search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for National Geographic Almanac of World History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
10
2
About This Book
12
MILESTONES
The Rise of Agriculture & Complex Societies
10
8
The Evolution of Writing
18
2
The Classical Tradition
20
2
The Silk Road & the East-West Connection
22
2
Plagues & Peoples
24
Gutenberg & the Print Revolution
20
8
Slave Trade & Colonialism
28
2
The Rise of Democracy
30
2
Technology Shrinks the World
32
2
The Search for World Order
34
4
MAJOR ERAS
ANCIENT WORLD: PREHISTORY-500 B.C.
38
32
Human Evolution & Early Migration Prehistory-3000 B.C.
40
4
Mesopotamian Civilizations 3500-500 B.C.
44
6
The Lessons of Judaism
49
1
Egyptian Civilization 3000-500 B.C.
50
1
The Divine Right of Queens
53
Indian Civilization 2500-500 B.C.
50
10
The Multiplicity of Hinduism
58
2
Chinese Civilization 2000-500 B.C.
60
2
Mediterranean Civilizations 2000-500 B.C.
62
4
Olmec of Mesoamerica 1200-400 B.C.
66
2
World Survey Prehistory-500 B.C.
68
2
CLASSICAL WORLD: 550 B.C.-A.D. 700
70
32
Persia 550 B.C.-A.D. 651
72
2
North American Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 400
74
2
Mesoamerican Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 700
76
2
South American Cultures 500 B.C.-A.D. 60
78
2
The Roman Empire 509 B.C.-A.D. 476
80
6
Hannibal of Carthage
83
1
The Roman Army
84
2
Greece 492-400 B.C.
86
4
China's Qin & Han Dynasties 403 B.C.-A.D. 220
90
4
Emperor Qin's Tomb
93
1
Alexander the Great 336-323 B.C.
94
2
India 327 B.C.-A.D. 550
96
2
Rise of Christianity A.D. 27-392
98
2
World Survey 550 B.C.-A.D. 700
100
2
AGE OF FAITH: 500-1150
102
30
Maya 500-1000
104
4
Watching the Heavens
106
2
Anglo-Saxon England 500-1000
108
2
Byzantine Empire 527-1054
110
4
Muhammad & Islam 570-1000
114
4
The Koran
117
1
China's Sui & Tang Dynasties 581-907
118
4
Khmer Empire 600-1150
122
2
Charlemagne 768-814
124
2
Vikings 793-1042
126
2
Feudalism 800-1000
128
2
World Survey 500-1150
130
2
CRUSADES TO COLUMBUS: 960-1644
132
42
China's Song Dynasty 960-1279
134
2
Holy Roman Empire 962-1648
136
2
Toltec& Aztec 1000-1521
138
6
Rituals of Aztec Empires Warfare
142
2
Peru's Chimu & Inca Empires 1000-1536
144
2
Mississippians & Anasazi 1000-1540
146
4
The High Middle Ages in Europe 1000-1453
150
2
The Crusades 1095-1291
152
2
Mongol Empire 1206-1360
154
6
Marco Polo
159
1
Ottoman Empire 1299-1571
160
2
The Renaissance 1300-1600
162
6
Machiavelli
164
4
China's Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
168
4
The Admiral of the Western Ocean
171
1
World Survey 960-1644
172
2
COLONIZING NEW WORLDS: 1455-1857
174
54
England 1455-1689
176
4
The Great Fire of London
179
1
Spain & Portugal 1469-1640
180
4
The Spanish Inquisition
182
2
Navigating the Globe 1492-1522
184
2
Spanish-American Empire 1492-1800
186
6
Spanish Mission System
189
3
The Reformation 1517-1648
192
2
Mogul India 1523-1857
194
2
France's North American Colonies 1534-1763
196
4
England's North American Colonies 1584-1775
200
4
English Conquest of Canada
203
1
Japan & the Shoguns 1588-1853
204
2
The Rise of Russia 1613-1796
206
4
The Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800
210
2
Europe's Balance of Power 1702-1763
212
2
British Exploration of the Pacific 1760-1840
214
4
Australia's Aborigines
217
1
American Revolution1775-1789
218
4
Rebellions in Other American Colonies
220
2
French Revolution 1789-1799
222
4
Robespierre & the Reign of Terror
224
2
World Survey 1455-1857
226
2
AGE OF IMPERIALISM: 1750-1917
228
50
European Imperialism 1750-1900
230
4
Queen Victoria
233
1
India Under the British 1757-1917
234
2
Napoleon 1769-182l
236
2
Europe's Industrial Revolution 1769-1900
238
6
Urban Migration
240
3
Ireland's Potato Famine
243
1
Imperialism in the Pacific 1800-1900
244
4
Maori of New Zealand
247
1
Latin American Independence 1800-1830
248
4
Bolívar: Liberator or Dictator?
250
2
U.S. Expansion 1800-1860
252
4
The California Gold Rush
255
1
European Nationalism 1815-1871
256
2
China Ends Its Isolation 1820-1900
258
2
European Powers Colonize Africa 1830-1914
260
6
Livingstone & Stanley
265
1
Japan & the West 1853-1905
266
2
U.S. Civil War & Reconstruction 1860-1877
268
4
The Battle of Gettysburg
270
2
The U.S. Becomes a Great Power 1876-1900
272
4
Rough Riders in Cuba
275
1
World Survey 1750-1917
276
2
GLOBAL CONFLICT: 1900-1945
278
26
Revolution in Transit 1900-1930
280
4
Mass Production Comes of Age
283
1
World War I 1914-1918
284
6
The Russian Revolutions of 1917
287
3
Boom & Bust 1920-1937
290
4
Mass Communication
293
1
Authoritarianism 1920-1938
294
2
World War II 1939-1945
296
6
Development of the Atom Bomb
300
2
World Survey 1900-1945
302
2
TOWARD A NEW MILLENNIUM: 1945-PRESENT
304
30
Postwar Settlement & Cold War 1945-199l
306
10
Arab-Israeli Conflicts
309
2
Vietnam War
311
2
Iran Revolution
313
3
Development of a "Third World" 1945-1991
316
6
Gandhi: India's Peaceful Rebel
319
3
Frontiers of Science 1945-Present
322
4
Globalization 1991-Present
326
4
Terrorism
329
1
World Survey 1945-Present
330
AT A GLANCE
Major Wars
334
4
Major Religions
338
4
Periods & Movements
342
4
Human Accomplishments
346
4
Leaders
350
6
Scientists, Inventors, & Philosophers
356
4
Explorers
360
2
Artists
362
4
Appendix
366
5
Recommended Reading
371
1
Index
372
11
Illustrations Credits
383