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 284
... comedy Pierre Corneille : " Mélite , " comedy John Ford : " The Lover's Melancholy , " romantic play Philip Massinger : " The Roman Actor , " tragedy John Winthrop , Eng . Puritan leader ( 1587-1649 ) , sails with Plymouth Company's ...
... comedy Pierre Corneille : " Mélite , " comedy John Ford : " The Lover's Melancholy , " romantic play Philip Massinger : " The Roman Actor , " tragedy John Winthrop , Eng . Puritan leader ( 1587-1649 ) , sails with Plymouth Company's ...
Page 306
... comedy Racine : " Bérénice , " tragedy John Dryden appointed historiographer royal and poet laureate First Ital . " commedia dell'arte " companies appear in Germany Aphra Behn : " The Forced Marriage , " drama Colley Cibber , Eng ...
... comedy Racine : " Bérénice , " tragedy John Dryden appointed historiographer royal and poet laureate First Ital . " commedia dell'arte " companies appear in Germany Aphra Behn : " The Forced Marriage , " drama Colley Cibber , Eng ...
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... comedy Jean - François Regnard : " Les Folies amoureuses , " comedy of manners Jonathan Swift : " A Tale of a Tub " William Wycherley : " Miscellany Poems " RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING " Universal , Historical , Geographical ...
... comedy Jean - François Regnard : " Les Folies amoureuses , " comedy of manners Jonathan Swift : " A Tale of a Tub " William Wycherley : " Miscellany Poems " RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY , LEARNING " Universal , Historical , Geographical ...
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