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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Page 31
... Building begins on Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore , Rome ( 432 ) Galla Placidia erects her famous Mausoleum at Ravenna ( 446 ) Nanking becomes once more the capital of northern China ( 420 ) The ancient town of Ys in Brittany submerged ...
... Building begins on Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore , Rome ( 432 ) Galla Placidia erects her famous Mausoleum at Ravenna ( 446 ) Nanking becomes once more the capital of northern China ( 420 ) The ancient town of Ys in Brittany submerged ...
Page 61
... Building of the Dome of the Rock , Jerusalem , begins Ornaments on Swed . helmets show Odin , the principal god of Scandinavian mythology , on his eight - legged horse Activity of Yen Li - pen ( d . 673 ) , the greatest of the artists ...
... Building of the Dome of the Rock , Jerusalem , begins Ornaments on Swed . helmets show Odin , the principal god of Scandinavian mythology , on his eight - legged horse Activity of Yen Li - pen ( d . 673 ) , the greatest of the artists ...
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... build palace of Versailles ; he makes Charles Lebrun ( 1619-1690 ) his chief artistic adviser Mattheus Daniel ... Building " Marc ' Antonio Cesti : " La Dori , " Ital . opera James Clifford ( 1622-1698 ) : " The Divine Services ...
... build palace of Versailles ; he makes Charles Lebrun ( 1619-1690 ) his chief artistic adviser Mattheus Daniel ... Building " Marc ' Antonio Cesti : " La Dori , " Ital . opera James Clifford ( 1622-1698 ) : " The Divine Services ...
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