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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... Japan by Emperor Yomei ( oldest surviving wooden building in the world ) 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612. HISTORY , POLITICS First mention of London Founding of the last empire in northern India through a native ruler , Harsha of ...
... Japan by Emperor Yomei ( oldest surviving wooden building in the world ) 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612. HISTORY , POLITICS First mention of London Founding of the last empire in northern India through a native ruler , Harsha of ...
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... Japan , compiled Tu - Fu , Chin . poet , b . ( d . 770 ) VISUAL ARTS Chang Hsuan , court painter of Emperor Ming Huang , bid . 742 ) 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714. HISTORY , POLITICS Empress Wou - Hou succeeds to Chin . throne ...
... Japan , compiled Tu - Fu , Chin . poet , b . ( d . 770 ) VISUAL ARTS Chang Hsuan , court painter of Emperor Ming Huang , bid . 742 ) 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714. HISTORY , POLITICS Empress Wou - Hou succeeds to Chin . throne ...
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... Japan d .; his successor , Ieyasu Tokugawa , restores shogunate , which endures until the revolution of 1867-68 Earl ... Japan ; he moves capital from Kyoto to Yedo ( Tokyo ) ; Eng . navigator William Adams , first Englishman to visit ...
... Japan d .; his successor , Ieyasu Tokugawa , restores shogunate , which endures until the revolution of 1867-68 Earl ... Japan ; he moves capital from Kyoto to Yedo ( Tokyo ) ; Eng . navigator William Adams , first Englishman to visit ...
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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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