Visual Timelines: World History
Description
Written by award-winning author Anne Rooney, this highly-visual, full-colour hardback takes a thrilling ride through the history of the world with fact-filled, illustrated timelines throughout.
From the invention of the wheel to the information age, young readers can discover how the world have changed since our early ancestors, in this innovative, beautifully illustrated guide. Packed with annotated timelines, it maps out the chronology of each era and picks out major events and personalities in a concise and clear manner. This approach helps readers to put facts in context and develop a sense of history with a global perspective.
• The Stone Age and early humans
• Ancient Egypt
• The Roman Empire
• Black Death
• The industrial revolution
• The world at war
• The space race
• The information age
An illuminating read for young people aged 8+.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Visual Timelines series introduces children to the history of human and scientific development, using engaging, richly illustrated timelines to pick out major events and put them in context.