The Human Dawn, Pre-History - 3000 BC

TimeFrame #1

by Chris Middleton (Editor)

Volume 1 da Coleção História em Revista, em 25 volumes.

Na coleção original americana, este volume era o primeiro, e o título levava o acréscimo Pré-história - 3000 a. C. . A edição brasileira encurtou o título, retirou-o da ordem cronológica e o publicou ao final.

Capítulos
- A trajetória da evolução
- O povoamento da Terra
- Domadores do deserto
- Nascimento das cidades

Ensaios
- Nos portais da humanidade
- Paisagens glaciais
- A marca do artista
- Um novo estilo de vida

Primeira edição, 1993. Segunda impressão, 1993.
This is a pre-ISBN publication.
Essa é uma publicação anterior ao ISBN.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 1991

Reviews

[Tom Oman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book along with all of the others in the TimeFrame series as my initial introduction to history. They run from Pre-History up to the early 1990's in a chronological manner spanning some 25 volumes.

Reading this series will make your entire study of history much more meaningful and rewarding. It is perfect for anyone who needs an overarching understanding of how the different periods of human history developed and how each period and event relates to the context of the whole.

I knew almost nothing of history when I found this series of books and I thoroughly devoured them.

This series of books provides a fantastic blueprint of the history of the world. It lays out the chronology and the geography of the major themes and events of world history in a very coherent, organized structure. Using this series as a starting place, every other aspect of history you will subsequently learn about will only add to what you've read here as you fill out your knowledge. Reading history books is not necessarily meaningful or intriguing without the ability to place what you're reading into a wider context. After reading this series you will be able to understand any element of history much better by realizing how it relates to the whole.

In sum, I cannot recommend these books enough for anyone wanting a compelling and comprehensive overview of world history.

[Nancy Ellis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this series in my bookcases for several years, but it's just now that I'm getting around to reading the books, inspired by a video course I'm taking put out by The Teaching Company (Great Courses) called "Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations" and taught by Professor Brian M. Fagan. (I highly recommend all courses done by this company!) It's only in the past few years that I've become more interested in the dawn of history, prehistory and the like, and this first book in the series is an interesting and thorough presentation of human life from the very beginning to 3000 BC. I'm definitely looking forward to continuing with my studies!

[David Withun · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Drini Cami · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was absolutely fantastic. When one mentions anthropology, the adjective "fascinating" isn't usually the first to come to mind, but this book was hard to put down. By reading this, I have developed a great interest in anthropology and human evolution, and have also gained a new understanding of what it means to be "human." The book also completely revolutionized my sense of time. I know a little about history, but I've never delved into the BC era. It was astounding how developed and advanced the people of that time were. My goal is to read all the books in the TimeFrame series, but I wasn't too sure if I'd be able to go through with it. After reading this, I am positive I will!

[Jeff Seymour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surely dated, but still an interesting introduction to human history, and very valuable for its dedication to portraying what was going on all over the world in a given time period. Taught me a lot, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

[John Rauch]

Very interesting for me. Lots of filling in the social gaps between fossils and ancient relics. I thought the perspective was helpful in understanding how we got to where we are as a species.