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History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World
Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happened. Taking a chronological approach, History Year by Year invites you to explore momentous discoveries, ingenious inventions, and important events from around the world in the context of their time. Along the way, you'll meet charismatic leaders, brutal dictators, influential thinkers, and innovative scientists from around the globe.
Follow in the steps of your human ancestors as they colonised the planet, developed tools, harnessed fire, and painted cave walls. Learn how their descendants established great civilisations, founded huge empires, domesticated animals, built pyramids, produced great art, authored epic poems, and even travelled into space. There are wars, rebellions, voyages of adventure and discovery, extraordinary technological developments, and incredible sporting feats.
In this history book, you will
-Maps, photography, facts and statistics about the timeline of the world for over 7 million years.
-Chapters with information about the origin of humans, early civilisation, trade and invention, technology and more.
-Detailed descriptions and information on significant moments in history that shaped life.
Accessible to everyone, History Year by Year's combination of bite-sized information, eye-catching images, crystal-clear maps, and memorable stats will delight history lovers and make an ideal gift for trivia fans wanting facts at their fingertips. If you've ever wondered exactly what happened when - and where it all took place - then this is the book for you.
When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happened. Taking a chronological approach, History Year by Year invites you to explore momentous discoveries, ingenious inventions, and important events from around the world in the context of their time. Along the way, you'll meet charismatic leaders, brutal dictators, influential thinkers, and innovative scientists from around the globe.
Follow in the steps of your human ancestors as they colonised the planet, developed tools, harnessed fire, and painted cave walls. Learn how their descendants established great civilisations, founded huge empires, domesticated animals, built pyramids, produced great art, authored epic poems, and even travelled into space. There are wars, rebellions, voyages of adventure and discovery, extraordinary technological developments, and incredible sporting feats.
In this history book, you will
-Maps, photography, facts and statistics about the timeline of the world for over 7 million years.
-Chapters with information about the origin of humans, early civilisation, trade and invention, technology and more.
-Detailed descriptions and information on significant moments in history that shaped life.
Accessible to everyone, History Year by Year's combination of bite-sized information, eye-catching images, crystal-clear maps, and memorable stats will delight history lovers and make an ideal gift for trivia fans wanting facts at their fingertips. If you've ever wondered exactly what happened when - and where it all took place - then this is the book for you.
514 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 7, 2024
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D.K. Publishing
9,025 books2,094 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
December 8, 2025
I wanted to remember important years in history and this book was exactly what I was looking for. The illustrations keep you enthralled and you pick up many little 'gems' along the way. Of course, it is very concise, so it barely scratches the surface of many events past. Yet, that enabled me to dive deeper online or just turn to the next page. All in all, I've managed to remember 600+ years of different events.
August 10, 2025
I understand when you're trying to cram the entire history of mankind - with pictures - into one volume, you're not going to have much in depth writing. There's just no room. What I don't get is the choices the editors made as to what did get in and what got more space. Julius Caesar warrants a passing mention, the English civil war receives a surprising amount of coverage, Thomas Jefferson is done dirty, and of course there's always room for wokeness.
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December 30, 2024
Another Costco book!
I had never seen on like this before and it does it's best to cover the world. If you like dictionaries and encyclopedias, or one volume works, this is for you.
I had never seen on like this before and it does it's best to cover the world. If you like dictionaries and encyclopedias, or one volume works, this is for you.
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