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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... writer of detective fiction , b . ( d . 1873 ) Mrs. Felicia Hemans , Eng . poet , d . ( b . 1793 ) James Hogg , Scot . poet ( the " Ettrick Shepherd " ) , d . ( b . 1770 ) Wilhelm von Humboldt , Ger . man of letters and diplomat , d ...
... writer of detective fiction , b . ( d . 1873 ) Mrs. Felicia Hemans , Eng . poet , d . ( b . 1793 ) James Hogg , Scot . poet ( the " Ettrick Shepherd " ) , d . ( b . 1770 ) Wilhelm von Humboldt , Ger . man of letters and diplomat , d ...
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... writer and poet , b . ( d . 1918 ) Robert Southey , Eng . poet laureate , d . ( b . 1774 ) Bertha von Suttner , Aust . writer and pacifist , 1905 Nobel Peace Prize , b . ( d . 1914 ) Tennyson : " Morte d'Arthur , " " Locksley Hall ...
... writer and poet , b . ( d . 1918 ) Robert Southey , Eng . poet laureate , d . ( b . 1774 ) Bertha von Suttner , Aust . writer and pacifist , 1905 Nobel Peace Prize , b . ( d . 1914 ) Tennyson : " Morte d'Arthur , " " Locksley Hall ...
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... writer , creator of " Perry Mason , " d . ( b . 1889 ) Francis Parkinson Keyes , Amer . writer , d . ( b . 1885 ) Gypsy Rose Lee , Amer . dancer and writer , d . ( b . 1914 ) François Mauriac , Fr. author , d . ( b . 1885 ) John O'Hara ...
... writer , creator of " Perry Mason , " d . ( b . 1889 ) Francis Parkinson Keyes , Amer . writer , d . ( b . 1885 ) Gypsy Rose Lee , Amer . dancer and writer , d . ( b . 1914 ) François Mauriac , Fr. author , d . ( b . 1885 ) John O'Hara ...
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