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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9 and Vice President Gerald R . Ford becomes 39th U . S . president Nelson
Rockefeller nominated by President Ford to be vice president The military
government of Greece , in office since 1967 , resigns ; ex - premier Constantine
Caramanlis ...
9 and Vice President Gerald R . Ford becomes 39th U . S . president Nelson
Rockefeller nominated by President Ford to be vice president The military
government of Greece , in office since 1967 , resigns ; ex - premier Constantine
Caramanlis ...
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HISTORY , POLITICS LITERATURE , THEATER PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING Box
, " Pulitzer Prize drama and Tony award Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives
in Israel on the first visit by an Arab leader to the Jewish state since it was ...
HISTORY , POLITICS LITERATURE , THEATER PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING Box
, " Pulitzer Prize drama and Tony award Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives
in Israel on the first visit by an Arab leader to the Jewish state since it was ...
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South Yemen ' s President is deposed and executed by proSoviet faction that
seizes power ; North Yemen ' s President is assassinated President Moktar Ould
Daddah , ruler of Mauritania since its independence from France in 1960 , is
ousted ...
South Yemen ' s President is deposed and executed by proSoviet faction that
seizes power ; North Yemen ' s President is assassinated President Moktar Ould
Daddah , ruler of Mauritania since its independence from France in 1960 , is
ousted ...
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User Review - auntieknickers - LibraryThingThe early years of human history seem to have less information than might be available, particularly spotty in Asian history and pretty much nothing about Africa south of the Sahara. Still, an interesting browse and a good place to see what was happening in a given year. Read full review
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User Review - Diwanna - LibraryThingI'd be lying if I said that I read this book, but it is an interesting reference to peruse from time to time. Read full review
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