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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... Empire ( -1750 to -550 ) Social unrest in Egypt Hittite attacks on Syria Teutonic settlements in southern Norway The Hyksos drive the Egyptians south and form a kingdom in the Nile Delta ( 17th century B.C. ) End of Middle Kingdom ...
... Empire ( -1750 to -550 ) Social unrest in Egypt Hittite attacks on Syria Teutonic settlements in southern Norway The Hyksos drive the Egyptians south and form a kingdom in the Nile Delta ( 17th century B.C. ) End of Middle Kingdom ...
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... Empire into western and eastern empires ( 285 ) Carausius , Roman commander of Brit . fleet , proclaims himself independent Emperor of Britain ( 285 ) The Romans take Armenia from the Persians ( 297 ) Separate developments of the five ...
... Empire into western and eastern empires ( 285 ) Carausius , Roman commander of Brit . fleet , proclaims himself independent Emperor of Britain ( 285 ) The Romans take Armenia from the Persians ( 297 ) Separate developments of the five ...
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... Empire Theodosius d . 395 ; succeeded by Honorius and Arcadius who redivide the Empire Alaric , king of the Visigoths ( -410 ) Alaric invades Greece ( 396 ) and plunders Athens and ( 398 ) the Balkans RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING ...
... Empire Theodosius d . 395 ; succeeded by Honorius and Arcadius who redivide the Empire Alaric , king of the Visigoths ( -410 ) Alaric invades Greece ( 396 ) and plunders Athens and ( 398 ) the Balkans RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING ...
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