World HistoryWadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000 - 1064 pages The Essential World History presents a breif, balanced, highly-readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and that identify key global patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history has been integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. |
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Acknowledgments xxiv | 392 |
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