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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... poet , d . ( b . 1552 ) Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac , Fr. poet , b . ( d . 1655 ) Honorat Racan : " Les Bergeries , " Fr. pastoral poem Philipp von Zesen , Ger . poet , b . ( d . 1689 ) Georg Rudolf Weckherlin ( 1584-1653 ) : " Oden und ...
... poet , d . ( b . 1552 ) Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac , Fr. poet , b . ( d . 1655 ) Honorat Racan : " Les Bergeries , " Fr. pastoral poem Philipp von Zesen , Ger . poet , b . ( d . 1689 ) Georg Rudolf Weckherlin ( 1584-1653 ) : " Oden und ...
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... poet , b . ( d . 1860 ) Fr. dramatist Jean - François Ducis ( 1733-1816 ) produces Shakespeare's " Hamlet " in Paris Christian Gellert , Ger . poet , d . ( b . 1715 ) Thomas Chatterton , Eng . poet , d . ( b . 1752 ) Johannes Ewald ...
... poet , b . ( d . 1860 ) Fr. dramatist Jean - François Ducis ( 1733-1816 ) produces Shakespeare's " Hamlet " in Paris Christian Gellert , Ger . poet , d . ( b . 1715 ) Thomas Chatterton , Eng . poet , d . ( b . 1752 ) Johannes Ewald ...
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... poet and scholar , b . ( d . 1924 ) Military revolt in Spain drives General Espartero from power : Isabella II ( b . 1830 ) declared of age and Queen of Spain Maori revolts against Britain in New Zealand Sir Charles Dilke , Eng ...
... poet and scholar , b . ( d . 1924 ) Military revolt in Spain drives General Espartero from power : Isabella II ( b . 1830 ) declared of age and Queen of Spain Maori revolts against Britain in New Zealand Sir Charles Dilke , Eng ...
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