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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... defeats Hiero of Syracuse at Messana -264 ; the Roman fleet defeats Carthaginians at Ecnomus -256 ; Regulus , attacking Carthage , is captured by Xanthippus the Spartan -255 ; unsuccessful siege of Lilybaeum by Romans -250 ; Hamilcar ...
... defeats Hiero of Syracuse at Messana -264 ; the Roman fleet defeats Carthaginians at Ecnomus -256 ; Regulus , attacking Carthage , is captured by Xanthippus the Spartan -255 ; unsuccessful siege of Lilybaeum by Romans -250 ; Hamilcar ...
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... defeats Publius Cornelius Scipio at Ticinus River -218 ; defeats Romans at Lake Trasimene -217 Rome appoints Quintus Fabius Maximus dictator -217 Romans defeated at Cannae , with c . 50,000 killed -216 Philip V of Macedon makes alliance ...
... defeats Publius Cornelius Scipio at Ticinus River -218 ; defeats Romans at Lake Trasimene -217 Rome appoints Quintus Fabius Maximus dictator -217 Romans defeated at Cannae , with c . 50,000 killed -216 Philip V of Macedon makes alliance ...
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... defeats Austrians at Rivoli ; seizes Mantua and advances through the Tirol to Vienna Preliminary peace treaty ... defeats the Turks at Abukir ; leaves Egypt , lands at Fréjus , overthrows the Directory , appoints Talleyrand Foreign ...
... defeats Austrians at Rivoli ; seizes Mantua and advances through the Tirol to Vienna Preliminary peace treaty ... defeats the Turks at Abukir ; leaves Egypt , lands at Fréjus , overthrows the Directory , appoints Talleyrand Foreign ...
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