the last two million years: history of man
Edition: [Rev.].
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Civilization -- History.
Other titles: Last two million years.
Table of contents: title: Countdown to civilization : how man evolved and peopled the globe in prehistoric times. The inhabited planet ; The Stone Age ; The first farmers ; The coming of metal; title: The great civilizations : the achievement of man since the beginning of recorded history. Mesopotamia ; Ancient Egypt ; Persia ; Phoenicians and Hebrews ; Minoans and Mycenaeans ; Ancient Greece ; The Etruscans ; Ancient Rome ; Byzantium ; Russia ; Saxons, Celts and Vikings ; Islam ; India ; China ; Japan ; Maya and Aztecs ; The Incas ; Tropical Africa ; Western civilization ; Calendar of the great civilizations; title: Man and his world : ideas and discoveries that have changed the course of history. The quest for truth ; Secrets of the universe ; Writing and counting ; Man the inventor ; Man under the microscope ; Exploring the world ; Man the warrior; title: The nations of the world : an A-Z historical gazetteer. The world today ; Gazetteer.