These exciting, illustrated atlases present a dramatic insight into what the world was like during key historical periods. Packed with information about civilizations, empires, religions, kingdoms and famous figures, these books are the perfect pictorial guides to the past.This edition combines all four volumes in the series, depicting the world and its people between 10000BCE and the present day. It covers all major human civilizations, from the ancient world to modern times, and examines the core curriculum themes of religion, exploration, colonization, industry, technology, war and diplomatic relations.

 

There are 192 pages in this book. This is a book of maps. This book was published 2008 by Pan Macmillan .

Simon Adams is a writer and editor of non-fiction books, and has written extensively on history subjects for children. Inklink is a highly regarded artists' studio based in Florence, Italy. Kevin Maddison has been illustrating children's books for many years on a wide range of topics. Mark Bergin was born in Hastings, England, in 1961. He studied at Eastbourne College of Arts and has specialized in historical reconstructions, aviation and maritime subjects since 1983. He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea with his wife and children.

This book has the following chapters: Overview of the four main chapters:; CHAPTER ONE:; The Ancient World; 10000BCE - 1000CE; CHAPTER TWO:; The Medieval World; 500CE - 1450CE; CHAPTER THREE:; The Age of Exploration and Empires; 1450-1800; CHAPTER FOUR:; The Modern World; 1800 - present.