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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... American colonies American Revolution : Amer . colonies sign treaties with France and Holland ; reject Brit . peace offer ; Washington defeats British at Monmouth , N.J .; Fr. fleet arrives off Delaware ; British capture Savannah , Ga ...
... American colonies American Revolution : Amer . colonies sign treaties with France and Holland ; reject Brit . peace offer ; Washington defeats British at Monmouth , N.J .; Fr. fleet arrives off Delaware ; British capture Savannah , Ga ...
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... American Revolution : British defeated at Cowpens , N.C. , and Eutaw , N.C. , Americans at Guilford , Conn .; end of all land operations with the Brit . capitulation at Yorktown and evacuation of Charleston and Savannah Dutch settlement ...
... American Revolution : British defeated at Cowpens , N.C. , and Eutaw , N.C. , Americans at Guilford , Conn .; end of all land operations with the Brit . capitulation at Yorktown and evacuation of Charleston and Savannah Dutch settlement ...
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... American , The 1877 B American Academy of Sciences 1780 F American Bible Society 1816 C American Buffalo 1977 B American Commonwealth 1888 C American Democracy 1948 C American Dream 1965 B American Federation of Labor 1886 G American ...
... American , The 1877 B American Academy of Sciences 1780 F American Bible Society 1816 C American Buffalo 1977 B American Commonwealth 1888 C American Democracy 1948 C American Dream 1965 B American Federation of Labor 1886 G American ...
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