Caesar

By this sign conquer • The Battle of Milvian Bridge

The city which had taken the whole world was itself taken • The Sack of Rome

Further events

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD • 500–1492

Seek to enlarge the empire and make it more glorious • Belisarius retakes Rome

Truth has come and falsehood has vanished • Muhammad receives the divine revelation

A leader in whose shadow the Christian nation is at peace • The crowning of Charlemagne

The ruler is wealthy but the state is destroyed • The An Lushan revolt

A surge in spirit and an awakening in intelligence • The founding of Baghdad

Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain • The Viking raid on Lindisfarne

The Roman church has never erred • The Investiture Controversy

A man destined to become master of the state • Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Shogun

That men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions • The signing of the Magna Carta Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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OCLC:

968714895