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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... independence ; Virginia publishes its Bill of Rights ; Congress carries Declaration of Independence ; William Howe , commander - in - chief of Brit . army in America , takes New York and Rhode Island ; Benedict Arnold defeated at Lake ...
... independence ; Virginia publishes its Bill of Rights ; Congress carries Declaration of Independence ; William Howe , commander - in - chief of Brit . army in America , takes New York and Rhode Island ; Benedict Arnold defeated at Lake ...
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... independence as Belgium Abdul Hamid I d .; succeeded as Sultan of Turkey by his nephew Selim III ( d . 1807 ) Levi Woodbury , U.S. statesman and jurist , b . ( d . 1851 ) Amos Kendall , U.S. politician , influential in Jackson's ...
... independence as Belgium Abdul Hamid I d .; succeeded as Sultan of Turkey by his nephew Selim III ( d . 1807 ) Levi Woodbury , U.S. statesman and jurist , b . ( d . 1851 ) Amos Kendall , U.S. politician , influential in Jackson's ...
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... independence to its former African colonies of Angola , Mozambique , Cape Verde , and São Tomé and Príncipe ; the Comoro Islands , a former French colony , declare their independence ; Papua New Guinea becomes an independent nation ...
... independence to its former African colonies of Angola , Mozambique , Cape Verde , and São Tomé and Príncipe ; the Comoro Islands , a former French colony , declare their independence ; Papua New Guinea becomes an independent nation ...
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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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