The Times Complete History of the World

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The rise of the great European empires; the expansion of Russia and Japan; the making of the United States; the First World War. With fully up-to-date text, including new material on the Middle East, China and Russia, this book, edited by leading modern historian Professor Richard Overy, is more compelling than ever. For a history buff an another view point on the History of the world by a author who thinks its only the western influence that shaped the modern world. He has the United States interacting with the world tens of pages before talking about the American Revolution. This book digs deep into the origin of Human beings and then explores who human beings of the different regions of the world transformed themselves into modern human beings.

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Many, more focused, history books have a wealth of specific detail but lack in overall context and visual support which the Complete History provides in droves. Every spread has been redesigned and rewritten, every map and chart extensively reviewed and updated. It’s such a fantastic book to understand the overall patterns of history, and it really comes in handy when you’re reading it with a few other history books at the same time! With over 600 full-colour maps and charts on a wide range of historical subjects and representing the work of a team of professional historians, this new edition continues a tradition of nearly thirty years of excellence, style, authority and cutting-edge design. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.PLEASE NOTE: SORRY, BUT THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM AND MAY REQUIRE EXTRA FOR POSTAGE PARTICULARLY FOR OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST FOR YOU**** The Times Complete History of the World is the most exciting, authoritative and accessible work on world history available. Following the death of Geoffrey Barraclough in 1984, three other editors have since edited the atlas.

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Instead of actually telling a coherent history of the world, Overy instead jumps from era to era, location to location, with no real logic or connection. He was consultant editor on The Times Atlas of the Second World War (1989) and general editor of The Times History of the 20th Century (1996). The European voyages of discovery; Mughal India, Ming China and the African empires; the apogee of Iran and Central Asia; the American and French revolutions. It is suffixed with a Glossary (38 pages), helpful in cross-referencing names and places, and an index (26 pages). With over 400 full-colour maps on a wide range of historical subjects and representing the work of a team of professional historians, this new edition continues a tradition of quarter of a century of excellence, style, authority and cutting-edge design.The first two editions were created by Barry Winkleman, the editorial director of Times Atlases and Managing Director of Times Books. There is expanded treatment of China, Japan and southeast Asia from the earliest civilizations to today’s rapidly evolving regions.

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The third edition was edited by Norman Stone, then Geoffrey Parker for the fourth, and Richard Overy for the fifth to the present ninth edition. The coverage of the United States has been strengthened to allow more material on the post-War period while that on the 20th century has been reorganized to reflect new historical perspectives and the dramatic events of this revolutionary century. In the introduction to the first edition, Geoffrey Barraclough notes that the desire of The Atlas was to provide a history based on the viewpoint of its creators, hence the spread of Islam, for example, is centred at Mecca, as might have been the view of the seventh century Arabs. The Times: Исторически атлас на света” е сред най-мащабните, сложни и достойни за уважение проекти, издавани в България.Each section is based on time and the closer the book gets to the present, the more pages it devotes to the section.

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What were the main factors that some nations become extraordinarily wealthy and scientific while others get worsened with the passage of time? He is a winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize by the Society for Military History for a lifetime's contribution to military history.With new spreads on thematic subjects such as Warfare in the Modern Age, State Tyranny and Migration, this new edition, edited by leading modern historian Professor Richard Overy, is broad-ranging and more visually enticing than ever.