num_pages: 176
description: Using dynamic full-color maps accompanied by lucid, expertly written text, the Random House Compact Atlas of World Historyis a vital work of reference and a fascinating companion for all those who seek to understand the past.The brilliant maps and charts illustrate how world history unfolded through economic and political change, wars, exploration,and the spread of religions.From the emergence of humans two million years ago to the world today at the threshold of a new millennium, this fullyup-to-date edition covers all the major developments in the human story across every          Part   The Ancient World (Human Origins through the Collapse of Ancient Rome and China)         Part   The World Fragmented (the Spread of New Religions and Empires through to the end of the Fifteenth Century)         Part   The Rise of the West (Sixteenth Century to the Eve of the First World War)         Part   The Modern World (The Twentieth Century --History in Our Times)
language: English
title: Random House Compact Atlas of World History: Edited by Geoffrey Parker
titlecomplete: Random House Compact Atlas of World History: Edited by Geoffrey Parker
genres: Reference, History
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Random House Reference