The World
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: edited by Geoffrey Parker
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780060155025
Subjects: World history
Other titles: World, a television history (Television program)
Notes: "A companion volume to the South Carolina Educational Television series 'The world, a television history'--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-469) and index.
Table of contents: title: Human origins; title: The Agricultural revolution; title: The Birth of civilization; title: The Age of iron; title: Greece and Rome; title: World religions; title: The end of the ancient world; title: Islam; title: Europe recovers; title: The Mongol onslaught; title: The expansion of Europe; title: China in transition; title: China and Japan; title: The Ottoman Empire; title: Africa before the Europeans; title: American before the Europeans; title: Europe: State and power; title: The West and the wider world; title: Asia; title: The age of revolutions; title: The making of Russia; title: The making of the USA; title: Industry and empire; title: The end of the old order; title: The world in conflict; title: The modern world.