History: The Definitive Visual Guide (From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day)

Hart-Davis, Adam

ISBN 10: 075663119X / ISBN 13: 9780756631192

Published by DK (edition First Edition), 2007

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History: The Definitive Visual Guide (From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day)
• Publisher: DK (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075663119X
• ISBN 13: 9780756631192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

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

Review

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. At the core of this development is the ability of humans to store and transmit knowledge, so that each new generation stands upon the shoulders of its predecessors. This ability to use what has gone before is what sets humans apart.

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. Taking a broad-themed approach, acknowledging varied factors at work, from climate, ecology, disease, and geology and their roles in the human story, this visual celebration makes history accessible and relevant, putting events in their wider context and showing how they have shaped the world we live in.

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