The New Atlas of World History

New Atlas of World History

Ranging in time from the first emergence of modern humans 6 million years ago right up to 2010, this is an atlas like no other, telling the global human story. It provides a crystal-clear model with which to compare events, civilisations and developments at a glance. Timelines reveal that the Hindu epic the Mahabharata was composed in 400 BC, a year before the death of Socrates. In the 9th century the Maya built Chichen Itza at the same time as the Chinese invented gunpowder – while in Europe Viking and Muslim raids brought cultural life to a low ebb. Thematic maps reveal everything from religious beliefs at the dawn of the reformation to immigration patterns in the 19th century. Praised by writers and academics from all disciplines, this New Atlas of World History provides the prefect overview of global history for the 21st century.