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Alex Woolf

A Short History of the World



Mankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells the story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, great empires built and destroyed.
With over 350 illustrations, timelines and box features, A Short History of the World is a comprehensive and entertaining look at the ways in which man has spent his time on earth. Find out how the great Egyptian dynasties crumbled, how medieval Europe fell prey to the Black Death, how Enlightenment thinkers changed the course of history, and much more.
Sections include:
• The Prehistoric World
• The Ancient World
• The Classical World
• The Medieval World
• The Early Modern World
• The 19th-Century World
• The Modern World
909 бумажных страниц
Правообладатель
Arcturus Digital
Дата публикации оригинала
2008
Год выхода издания
2008
Издательства
Arcturus, Arcturus Publishing
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    Founded in about 753BC, Rome was built on a strategic position at the lowest crossing point on the River Tiber. For most of the sixth century, it was a minor city, ruled by a succession of Etruscan kings. The seventh king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was a cruel tyrant and, in 509, the Romans overthrew him in a popular uprising. Rather than installing a new king, the Romans decided to abandon monarchic government and establish a new system of annually elected magistrates called consuls. The consuls would be advised by an assembly of prominent citizens called the Senate. The Roman Republic was born.
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    An image of Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, founder of Zoroastrianism, taken from an ancient carving
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    Among the most important Greek philosophers were Socrates (c. 470–399) and Plato (428–348)

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