From the days of the first nomadic hunters to the present, The Illustrated History of the World set covers the entire sweep of history and offers a highly illustrated portrait of global development. It is the perfect starting point for students who wish to investigate the diversity of peoples and places throughout history and across the world.The set gives young people a balanced, global view of the world as it explores civilizations from the Maya of Mexico to the Shoguns of Japan to the Sumerians of the Middle East.
Each volume is organized on a spread-by-spread basis that lets young readers locate subjects with confidence and research topics in considerable depth.
Every two-page spread contains a lively, thought-provoking essay accompanied by an array of striking illustrations, full color reproductions of important artworks, photographs archaeological finds, detailed maps, and original diagrams.
Colorful sidebars on each spread detail concurrent events from around the globe and help develop a chronological and world-wide perspective.
-- The founding of Rome
-- Language and writing in China
-- Religion in the Mauryan empire of ancient India
-- The ancient city of Taxila
-- The Nok culture of ancient Nigeria.
- ISBN10 0816027862
- ISBN13 9780816027866
- Publish Date 1 January 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 80
- Language English