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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... David Hume : " A Treatise of Human Nature " Moravian Church founded in America by Bishop A. G. Spengenberg ( 1704-1792 ) Frederick William I of Prussia d .; succeeded by his son Frederick II , the Great ( -1786 ) Charles VI d ...
... David Hume : " A Treatise of Human Nature " Moravian Church founded in America by Bishop A. G. Spengenberg ( 1704-1792 ) Frederick William I of Prussia d .; succeeded by his son Frederick II , the Great ( -1786 ) Charles VI d ...
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... David Garrick : " Miss in her Teens , or The Medley of Lovers , " comedy Christian Gellert : " Die kranke Frau , " comedy Thomas Gray : " Ode on Eton College " Alain René Lesage , Fr. author , d . ( b . 1668 ) Voltaire : " Zadig ...
... David Garrick : " Miss in her Teens , or The Medley of Lovers , " comedy Christian Gellert : " Die kranke Frau , " comedy Thomas Gray : " Ode on Eton College " Alain René Lesage , Fr. author , d . ( b . 1668 ) Voltaire : " Zadig ...
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... David Cox : " Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours " Anton Graff , Ger . portrait painter , d . ( b . 1736 ) Turner : " Frosty Morning , " painting E. MUSIC André Grétry , Fr. composer , d . ( b . 1741 ) London ...
... David Cox : " Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours " Anton Graff , Ger . portrait painter , d . ( b . 1736 ) Turner : " Frosty Morning , " painting E. MUSIC André Grétry , Fr. composer , d . ( b . 1741 ) London ...
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