The history book

The history book

Sufiya Ahmed

Book - 2023

"A museum in a book, this collection of treasures from the past brings history to life, from Stone-Age tools to smartphones. Children will love to explore galleries of intriguing objects from ancient civilizations, bygone eras, and breakthrough moments, to understand how the modern world has been influenced by the past"--

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Subjects
World history > Juvenile literature.
History > Juvenile literature.
World history.
Informational works.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.
Genres
Informational works
Picture books
Illustrated works
Published
New York, NY : DK Publishing 2023.
Language
English
Corporate Author
Smithsonian Institution
Main Author
Sufiya Ahmed (author)
Corporate Author
Smithsonian Institution (-)
Other Authors
Peter Chrisp (author), Jenny Cox, Seun Matiluko, Andrea Mills
Edition
First American edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN
9780744076318
  • Prehistory
  • Prehistory
  • Becoming human
  • Peopling the world
  • Settling Australia
  • First farmers
  • After the Ice Age
  • Megaliths
  • Metal working
  • The Ancient World
  • The Ancient World
  • Mesopotamia
  • Ancient warfare
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Gods and religion
  • Temple worship
  • Ancient China
  • Writing systems
  • Celts and Germanic peoples
  • Jewelery
  • Persian empires
  • Mediterranean civilizations
  • The Roman Empire
  • Indian empires
  • The ancient Americas
  • Ancient Africa
  • The Medieval World
  • The Medieval World
  • North American cultures
  • The spread of Islam
  • Europe awakens
  • Medieval Europe
  • The Mongol Empire
  • Medieval African kingdoms
  • Great Zimbabwe
  • Medieval Korea
  • Medieval Japan
  • Medieval warfare
  • Tang and Song China
  • Southeast Asian kingdoms
  • Polynesian great voyages
  • Maya, Aztec, and Inca
  • Mesoamerican pyramids
  • The Age of Encounters
  • The Age of Encounters
  • Ottomans and Safavids
  • Islamic art
  • The Renaissance
  • Books and printing
  • Advances in warfare
  • European exploration
  • The colonial Americas
  • Drama and performance
  • The Mughal Empire
  • Qing China
  • Edo Japan
  • The Atlantic slave trade
  • African kingdoms
  • The Age of Revolution
  • The Age of Revolution
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Independence in the Americas
  • Building and dividing America
  • Indigenous peoples and the United States
  • European revolutions
  • The French Revolution
  • Resistance to colonialism
  • Advances in medicine
  • Travel and transportation
  • The Modern World
  • The Modern World
  • World War I
  • The rise of communism
  • Women's voting rights
  • America between the wars
  • World War II
  • The Holocaust
  • Modern warfare
  • Decolonization
  • The Partition of India
  • The Cold War
  • Codes and espionage
  • The US civil rights movement
  • Computers
  • Space exploration
  • Modern South America
  • Postcolonial Africa
  • Skyscrapers
  • The digital age
  • A greener world
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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