To 1500 (The Essential World History) - Softcover

Duiker, William J.; Spielvogel, Jackson J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495097675 ISBN 13: 9780495097679

Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2006

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Book by Duiker William J Spielvogel Jackson J

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Explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time withTHE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY: to 1500. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. You can use the book's global approach and its emphasis on analytical comparisons between cultures to link events together in a broad comparative and global framework that places the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.

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• Verlag: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0495097675
• ISBN 13: 9780495097679
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 360