Concise Atlas of World History
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- ISBN13: 9780195219210
- Condition: New
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Product Description
Traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full color maps and over 200,000 words of text. In addition, more than 200 illustrations and tables complement the fascinating chronological narrative written by dozens premiere scholars. … More >>
This book is a total disapointment to say the least!
I’m not interested in farming & agriculture 2500 years ago, I’m interested in historical facts such as wars, kings, quuens, tyrants etc.
I wish I could get my money back!
Rating: 1 / 5
Information is current, colorfully presented, and illustrated in a fascinating manner. Most would be happy to own this highly informative piece of reference material.
Rating: 5 / 5
THIS BOOK IS VERY FUN TO READ AND THE PICTURE IS EXCELLENT! RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENT!! AGAIN VERY ENJOYABLE!!!
Rating: 4 / 5
There’s just no real depth here. A good overview of major periods of history, but very low level. Not much detail.
Rating: 4 / 5
As a person with a casual interest in history, I was hoping that a book summarizing everything would exist. This is that book. The development and changes of borders in world history is something that interests me and Atlas of World History did not disappoint. Through the pages are the stories of the rise and fall of great empires. There are more maps than I could have ever wanted. The text itself is interesting, albeit in the expected textbook format. The book is almost always non-biased towards historical events. There are also summaries of larger scale wars such as the World Wars, the American Civil War, and so on. I imagine that one could spend a lot of time just thumbing through the pages looking at the maps which are all beautifully and clearly illustrated.
As far as I can tell, there are very few errors in the book. Some of this comes from the fact that borders were sometimes in a constant state of flux (see Byzantine Empire). Also important to note is that the goal of this book is summarizing. For example, the Roman Empire gets only two pages.
In conclusion, if you like history and want a visualization of the borders and people’s movement throughout the times but you are not looking for something in-depth, buy this book.
Rating: 5 / 5