Lifelines in World History
The Ancient World, The Medieval World, The Early Modern World, The Modern World
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2010
Book
512 pages
978-0-7656-8125-6 (ISBN)
Description
This lavishly illustrated full-color set is organized by the time frames that mirror the National Standards for world history for grades 6-12. An ideal supplement to all the major textbooks, it offers appealing and comprehensive biographies of history's most influential figures - both famous and infamous."Lifelines in World History" features biographies of figures from Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Southwest Asia, and covers the most significant events and trends in world history. Each volume includes 15-20 biographies, and in addition to biographical information, each entry includes engaging sidebars that feature key dates, more people to know, words from their time, and cultural connections. The set also includes numerous full-color maps.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
3288 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-8125-6 (9780765681256)
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Additional editions
Ase Berit | Rolf Strandskogen
Lifelines in World History
The Ancient World, The Medieval World, The Early Modern World, The Modern World
E-Book
03/2015
Routledge
€430.99
Available for download
Ase Berit | Rolf Strandskogen
Lifelines in World History
The Ancient World, The Medieval World, The Early Modern World, The Modern World
E-Book
03/2015
Routledge
€430.99
Available for download
Persons
Ase Berit, Rolf Strandskogen
Content
About Lifelines in World History; Alexander III, the Great (356-323 b.c.e. ); Archimedes (ca. 287-212 b.c.e .); Ashoka the Great (ca. 299-232 b.c.e .); Attila the Hun (ca. c.e . 406-453); Augustus Caesar (63 b.c.e.-c.e . 14); Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) (ca. 563-483 b.c.e .); Cleopatra VII (69-30 b.c.e .); Confucius (ca. 551-479 b.c.e .); Cyrus the Great (ca. 580-530 b.c.e .); Euclid (ca. 325-265 b.c.e .); Herodotus (ca. 484-425 b.c.e .); Jesus of Nazareth (ca. 3 b.c.e.-c.e . 30); Justinian I ( c.e . 483-565); Quetzalcoatl (Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl) (ca. c.e . 900-977); Sargon of Akkad (ca. 2350-2279 b.c.e .); Shi Huangdi (Qin Shi Huangdi; Shi Huang-Ti) (260-210 b.c.e .); Socrates (ca. 470-399 b.c.e .), Plato (ca. 427-347 b.c.e .), and Aristotle (384-322 b.c.e .); Solomon (ca. 1000-931 b.c.e .); Thutmose III (ca. 1491-1425 b.c.e .); About Lifelines in World History; Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (ca. 980-1037); Charlemagne (ca. 742-814); Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1122-1204); Genghis Khan (Temuejin) (ca. 1167-1227); Gregory I, The Great (ca. 540-604); Harun al-Rashid (ca. 763-809); Henry VIII (1491-1547); Hunac Ceel (ca. 1200); Louis IX (1214-1270); Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204); Mansa Musa (Kankan Musa) (ca. 1270-1337); Muhammad (ca. 570-632); Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 973-1014); Pachacuti (r. 1438-1471); Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) (ca. 1138-1193); Vladimir I (ca. 958-1015); William I, The Conqueror (ca. 1028-1087); Xuanzang (Hsuan Tsang) (ca. 602-664); About Lifelines in World History; Akbar the Great (1542-1605); Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689); Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543); Elizabeth I (1533-1603); Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790); Kangxi (1654-1722); Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519); Locke, John (1632-1704); Louis XIV (1638-1715); Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Moctezuma II (ca. 1480-1520); Muhammad I Askia (ca. 1443-1538]; Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Peter I, the Great (1672-1725); Petrarch (1304-1374); Suleiman I, the Magnificent (1494-1566); Zheng He (1371-ca. 1433); About Lifelines in World History; Atatuerk, Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938); Bismarck, Otto von (1815-1898); Bolivar, Simon (1783-1830); Castro, Fidel (1926-); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Curie, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934); Einstein, Albert (1879-1955); Gandhi, Mohandas K. (1869-1948); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lenin, Vladimir (1870-1924); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Mandela, Nelson (1918-); Mao Zedong (1893-1976); Marx, Karl (1818-1883); Meir, Golda (1896-1978); Napoleon I (1769-1821); Thatcher, Margaret (1925-)