Caxton's History of the world
By: [general editor, Esmond Wright]
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: New Caxton Library Service
Published: 1969
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9780600139409
Subjects: World history; History; Dictionaries; Civilization
Other titles: Hamlyn history of the world
Notes: "Based on original French work Connaissance de l'histoire."

Title in introduction: Hamlyn history of the world.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: [v.] 1. The awakening of man, 25000 B.C.-100 B.C.; title: [v.2] 2. The triumph of the Greeks, 800 B.C.-321 B.C.; title: [v.] 3. The dominance of Rome, 616 B.C.-A.D. 629.; title: [v.] 4. Byzantium and the East, 2300 B.C.-A.D. 1413.; title: [v.] 5. The age of feudalism, A.D. 336-1300.; title: [v.] 6. The Middle Ages, 1050-1380.; title: [v.] 7. The shaping of Europe, 1380-1500.; title: [v.] 8. The age of discovery, 40,000 B.C.; title: A.D. 1598.; title: [v.] 9. Renaissance and Reformation.; title: [v.] 10. The wars of religion, 1515-1660.; title: [v.] 11. The new Europe.; title: [v.] 12. New worlds to Conquer.; title: [v.] 13. Struggle for Supremacy.; title: [v.] 14. An Age of Revolution.; title: [v.] 15. Napoleon's Europe; The new America.; title: [v.] 16. The challenge of the Nineteenth Century.; title: [v.] 17. Imperialism and the Balance of Power.; title: [v.] 18. Industrial Revolution and the new wealth.; title: [v.] 19. The first World War: causes and consequences.; title: [v.] 20. From peace to war into the space age.