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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... million tons ; Great Britain 267 million tons ; France 7 million tons ; steel production : U.S. 45 million tons ; Germany 9 million tons ; Great Britain 8 million tons ; strikes : U.S. 10 million days lost ; Great Britain 8 million days ...
... million tons ; Great Britain 267 million tons ; France 7 million tons ; steel production : U.S. 45 million tons ; Germany 9 million tons ; Great Britain 8 million tons ; strikes : U.S. 10 million days lost ; Great Britain 8 million days ...
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... million plus 10 million in Nazi concentration camps Pétain sentenced to death ( sentence later commuted to life imprisonment ) Independent republic of Vietnam formed with Ho Chi Minh as president Quisling sentenced to death in Norway ...
... million plus 10 million in Nazi concentration camps Pétain sentenced to death ( sentence later commuted to life imprisonment ) Independent republic of Vietnam formed with Ho Chi Minh as president Quisling sentenced to death in Norway ...
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... million hectoliters A 28 - million - year - old skull of an ape found by Elwyn L. Simons in the Fayyum region of the U.A.R. World heavyweight boxing championship in dispute U.S. gross national product at almost $ 861 billion Brit ...
... million hectoliters A 28 - million - year - old skull of an ape found by Elwyn L. Simons in the Fayyum region of the U.A.R. World heavyweight boxing championship in dispute U.S. gross national product at almost $ 861 billion Brit ...
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