02821cam a2200277 a 4500 1430 20230824161354.0 100427s2010 nyuab 001 0 eng d 9781603201629 1603201629 BTCTA eng BTCTA BKL QBX IHI YDXCP DLC D23 .H535 2010 909 22 Knauer, Kelly History's greatest events : 100 turning points that changed the world : an illustrated journey / [editor Kelly Knauer]. Time history's greatest events New York : Time Home Entertainment, 2010. vi, 154 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm Includes index. Join the editors of TIME in a fast-paced journey through the adventures of man on Planet Earth in this richly illustrated volume, which explores history's most important turning points. Here are the great religions: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Here are the great empires, from the vanished civilization of the Minoans on Crete to the glories of Classical Greece and Rome to the mysterious collapse of the Maya culture in Mexico. Here are the visionary scientists who altered our view of nature's laws: Newton and Darwin, Copernicus and Einstein. Here are the great conquerors,including Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and Napoleon. And here are the great clashes between cultures, as Christian knights besiege Muslim citadels in the Crusades, a handful of Spanish conquistadors topple the empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. The book is arranged chronologically, rapidly accelerating in pace as it reports the development of the technologies that define the modern world, from the coming of the railroad and the telegraph to the advent of photography, the cinema and television and culminating in the invention of the transistor and the boot-up of the World Wide Web. And it offers fresh perspectives on cultures too often overlooked, from the Golden Age of Islam to the voyages of Viking mariners to China's renascence under the Ming dynasty. Presented in a special oversized format, this beautifully illustrated volume also offers a sweeping panorama of man's greatest artistic achievements, from the cave paintings of Lascaux to marvelous medieval maps and on to the great paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance. As an illuminating guide to mankind's triumphs and sorrows, and as a gallery of human culture, science, art and architecture, it offers a dazzling and provocative encounter with the great turning points of history. History Miscellanea. History Popular works. Knauer, Kelly. 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 1430 1430 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 TKLobby 2023-08-24 1 KNA 909 D23.H535 2023-0346 2023-09-25 08:25:49 2023-09-22 2023-08-24 BK