This atlas presents the story of civilization in physical setting. Specially designed to help the reader visualize great historical themes and decisive moments. It combines 400 specially drawn maps depicting the scope of these events. The atlas features 135 double-page spreads, each of which potrays key develppments in a world region over a specific period of time. Each spread features maps together with complementary text discussing and explaining the historical, political, geographical, social, cultural and relgious themes behind each topic.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Atlas Of World History .

There are 368 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1999 by Octopus Publishing Group .