Research Catalog

Title

The Times atlas of world history / edited by Geoffrey Barraclough.

Publication

Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond, 1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barraclough, Geoffrey, 1908-1984.
• Times Books (Firm)

Description

1 atlas (360 pages) : color illustrations, color maps; 37 cm

Summary

Combines the visual detail of excitement of an atlas with a full-scale narrative of world history from the earliest times to the present. Contains over 600 maps and illustrations and 300,000 words of narrative, glossary, and index.

Alternative Title

Atlas of world history.

Subject

• Historical geography > Maps
• Geography
• Maps
• Geography
• Maps as Topic
• geography
• historical maps
• Maps
• Historical geography

Genre/Form

• Atlas
• atlases.
• Atlases
• Maps
• Maps.
• Atlases.
• Atlas.
• Cartes géographiques.

Note

• Copyright Times Books Ltd., London.
• Published simultaneously: London : Times Newspapers Ltd.
• Includes index and glossary.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 296.

Contents

Origins of man -- Hunters and gatherers: the economy of early man -- Man and the Ice Age -- From hunting to farming: the origins of agriculture -- Before the first cities: the Near East 8000 to 3000BC -- Early Europe: the colonisation of a continent 6000 to 1500BC -- African peoples and cultures to AD1000 -- Peoples and cultures of the Americas to Ad900 -- Australia and Oceania before the coming of the Europeans -- Beginnings of civilisation in the Eurasian world 3500 to 1600BC -- Early empires of Mesopotamia c. 3500 to 1600BC -- Near East from the fall of Babylon to the fall of Assyria c. 1300 to 612BC -- Ancient Egypt and her empires -- Invasions and migrations: Indo-Europeans and Semites -- Beginnings of Chinese civilisation to 500BC -- Beginnings of Indian civilisation -- Early Mediterranean world c. 3000 to 1200BC -- Commercial and cultural bonds of Eurasia -- Religious bonds of Eurasia to AD500 -- Diffusion of Hellenistic world 336 to 30BC -- Empires of Persia 550 BC -- Unification of China 350BC to AD220 -- India: the first empires -- Peoples of Northern Europe -- Expansion of Roman power in Italy and the Mediterranean to 31BC -- Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian 31BC to AD565 -- Economy of the Roman world c. AD200 -- Rise of Christianity to AD600 -- Crisis of the classical world -- Germanic and Slavonic invasions of Europe -- Expansion of Christianity 600-1500 -- Jewish diaspora AD70 to 1497 -- Spread of Islam from 632 -- Rise of the Frankish kingdom 482-814 -- Eurasian world in 814 -- 9th and 10th century invasions of Europe: Vikings, Magyars, Saracens -- Byzantine Empire from Heraclius to the Fourth Crusade: 610 to 1204 -- First Russian state: Kievan Russia 882 to 1245 -- Formation of states in northern and eastern Europe 900 to c. 1050 -- Mediaevel German Empire 962 to 1250 -- Recovery of Europe c. 950 to 1150 -- Conflict of Church and State in Europe 1056-1314 -- Feudal monarchy in western Europe 1154-1314 -- Chinese civilisation from the T'ang to the Sung 618-1278 -- Mongol Empire 1206-1405 -- India: the struggle for power and the Delhi Sultanate -- Early civilisations of south-east Asia to AD1511 -- Muslim world: the Middle East and North Africa 909-1517 -- Emergence of states in Africa 900-1500 -- Rise of the Ottoman Empire 1301-1520 -- Eastern Europe in the 14th century -- Crisis of the 14th century in western Europe -- Merchants and finance in Europe c. 1500 -- Eurasian trade routes from the crusades to Bartolomeu Dias -- Americas on the eve of European conquest -- New monarchies: Europe at the close of the 15th century -- World on the eve of European expansion c. 1500 -- European voyages of discovery 1487 to 1780 -- European expansion overseas: Spain and Portugal 1500 to 1600 -- European expansion overseas: Holland, Britain and France 1600 to 1713 -- Russian expansion in Europe and Asia 1462 to 1815 -- Colonial America 1535 to 1783 -- Trade and empire in Africa 1500 to 1800 -- East Asia at the time of the Ming Dynasty 1368 to 1644 -- Resurgence of Muslim power 1520 to 1639 -- Mughal Empire and the growth of British power in India -- East Asia at the time of the Ch'ing Dynasty -- South-east Asia and the European powers 1511 to 1826 -- European economy: agriculture and agricultural society 1500 to 1815 -- European economy: trade and industry 1550 to 1775 -- Reformation and counter-reformation: the wars of religion in Europe 1517 to 1648 -- Rise of the modern state in north-west Europe 1500 to 1688 -- Mediterranean world 1494 to 1797 -- Struggle for the Baltic 1523 to 1721 -- Germany disunited 1648 to 1806 -- Ascendancy of France 1647 to 1715 -- Struggle for empire 1713 to 1815 -- Ottoman Empire, Austria and Russia: eastern Europe from 1648 to 1795 -- Emerging global economy 1775 -- Industrial Revolution begins: Great Britain 1760 to 1820 -- Age of revolution 1773-1814 -- Napoleon and the reshaping of Europe -- Population growth and movements 1815 to 1914 -- Industrial Revolution in Europe 1815 to 1870 -- Rise of nationalism in Europe 1870 to 1914 -- Germany and Italy: the struggles for unification 1815 to 1871 -- Industrial Revolution in the wider world 1850 to 1929 -- Making of the United States: westward expansion -- Making of the United States: civil war and economic growth -- Making of the United States: politics and society, 1776 to 1930 -- Latin America: independence and national growth 1810 to 1910 -- Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire 1800 to 1923 -- Russian Empire: expansion and modernisation 1815 to 1917 -- Collapse of the Chinese Empire 1842 to 1911 -- India under British rule 1805 to 1931 -- Development of Australia and New Zealand -- Africa before partition by the European powers 1800 to 1880 -- Partition of Africa 1880-1913 -- Expansion and modernisation of Japan 1868 to 1918 -- European colonial 1815 to 1914 -- Rise of the United States to world power 1867 to 1917 -- Anti-colonial reaction 1881 to 1917 -- European rivalries and alliances 1878 to 1914 -- First World War 1914 to 1918 -- Formation of a world economy 1870 to 1914 -- Russian revolution 1917 to 1925 -- Imperialism and nationalism 1919 to 1941 -- Chinese revolution 1912 to 1949 -- European political problems 1919 to 1934 -- Great Depression 1929 to 1939 -- Approach of the Second World War 1931 to 1941 -- War in Asia and the Pacific 1941 to 1945 -- War in the west 1941-1945 -- Aftermath of the war in Europe -- Retreat from empire 1937 to 1983 -- New states of east and south-east Asia 1945 to 1983 -- Southern Asia since independence 1947 to 1983 -- Emancipation of Africa 1946 to 1983 -- Middle East 1945 to 1983 -- Latin America: revolution and reaction 1930 to 1983 -- Development of the United States 1940 to 1983 -- Development of the Soviet Union 1926 to 1980 -- Cold War 1949 to 1973 -- Rich nations and poor nations: the world in the 1980s.

ISBN

• 0843711299
• 9780843711295

LCCN

84675088

OCLC

• ocm10726919
• 10726919
• SCSB-627867

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library