Timelines: The Events that Shaped History

An original new way of appreciating the vast series of events that have shaped world history, allowing complete and quick comparability between different periods and regions.

In Timelines, John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format. Using concise, insightful, and engaging text summaries alongside timelines, maps, and illustrations, Haywood takes the reader from the origins of our first ancestors up to the present day. A short essay introduces an...