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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1592 ) Thomas Kyd , Eng . dramatist , b . ... 1484 ) “ Zohar , " cabbalistic work of
Jewish mysticism ( 13th century ) , printed University of Jena founded Jorge de
Montemayor : “ La Diana , " Span . pastoral romance Thomas Sackville : “
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1592 ) Thomas Kyd , Eng . dramatist , b . ... 1484 ) “ Zohar , " cabbalistic work of
Jewish mysticism ( 13th century ) , printed University of Jena founded Jorge de
Montemayor : “ La Diana , " Span . pastoral romance Thomas Sackville : “
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1674 ) Thomas Sackville , Earl of Dorset , Eng . poet and statesman , d . ( b . 1536
) Shakespeare : " Pericles " ( - 1609 ) Richard West : “ A Century of Epigrams ” St .
Francis de Sales ( 1567 — 1622 ) : " Introduction à la vie dévote " Alberico ...
1674 ) Thomas Sackville , Earl of Dorset , Eng . poet and statesman , d . ( b . 1536
) Shakespeare : " Pericles " ( - 1609 ) Richard West : “ A Century of Epigrams ” St .
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PHILOSOPHY , 1991 LEARNING Lancelot Andrewes " “ XCVI Sermons " Thomas
Hobbes translates " The Peloponnesian War " by Thucydides Congregation of
the Eng . Ladies founded in Munich Sir John Hayward : “ The Life and Raigne of
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User Review - auntieknickers - LibraryThingThe early years of human history seem to have less information than might be available, particularly spotty in Asian history and pretty much nothing about Africa south of the Sahara. Still, an interesting browse and a good place to see what was happening in a given year. Read full review
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User Review - Diwanna - LibraryThingI'd be lying if I said that I read this book, but it is an interesting reference to peruse from time to time. Read full review
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| Title | The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan Touchstone book |
| Authors | Bernard Grun, Werner Stein |
| Contributor | Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671249878, 9780671249878 |
| Length | 676 pages |
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