The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan

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Vast and absorbing spanning millennia of human history The Timetables of History achieves a goal in the study of the past that is unmatched by any other reference volume -- it gives us a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world. This remarkable book maps out at a glance what was happening simultaneously from the dawn of history to the present day. Never before has progress been presented with such clarity or with a view that fully captures the essence and the excitement of civilization.