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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... comedy Racine : " Bérénice , " tragedy John Dryden appointed historiographer royal and poet laureate First Ital . " commedia dell'arte " companies appear in Germany Aphra Behn : " The Forced Marriage , " drama Colley Cibber , Eng ...
... comedy Racine : " Bérénice , " tragedy John Dryden appointed historiographer royal and poet laureate First Ital . " commedia dell'arte " companies appear in Germany Aphra Behn : " The Forced Marriage , " drama Colley Cibber , Eng ...
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... comedy George Farquhar : " The Constant Couple , or A Trip to the Jubilee , " comedy Johann Christoph Gottsched , Ger . author and critic , b . ( d . 1766 ) Development of the Kabuki Theater in Japan Daniel Defoe : " The True - Born ...
... comedy George Farquhar : " The Constant Couple , or A Trip to the Jubilee , " comedy Johann Christoph Gottsched , Ger . author and critic , b . ( d . 1766 ) Development of the Kabuki Theater in Japan Daniel Defoe : " The True - Born ...
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... comedy His Majesty's Theatre opens in London Sir Richard Steele : " The Tender Husband , " comedy Sir John Vanbrugh : " The Confederacy , " comedy Daniel Defoe : " The Apparition of One Mrs. Veal " John Evelyn , Eng . diarist , d . ( b ...
... comedy His Majesty's Theatre opens in London Sir Richard Steele : " The Tender Husband , " comedy Sir John Vanbrugh : " The Confederacy , " comedy Daniel Defoe : " The Apparition of One Mrs. Veal " John Evelyn , Eng . diarist , d . ( b ...
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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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