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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... Rome -295 ; Romans under Lucius Papirius Cursor defeat Samnites at Aguilonia -293 Siege of Athens by Demetrius I -295 Romans defeated by the Senones , a Gaulish tribe , at Arretium -289 Full equality between patricians and plebeians in Rome ...
... Rome -295 ; Romans under Lucius Papirius Cursor defeat Samnites at Aguilonia -293 Siege of Athens by Demetrius I -295 Romans defeated by the Senones , a Gaulish tribe , at Arretium -289 Full equality between patricians and plebeians in Rome ...
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... Rome conquers northern Italy , including Mediolanum ( Milan ) , in -222 Antigonus III Doson of Macedonia takes possession of Sparta -222 Ch'in dynasty in China ( -221 to -206 ) Cleomenes , king of Sparta , flees to Egypt -221 ( d ...
... Rome conquers northern Italy , including Mediolanum ( Milan ) , in -222 Antigonus III Doson of Macedonia takes possession of Sparta -222 Ch'in dynasty in China ( -221 to -206 ) Cleomenes , king of Sparta , flees to Egypt -221 ( d ...
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... Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 Gaul subdued by Caesar -51 Cleopatra VII , last queen of Egypt ( to -31 ) Rivalry between Caesar and Pompey for control of Rome ( c . -50 ) ...
... Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 Gaul subdued by Caesar -51 Cleopatra VII , last queen of Egypt ( to -31 ) Rivalry between Caesar and Pompey for control of Rome ( c . -50 ) ...
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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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