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"The History Book is a fascinating journey through the most significant events in history and the big ideas behind each one, from the dawn of civilization to the lightning-paced culture of today. One hundred crystal-clear articles explore the Law Code of Hammurabi, the Renaissance, the American Revolution, World War II, and much, much more, bringing the events and people of history to life. As part of DK's award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, The History Book uses infographics show more and images to explain key ideas and themes. Biographies of key leaders, thinkers, and warriors, from Julius Caesar to Barack Obama, offer insight into their lives and further historical insight into these world-changing episodes. The History Book makes the past 4,000 years of history accessible and provides enlightenment on the forces that shaped the world as we know it today, for students and history buffs alike. -- show lessTags
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A very well done book covering as stated the big ideas throughout history. Events, people, reasons all laid out in a easy to follow and impactful way with great illustration. A must for anyone to bone up on world history and why behind it all.
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- Canonical title
- The History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Original publication date
- 2016-07-05
- First words
- The ultimate aim of history is human knowledge.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 909 — History & geography History World history
- LCC
- D21 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) General
- BISAC
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- 602
- Popularity
- 48,547
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.81)
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
- 3
