Explanatorium of History

CONTENTS
HUMANITY EMERGES
	Timeline of prehistory
	Humans evolve
	Tools develop
	Humans migrate out of Africa
	Early humans make fire
	Art begins
	Culture emerges
	Taking shelter
	Farming changes everything
	Building the first towns
	Mysterious megaliths
CIVILIZATION BEGINS
	Timeline of the ancient world
	Pottery is invented
	The Bronze Age begins
	The wheel is invented
	The first cities
	Writing makes history
	A kingdom rises on the Nile
	Pharaohs rule ancient Egypt
	Nubia rivals Egypt
	Epic struggle
	The Iron Age begins
	Phoenicians sail the seas
	Making money
	Persia becomes a superpower
	The birth of democracy
	Ancient Greek myths
	Alexander the Great
	The first Indian empire
	The Qin dynasty unifies China
	Silk Roads link East and West
	Buddhism spreads across Asia
	Mesoamerican civilizations
	Desert drawings
	The Celts dominate Europe
	The Romans build an empire
	Ancient Roman engineering
TRADE TAKES OFF
	Timeline of the medieval world
	Barbarians invade Europe
	Byzantine empire
	Islam spreads
	Polynesians sail the Pacific
	The world of the Maya
	The golden age of Imperial China
	Gunpowder changes warfare
	Vikings raid and trade
	Islamic scientists spread knowledge
	Chola kings rule an Indian empire
	Work of art
	Japan in the Heian era
	Kingdoms of Africa
	The Christian Church grows in power
	Medieval knights serve their lords
	The Crusades
	The Mongols conquer Asia
	The peoples of North America
	An empire built on salt and gold
	Lost kingdom
	The empire of the Aztecs
	The Inca rule a mountain empire
	Trade grows in Europe
	Plague hits Europe
	The Ming dynasty rules China
	Keeping time
EMPIRES EXPAND
	Timeline of the early modern world
	The Renaissance revolutionizes ideas
	Explorers map the globe
	The Joseon kings rule Korea
	Printing spreads ideas
	The Western Church splits
	The Spanish invade the Americas
	The Kingdom of Benin
	The Ottomans build an empire
	European colonists come to North America
	Safavid splendour
	The Qing dynasty takes control of China
	Shoguns shape Japan
	Pirates plague the seas
	The Mughals unify India
	Modern science begins
	Observing nature
	Absolute monarchs
	Peter the Great transforms Russia
	The age of enlightenment
	The transatlantic slave trade
	The US fights for independence
	Revolution sweeps France
INDUSTRY RISES
	Timeline of the age of industry
	Napoleon wages war in Europe
	The colonization of Australia
	Abolitionists fight to end slavery
	Latin America wins independence
	The industrial revolution
	The dawn of a new era
	Revolution grips Europe
	Modern surgery is born
	Zulu warriors defend their kingdom
	America expands west
	Forced from their homelands
	The British rule India
	Steam trains open up the world
	Civil war divides the United States
	Japan opens its borders
	Planning safer cities
	A life of labour
	The end of Imperial China
	Europeans colonize Africa
	Communication connects the world
	Motor cars get the world moving
	A new life in America
	Shopping takes off
	The doomed Endurance
	Flight shrinks the world
	Coal mining fuels industry
	Women win the vote
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
	Timeline of the modern world
	Machines drive warfare
	Battle devastation
	War transforms society
	Revolution rocks Russia
	The Great Depression shakes the world
	Fascism rises in Europe
	War goes global
	War hits home
	The Holocaust
	The dawn of the nuclear age
	The Partition of India
	The creation of Israel
	The Cold War divides the world
	Communisim grips China
	Fighting for civil rights
	Teenagers rebel
	Liberation in Africa
	Race to the Moon
	Computers revolutionize society
	The end of the Cold War
	Apartheid divides South Africa
	Orbiting Earth
	The world goes online
	China becomes a superpower
	Going global
	Distanced dining
	The climate crisis
REFERENCE
	Glossary
	Index
	Acknowledgments