World History : 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series) -- Hardback By Crofton, Ian Publisher : Quercus Publishing Plc Published Date : 2011/04 Binding : Hardcover ISBN : 9780857380753 BookWeb Price : THB 496.00 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : THB 446.00 Availability Status : Our fulfillment centre has the item in stock. Usually dispatches within 3 working days.

 
Introduction                                       3  (1)
  FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE MIDDLE AGES
    01 The beginnings of agriculture               4  (4)
    02 The first cities                            8  (4)
    03 Egypt of the pharaohs                       12 (4)
    04 Classical Greece                            16 (4)
    05 Alexander the Great                         20 (4)
    06 The spread of Roman power                   24 (4)
    07 The fall of Rome and its aftermath          28 (4)
    08 The rise of Islam                           32 (4)
    09 The Vikings                                 36 (4)
    10 The Crusades                                40 (4)
    11 The Black Death                             44 (4)
  OTHER WORLDS
    12 Precolonial India                           48 (4)
    13 Imperial China                              52 (4)
    14 The Mongols                                 56 (4)
    15 Japan, the island empire                    60 (4)
    16 Incas and Aztecs                            64 (4)
    17 Empires and kingdoms of Africa              68 (4)
  THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
    18 The Renaissance                             72 (4)
    19 The Ottoman empire                          76 (4)
    20 The voyages of discovery                    80 (4)
    21 The Reformation                             84 (4)
    22 The Counter-Reformation                     88 (4)
    23 The English Revolution                      92 (4)
    24 The Scientific Revolution                   96 (4)
    25 The age of empire                           100(4)
    26 The Enlightenment                           104(4)
  GATHERING PACE
    27 The American Revolution                     108(4)
    28 The French Revolution                       112(4)
    29 The Napoleonic era                          116(4)
    30 The Industrial Revolution                   120(4)
    31 Nationalism in Europe                       124(4)
    32 Slavery                                     128(4)
    33 The expansion of the USA                    132(4)
    34 The American Civil War                      136(4)
    35 The rise of socialism                       140(4)
    36 Women's rights                              144(4)
  THE 20TH CENTURY AND AFTER
    37 The First World War                         148(4)
    38 Lenin and Stalin                            152(4)
    39 The shadow of Fascism                       156(4)
    40 The Great Depression                        160(4)
    41 The Second World War: Europe                164(4)
    42 The Second World War: Asia and the          168(4)
    Pacific
    43 The Holocaust                               172(4)
    44 The Cold War                                176(4)
    45 The end of empire                           180(4)
    46 The Vietnam War                             184(4)
    47 The Arab-Israeli conflict                   188(4)
    48 The fall of communism                       192(4)
    49 The resurgence of China                     196(4)
    50 9/11 and after                              200(4)
Index                                              204