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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... Britain -55 When Caesar invades Britain , Cassivellaunus , a powerful Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain , agrees to pay tribute to Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 ...
... Britain -55 When Caesar invades Britain , Cassivellaunus , a powerful Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain , agrees to pay tribute to Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 ...
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... Britain and Afghanistan join against Persia in Treaty of Peshawar Taiping Rebellion ends Russians capitulate at Sebastopol ; Allies enter town Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross Britain annexes Oudh , India , and establishes ...
... Britain and Afghanistan join against Persia in Treaty of Peshawar Taiping Rebellion ends Russians capitulate at Sebastopol ; Allies enter town Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross Britain annexes Oudh , India , and establishes ...
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... Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept. 3 ; Roosevelt declares U.S. neutral ; Winston Churchill becomes First Lord of the Admiralty ; Germans sink the " Athenia " off Ireland ; Smuts becomes Premier of S. Africa ; Germans ...
... Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept. 3 ; Roosevelt declares U.S. neutral ; Winston Churchill becomes First Lord of the Admiralty ; Germans sink the " Athenia " off Ireland ; Smuts becomes Premier of S. Africa ; Germans ...
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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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