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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... Britain -55 When Caesar invades Britain , Cassivellaunus , a powerful Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain , agrees to pay tribute to Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 ...
... Britain -55 When Caesar invades Britain , Cassivellaunus , a powerful Belgic tribal leader in southern Britain , agrees to pay tribute to Rome -54 Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carrhae -53 Pompey becomes consul in Rome -52 ...
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... Britain , 200.000 ; nce , 100,000 Suess : " The Face of Earth " ( 1885-- ) revelyan : " Garibaldi the Thousand " 1910 contd 1911 RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING Cambridge Medieval. , and poet , d . ( b . 1832 ) Kokoschka : portrait of ...
... Britain , 200.000 ; nce , 100,000 Suess : " The Face of Earth " ( 1885-- ) revelyan : " Garibaldi the Thousand " 1910 contd 1911 RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING Cambridge Medieval. , and poet , d . ( b . 1832 ) Kokoschka : portrait of ...
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... Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept. 3 ; Roosevelt declares U.S. neutral ; Winston Churchill becomes First Lord of the Admiralty ; Germans sink the " Athenia " off Ireland ; Smuts becomes Premier of S. Africa ; Germans ...
... Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept. 3 ; Roosevelt declares U.S. neutral ; Winston Churchill becomes First Lord of the Admiralty ; Germans sink the " Athenia " off Ireland ; Smuts becomes Premier of S. Africa ; Germans ...
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