From then to now
Subtitle: a short history of the world
By: Christopher Moore ; illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski
Contributors: Krystoforski, Andrej, 1943-
Publisher: Tundra Books
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780887765407
Subjects: Histoire universelle; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Juvenile literature; Histoire; Civilization; World history; Civilisation; History
Description: Traces human civilization from early bands of hunter-gatherers to the multicultural world cities of the present, covering the development of agriculture, empires, law, and the major religions, the rise of Europe, colonies, and industrialization.
Notes: Includes index.

Maps on cover linings.

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.7 9 SD Quiz 144731 English non-fiction.

Governor General's Literature Award for Children's Literature for English text, 2011.
Table of contents: title: Hunters and gatherers; title: Learning to farm; title: The golden empires: 5000 BCE-1000 BCE; title: Gods and lawgivers: 5000 BCE-1000 BCE; title: The Greeks and Romans: 500 BCE-500 CE; title: A peninsula west of Asia; title: Explorers and colonies; title: The age of industry; title: Europe's world; title: The stormy twentieth century; title: Epilogue: the global city.