Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

Name: Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
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ISBN: 9780753451946

ISBN-10: 0753451948

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Edition: 1999 (Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc.)

Authors: Kingfisher Editors

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What was the Black Death? Who fought in the Hundred Years' War? What do people mean by the Counter-Reformation? With its simple chronological and thematic arrangement, The Concise Kingfisher History Encyclopedia puts the whole of history, and the legacy of human civilization - from the Ice Age to the Information Age - at the fingertips of today's children. Divided into ten clearly defined time periods (from 40,000 B.C.Ð to the present day), The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia covers every major empire, civilization, revolution, and war, as well as the technological and cultural advances that have left their mark on history. Three colorful spreads at the end of each section are devoted to…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.104
Language: English

Introduction	p. vii
What is History?	p. viii
The Ancient World: 40,000-500 B.C.	p. 3
The First Humans	p. 6
The First Farmers	p. 8
Ancient Egypt	p. 10
Megalithic Europe	p. 12
The Indus Valley	p. 14
Ancient Crete	p. 16
The Myceneans	p. 17
Shang Dynasty	p. 18
The Hittites	p. 20
Babylon	p. 21
The Assyrians	p. 22
The Hebrews	p. 24
Egypt, the New Kingdom	p. 26
The Phoenicians	p. 28
Africa	p. 30
America	p. 32
Aryan India	p. 33
The Founding of Rome	p. 34
Babylon Revived	p. 36
Greek Dark Age	p. 38
The Zhou Dynasty	p. 39
The Persian Empire	p. 40
The Arts	p. 42
Architecture	p. 44
Science and Technology	p. 46
The Classical World: 499 B.C.-A.D. 500	p. 49
Classical Greece	p. 52
Greek City-States	p. 54
Alexander the Great	p. 56
India: The Mauryan Empire	p. 57
China: The Qin Dynasty	p. 58
Africa	p. 60
Judea	p. 61
The Roman Republic	p. 62
The Roman Empire	p. 64
Roman Life	p. 66
The Celts	p. 68
China: The Han Dynasty	p. 70
Christianity	p. 72
Parthians and Sassanids	p. 74
The Americas	p. 76
The Gupta Dynasty	p. 78
The Decline of Rome	p. 80
The Barbarians	p. 82
Japan	p. 84
The Maya	p. 86
The Polynesians	p. 88
The Arts	p. 90
Architecture	p. 92
Science and Technology	p. 94
Early Middle Ages: 501-1100	p. 97
The Byzantine Empire	p. 100
Monasticism	p. 102
Sui and Tang China	p. 104
Islam	p. 106
Persecution of the Jews	p. 108
North America	p. 110
Bulgars and Slavs	p. 112
The Carolingians	p. 114
The Abbasid Dynasty	p. 116
Ghana	p. 117
Fujiwara Japan	p. 118
Magyars and Bohemians	p. 120
Anglo-Saxon Britain	p. 122
The Holy Roman Empire	p. 124
Capetian France	p. 126
The Americas	p. 128
The Vikings	p. 130
The Normans	p. 132
The Seljuk Turks	p. 134
China: The Song Dynasty	p. 136
The Arts	p. 138
Architecture	p. 140
Science and Technology	p. 142
The Middle Ages: 1101-1460	p. 145
The Crusades	p. 148
Knighthood	p. 150
Henry of Anjou	p. 152
Ireland	p. 154
Shoguns and Samurai	p. 156
European Trade	p. 158
Venice	p. 160
Charter and Parliament	p. 162
Mali and Ethiopia	p. 164
Benin and Zimbabwe	p. 166
Religion in the Middle Ages	p. 168
The Mongol Empire	p. 170
Aztecs and Incas	p. 172
Medieval Explorers	p. 174
The Hundred Years' War	p. 176
The Black Death	p. 178
China: The Ming Dynasty	p. 180
Constantinople	p. 182
The Khmer Empire	p. 184
The Arts	p. 186
Architecture	p. 188
Science and Technology	p. 190
The Renaissance: 1461-1600	p. 193
The Aztecs	p. 196
The Inca Empire	p. 198
The Reconquest of Spain	p. 200
The Renaissance	p. 202
Italy	p. 204
European Explorers	p. 206
The Songhay Empire	p. 208
Safavid Persia	p. 209
Tudor England	p. 210
The Portuguese Empire	p. 212
The Reformation	p. 214
The Ottoman Empire	p. 216
India: The Moguls	p. 218
The Conquistadores	p. 220
The Spanish Empire	p. 221
The Hapsburgs	p. 222
The Spanish Armada	p. 223
French Wars of Religion	p. 224
Russia	p. 226
Dutch Independence	p. 228
North America	p. 230
Japan and China	p. 232
The Arts	p. 234
Architecture	p. 236
Science and Technology	p. 238
Trade and Empire: 1601-1707	p. 241
Japan in Isolation	p. 244
The Stuarts	p. 246
Early American Settlers	p. 248
The Swedish Empire	p. 250
The Thirty Years' War	p. 252
France and Richelieu	p. 254
Decline of Spain	p. 256
East India Companies	p. 258
The Dutch Empire	p. 259
English Civil War	p. 260
China: The Qing Dynasty	p. 262
The Sun King	p. 264
Decline of Mogul India	p. 265
The Ottoman Empire	p. 266
The Age of Reason	p. 268
Slavery and Pirates	p. 270
African States	p. 272
Ireland	p. 274
Russian Expansion	p. 276
The Great Northern War	p. 278
The Spanish Succession	p. 279
Colonial America	p. 280
The Arts	p. 282
Architecture	p. 284
Science and Technology	p. 286
Revolution and Independence: 1708-1835	p. 289
Austria and Prussia	p. 292
Scotland: The Jacobites	p. 293
Agricultural Revolution	p. 294
Industry: Early Revolution	p. 296
India in Transition	p. 298
The Seven Years' War	p. 300
North America	p. 302
Trade with China	p. 304
The Age of Logic	p. 306
Africa	p. 308
Modernizing Russia	p. 310
Exploration in Oceania	p. 312
Japan and Southeast Asia	p. 314
The Birth of the U.S.A.	p. 316
The French Revolution	p. 318
The Napoleonic Wars	p. 320
The End of Slavery	p. 322
The British in India	p. 324
Revolt in Latin America	p. 326
Unrest in Britain	p. 327
Westward Migration	p. 328
The Arts	p. 330
Architecture	p. 332
Science and Technology	p. 334
Unification and Colonization: 1836-1913	p. 337
Industrial Revolution	p. 340
Texas and Mexico	p. 342
South Africa	p. 343
The Opium Wars	p. 344
Europe: Year of Revolution	p. 346
New Zealand	p. 348
The Crimean War	p. 350
Japan	p. 352
American Civil War	p. 354
The End of the Civil War	p. 356
Canada	p. 357
Italy	p. 358
Germany	p. 360
Scramble for Africa	p. 362
Ireland	p. 364
Southeast Asia	p. 366
The British Empire	p. 368
The Plains Wars	p. 370
The Boxer Rebellion	p. 372
Woman Suffrage	p. 373
Australia	p. 374
The Balkan Wars	p. 376
The Arts	p. 378
Architecture	p. 380
Science and Technology	p. 382
The World at War: 1914-1949	p. 385
The Start of World War I	p. 388
Battles of World War I	p. 390
Ireland: Civil Unrest	p. 392
The Russian Revolution	p. 394
World War I: The Aftermath	p. 396
The Rise of Fascism	p. 398
U.S.A. Between the Wars	p. 400
China in Turmoil	p. 402
The Great Depression	p. 404
Weimar and Hitler	p. 406
The Spanish Civil War	p. 408
China and Japan at War	p. 410
German Expansion	p. 412
The Start of World War II	p. 413
War in the West	p. 414
War in the Pacific	p. 416
Peace in the Pacific	p. 418
The United Nations	p. 419
Italy and the Balkans	p. 420
Indian Independence	p. 421
Israel	p. 422
British Commonwealth	p. 424
Communist China	p. 425
The Arts	p. 426
Architecture	p. 428
Science and Technology	p. 430
The Modern World: 1950-2000	p. 433
The Cold War	p. 436
In Space	p. 438
China	p. 440
World Economy	p. 442
Wars in Asia	p. 444
Civil Rights	p. 446
Terrorism	p. 448
Famine in Africa	p. 449
New Nations	p. 450
War in the Middle East	p. 452
The Scientific Revolution	p. 454
The Environment	p. 456
Asian "Tiger" Economies	p. 458
Peacekeeping	p. 459
World Trouble Spots	p. 460
South Africa	p. 462
Year 2000 and Beyond	p. 464
Ready Reference	p. 465
Index	p. 479
Acknowledgments	p. 492
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