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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... designs his antique typography Lucas Cranach : " Martin Luther , " portrait Pierre Lescot ( 1510-1578 ) begins to build the Louvre , Paris Michelangelo designs the dome and undertakes the completion of St. Peter's , Rome Titian : group ...
... designs his antique typography Lucas Cranach : " Martin Luther , " portrait Pierre Lescot ( 1510-1578 ) begins to build the Louvre , Paris Michelangelo designs the dome and undertakes the completion of St. Peter's , Rome Titian : group ...
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... designs the gardens at Vaux - le - Viscomte ( -1661 ) Rembrandt declared bankrupt ; his possessions are put up for sale Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter , d . ( b . 1596 ) Velázquez : " Las Meninas , " family of Philip IV Vermeer : " The ...
... designs the gardens at Vaux - le - Viscomte ( -1661 ) Rembrandt declared bankrupt ; his possessions are put up for sale Jan van Goyen , Dutch painter , d . ( b . 1596 ) Velázquez : " Las Meninas , " family of Philip IV Vermeer : " The ...
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... designs Lake Shore Drive apartment building , Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright designs Friedman House , Pleasantville , N.Y. Marcel Breuer designs dormitory at Vassar College , Poughkeepsie , N.Y. John Sloan d . ( b . 1871 ) Britten : " Billy ...
... designs Lake Shore Drive apartment building , Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright designs Friedman House , Pleasantville , N.Y. Marcel Breuer designs dormitory at Vassar College , Poughkeepsie , N.Y. John Sloan d . ( b . 1871 ) Britten : " Billy ...
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