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English
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"A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
We can envision scenarios for the year 2100, but what about 2600? Or 3100? Reflect on the possibilities, drawing from the imaginative work of futurists and science fiction writers. See where human civilization might go - and what might happen to us along the way - on this planet, or in the universe, as Homo sapiens, or even as some future species.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Geography plays one of the most important roles in a civilization's development, and this holds true for the ancient Greeks. But it is the Greek experiments in government that drove much of their success. Tour the ancient Greek city-states of Athens, Sparta, and more to find out how they were governed, and how they dealt with conflicts.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
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English
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"Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspective narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features... In this illuminating history, Charles Emmerson liberates the world of 1913 from this "prelude to war" narrative, and explores it as it was, in all its...
Publisher
DK Publishing ; Smithsonian
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
440 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
More than 140 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the space race. Custom regional and global maps present the history of the world in action, charting how events traced patterns on land and ocean--patterns of exploration, discovery, or conquest that created empires, colonies, or theaters of war. Thoughtful organization of information will help you follow the story of...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Sub-Saharan Africa has often been overlooked by outside historians who are considering the rise of human civilization, yet nations such as Mali and Ghana and the Bantu and Swahili civilizations all have a rich and fascinating history. Survey the story of Africa with a special focus on sub-Saharan geography, people, and civilizations.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Third edition, revised and updated.
Physical Desc
620 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the course of human history from prehistoric times to the present day, analyzing the common themes, threads, forces, and factors that have shaped human life--including climate, ecology, disease, and geology--and examining human accomplishments, from the technological innovations that changed the world to key cultural, social, artistic, and intellectual achievements.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 15 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Best of History, features an in-depth look at some of the most significant events in U.S. and world history. Follow the industrialists -- Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Morgan -- as they transform America into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. As small settlements in Jamestown and Plymouth grew into a nation of states, Americans pushed innovation and ingenuity to the very edge to create a modern world."--Description...
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English
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"A revelatory global history shows how cheap American grain toppled the world's largest empires. To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain-along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate these routes transformed the balance of world power. Early in the nineteenth century, imperial Russia fed much of Europe through the...
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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Edición en español.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
Language
Español
Description
"¡Bienvenidos a la aventura de la historia! ¡Explora los secretos de la historia!"--
A visual exploration of world history covers major events and developments from the dawn of human history to the present day, including the evolution and migrations of early humans, the rise and fall of great empires, and important battles and conflicts.
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Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of the world's most enduring witnesses: the trees. From the Flower of Kent apple tree still standing in Sir Isaac Newton's yard, to the English oak given to Jesse Owens after facing down Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, to the California redwood saved from destruction by July Butterfly Hill, to the Callery pear tree still miraculously alive after the World Trade Towers fell, Witness Trees is a moving tribute to the world's most famous...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xl, 1304 pages : color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs-a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties In this sprawling and eye-opening book, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people who held unfathomable power. He trains his eye on founders of humble origin, like...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"This beautiful history atlas helps children learn about world history, all the way from the first humans leaving Africa right up to how the world looks now, with a modern world map. It's packed with more than 40 historical maps and fascinating nuggets of information about the past."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 500 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world's empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history. Dominic Lieven's expansive book explores...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A captivating exploration of how "Western Civilization"--the concept of a single cultural inheritance extending from ancient Greece to modern times--is a powerful figment of our collective imagination"--
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