History The Definitive Visual Guide: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756676096 ISBN 13: 9780756676094

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2012

Synopsis

Homo sapiens have remained the same species, largely unchanged in genetic makeup and anatomy since the Cro-Magnon era. By contrast, the cultural, social, and technological changes since then have been nothing less than extraordinary. Telling our story, from prehistory to the present day, DK's History is a thought-provoking journey, revealing the common threads and forces that have shaped human history.

Includes:

• Inventions, discoveries, and ideas that have shaped world history
• A look at human achievement through artifacts, painting, sculpture, and architecture
• An examination of humankind in context as part of the natural world
• Eyewitness accounts and biographies of key figures
• A comprehensive timeline chronicling the key events of the countries of the world

About this title

Review

"...the sheer range of information and its vivid presentation add up to a triumph." -- The Times, September 22, 2007

"A remarkable new book" -- The Times, September 22, 2007

About the Author

Adam Hart Davis has worked and presented on major TV series including Local Heroes, Top Ten Treasures, Tomorrow’s World, What The Stuarts Did For Us, What The Victorians Did For Us, What The Romans Did For Us, and recently What The Ancients Did For Us. He lives in the West of England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756676096
• ISBN 13: 9780756676094
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 612
• Editor: Hart-Davis Adam