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THE MODERN WORLD
"CIVILIZATIONS OF AFRICA", "CIVILIZATIONS OF EUROPE", "CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS", "CIVILIZATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHWEST ASIA", "CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC" |
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Sarolta Anna Takacs, John R. McNeill (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£425.00 |
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£382.50 |
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£42.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0765680963 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780765680969 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2008 |
| Pages: |
859 |
| Description: |
Designed to meet the curriculum needs for students from grades 7 to 12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores world history from approximately 5000 CE. It covers the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the modern world. |
| Synopsis: |
Designed to meet the curriculum needs for students from grades 7 to 12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores world history from approximately 5000 C.E. to the present. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the modern world.Each volume includes articles on history, government, and warfare; the development of ideas and the growth of art and architecture; religion and philosophy; music; science and technology; and daily life in the civilizations covered. Boxed features include "Turning Point," "Great Lives," "Into the Twenty-First Century," and "Modern Weapons". Maps, timelines, and illustrations illuminate the text, and a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index in each volume round out the set. |
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photos, sidebars, maps, timelines, glossary, bibliography, index |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Sharpe Reference |
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Returnable |
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