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The World : an illustrated history / edition by Geoffrey Parker.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, ©1986.Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 480 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0060155027
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D20. P375 1986
Contents:
Contents: Human origins -- The Agricultural revolution -- The Birth of civilization -- The Age of iron -- Greece and Rome -- World religions -- The end of the ancient world -- Islam -- Europe recovers -- The Mongol onslaught -- The expansion of Europe -- China in transition -- China and Japan -- The Ottoman Empire -- Africa before the Europeans -- American before the Europeans -- Europe: State and power -- The West and the wider world -- Asia -- The age of revolutions -- The making of Russia -- The making of the USA -- Industry and empire -- The end of the old order -- The world in conflict -- The modern world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University D20.P375 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Daood Moosa. 3ACKU000532696
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-469) and index.

Contents: Human origins -- The Agricultural revolution -- The Birth of civilization -- The Age of iron -- Greece and Rome -- World religions -- The end of the ancient world -- Islam -- Europe recovers -- The Mongol onslaught -- The expansion of Europe -- China in transition -- China and Japan -- The Ottoman Empire -- Africa before the Europeans -- American before the Europeans -- Europe: State and power -- The West and the wider world -- Asia -- The age of revolutions -- The making of Russia -- The making of the USA -- Industry and empire -- The end of the old order -- The world in conflict -- The modern world.

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