{"product_id":"9781426211782","title":"National Geographic Concise History of the World","description":"Author: KAGAN, NEIL\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781426211782\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Sep 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 416\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis highly visual history of key world events has been revised and expanded to include such recent history-making developments as the launch of the iPad, 2011's Arab Spring, Europe's debt crisis, and myriad other continually evolving, world-changing threads and themes, all unfolding at once, and all interconnected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dawn of humankind to today's global complexities, this monumental volume presents world history from an original perspective that provides fresh insights with every colorful spread. Few references are as invaluable, all-inclusive, and satisfying to browse. For readers of all ages, world history is easily accessible, depicted as never before—so that events occurring simultaneously around the world can be viewed at-a-glance together. For example, Texas Instruments launched the pocket calculator the same year the Soviet Union launched the first manned space station, in 1971. Columbus sailed from Spain the year Martin Behaim constructed a terrestrial globe in Nuremberg. The California Gold Rush followed the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s, and the Greek dictatorship of Papadopoulos is overthrown the same year Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed and U.S. president Nixon resigns, in 1974. The book's innovative time line truly sets it apart, allowing readers to scan across a spread and explore a single area or compare contemporary societies across the globe.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable resource also contains dozens of maps; scores of sidebars; hundreds of illustrations; and thousands of events, milestones, personalities, ideas, and inventions. Throughout, vivid illustrations depict artworks, artifacts, portraits and dramatic scenes, while sidebar topics range from local customs and lifestyles to the effect of climate change on human migration. Drawing on National Geographic's vast resources, this concise yet comprehensive, one-of-a-kind work is as rewarding as it is compulsively readable.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47791915827358,"sku":"UBD-9781426211782","price":94.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781426211782.jpg?v=1780915210","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781426211782","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}