The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... Arab poet , flourishes ( d . 719 ) Greek , instead of Latin , becomes the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire Li Po , the great Chin . poet , b . ( d . 762 ) PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING The Quinisext Council at Constantinople , not ...
... Arab poet , flourishes ( d . 719 ) Greek , instead of Latin , becomes the official language of the Eastern Roman Empire Li Po , the great Chin . poet , b . ( d . 762 ) PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING The Quinisext Council at Constantinople , not ...
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... Arabs The reign of Walid I becomes the most brilliant in the history of the caliphate Ine's wars with the Britons of ... Arab state Dagobert III , king of all the Franks ( -716 ) Height of the Lombard kingdom in northern Italy ; King ...
... Arabs The reign of Walid I becomes the most brilliant in the history of the caliphate Ine's wars with the Britons of ... Arab state Dagobert III , king of all the Franks ( -716 ) Height of the Lombard kingdom in northern Italy ; King ...
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... Arab scholar , d . Al - Farabi , Arab philosopher , b . ( d . 950 ) Al - Kindi , Arab philosopher and mathematician , d . ( b . 813 ) Pope John VIII ( —882 ) First church built on the site of Cologne Cathedral Johannes Scotus Erigena ...
... Arab scholar , d . Al - Farabi , Arab philosopher , b . ( d . 950 ) Al - Kindi , Arab philosopher and mathematician , d . ( b . 813 ) Pope John VIII ( —882 ) First church built on the site of Cologne Cathedral Johannes Scotus Erigena ...
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ARTS MUSIC GROWTH DAILY LIFE | 37 |
Wooden coffins and wooden tools used in the burial places of the Alemanni | 74 |
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