A Groundbreaking Work Offering a Balanced Presentation of Human HistoryIn today's world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. Facts On File's seven-volume Encyclopedia of World History is a truly groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective on the past. A team of distinguished world history academics has brought together scores of specialists in writing signed entries based on the latest scholarship. Based on the National Standards for World HistoryInfluenced by the National Standards for World History, this comprehensive and authoritative set is rich in features to make the study of world history easier for students to understand. Arranged in six chronological eras that span prehistory to the present day, its chronological approach follows the way world history is taught and studied in the classroom. Each volume era begins with essays that address large themes such as agriculture, science and technology, social and class relationships, trade and cultural exchanges, and warfare allowing students to make connections and trace key global patterns over time. The final volume contains primary source documents and a master index for the set. Key Features That Enhance the Set's Reference ValueThematic essays that help students make comparisons and connections across regions and time periodsPrimary source documents, carefully chosen to be representative of the six world erasInformative, cross-referenced entriesA chronology in every volume that helps students place events in contextMore than 600 illustrations, including a 32-page insert of full-color maps in each volume designed to convey the importance of geography in world historyFurther reading sections that encourage additional researchIndividual volume indexesA comprehensive set index.The Set Is Arranged in Six Chronological ErasVolume I: The Ancient World: Prehistoric Eras to 600 CEVolume II: The Expanding World: 600 CE to 1450Volume III: The First Global Age: 1450 to 1750Volume IV: Age of Revolution and Empire: 1750 to 1900Volume V: Crisis and Achievement: 1900 to 1950Volume VI: The Contemporary World: 1950 to the PresentVolume VII: Primary Documents and Master Index.
A Groundbreaking Work Offering a Balanced Presentation of Human HistoryIn today's world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. Facts On File's seven-volume Encyclopedia of World History is a truly groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective on the past. A team of distinguished world history academics has brought together scores of specialists in writing signed entries based on the latest scholarship. Based on the National Standards for World HistoryInfluenced by the National Standards for World History, this comprehensive and authoritative set is rich in features to make the study of world history easier for students to understand. Arranged in six chronological eras that span prehistory to the present day, its chronological approach follows the way world history is taught and studied in the classroom. Each volume era begins with essays that address large themes such as agriculture, science and technology, social and class relationships, trade and cultural exchanges, and warfare allowing students to make connections and trace key global patterns over time. The final volume contains primary source documents and a master index for the set. Key Features That Enhance the Set's Reference ValueThematic essays that help students make comparisons and connections across regions and time periodsPrimary source documents, carefully chosen to be representative of the six world erasInformative, cross-referenced entriesA chronology in every volume that helps students place events in contextMore than 600 illustrations, including a 32-page insert of full-color maps in each volume designed to convey the importance of geography in world historyFurther reading sections that encourage additional researchIndividual volume indexesA comprehensive set index.The Set Is Arranged in Six Chronological ErasVolume I: The Ancient World: Prehistoric Eras to 600 CEVolume II: The Expanding World: 600 CE to 1450Volume III: The First Global Age: 1450 to 1750Volume IV: Age of Revolution and Empire: 1750 to 1900Volume V: Crisis and Achievement: 1900 to 1950Volume VI: The Contemporary World: 1950 to the PresentVolume VII: Primary Documents and Master Index.