World History For Dummies

Description:

The book that puts the "story" back in history! Don't know much about history? Don't worry! With this friendly reference, you can bone up on all those facts you missed in history class -- and have a good time in the bargain. From ancient Greece to contemporary America, from religious controversies to global wars, this is history the way it ought to be -- fresh, memorable, and fun. --back cover

subjects: Historia universal,  History,  Nonfiction,  World history,  Act of Union,  airplanes,  alphabetic writing,  American Revolution,  Amerindians,  human anatomy,  animals,  archaeology,  art,  astronauts,  astronomy,  atomic weapons,  barbarians,  bias,  Bible,  Bill of Rights,  books,  bubonic plague,  calendars,  capitalism,  centuries,  chemical warfare,  chivalry,  circumnavigation,  cities,  citizens and citizenship,  civilization,  classes,  colonialism,  communication,  communism,  countries,  creation stories,  cuneiform writing,  dates,  divine right of kings,  historical documents,  dynasties,  economics,  education and literacy,  empire-building,  eras,  exploration,  farming,  genocide,  globalization,  gods,  city-states,  cultural legacy,  democracy,  philosophers,  religion,  warfare,  human beings,  human society,  hunter-gatherers,  indigenous peoples,  internal combustion engine,  language,  leaders,  legal systems and lawgivers,  legendary individuals,  libraries,  literacy,  mathematics,  medicine,  mummies,  nation building,  native peoples,  original sin,  historical people,  perspective in art,  philosophy,  plague,  plebian class,  politics,  printing press,  pyramids,  radio,  railroads,  reading,  record keeping,  revolutions,  rivers,  science,  secular humanism,  serfs,  shoguns,  slave trade,  socialism,  society,  steam engines,  submarine warfare,  suffrage,  suicide bombing,  technology,  telegraphs,  telephones,  television,  terrorism,  theater,  theistic religions,  trade,  transportation,  universities,  viceroys,  wealth,  weaponry,  women,  workers’ rights,  world wars,  writing,  years

People: Homer,  Aëtius,  Ajita of the Hair Blanket,  Akhenaton,  Leon Battista Alberti,  Graf von Bollstädt Albertus,  Buzz Aldrin,  Alexander I,  Alexander the Great,  Pope Alexander VI,  Alfred,  Dante Alighieri,  Diego de Almagro,  Roald Amundsen,  Anaximander of Miletus,  Saint Anselm,  Saint Thomas Aquinas,  Ardashir,  Aristophanes,  Aristotle,  Richard Arkwright,  Neil Armstrong,  Arsaces,  King Arthur,  Asoka,  Atahualpa,  Attila the Hun,  Saint Augustine,  Augustus Caesar

Places: Atlantis,  Afghanistan,  Iraq,  China,  India,  Brazil,  Greece,  Rome,  Africa,  Algeria,  Arab Empire,  Argentina,  Athens,  Australia,  Austria,  Babylon,  Balkans,  Balaklava,  Crécy,  Delium,  Edington,  Hastings,  Kadesh,  Lepanto,  Mühlberg,  Thermopylae,  Waterloo,  Bolivia,  Byzantine Empire,  Byzantium,  Cambodia,  Carthage,  Aragon,  Chechnya,  Chile,  Colombia,  Constantinople,  Cossaks,  Cuba,  Czechoslovakia,  Danube River,  Denmark,  East Germany,  East Indies,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  England,  Scotland,  Ethiopia,  Euphrates River,  Europe,  European Union,  Florence,  Italy,  France,  Mexico,  Gaul,  Genoa,  Georgian Republic,  Germany,  Great Britain,  Great Wall of China,  Greenland,  Haiti,  Hittite Empire,  Holy Roman Empire,  Inca Empire,  Indian Ocean,  Indochina,  Indus River,  Iran,  Ireland,  Israel,  Japan,  Java,  Jericho,  Latin America,  Macao,  Macedonian empire,  Nassau,  Mayan empire,  Mesopotamia,  Middle East,  Mongol Empire,  Mycenae,  Netherlands,  New Guinea,  New Zealand,  Nile Valley,  North America,  Northern Ireland,  Northwest Passage,  Norway,  Ottoman Empire,  Pakistan,  Palestine,  Persian empire,  Peru,  Poland,  Portugal,  Prussia,  Punjab,  Augsburg,  Rhine River,  Rhodesia,  Roman Empire,  Russia,  Rwanda,  Shetland Islands,  South Africa,  South America,  Spain,  Soviet Union,  Sparta,  Sudan,  Sumerian civilization,  Switzerland,  Taiwan,  Tanzania,  Thebes,  Nanjing,  Northampton,  Passeau,  Versailles,  United Kingdom,  United States,  Venezuela,  Venice,  Vietnam,  West Indies,  Yellow River,  Zimbabwe

Times: 21st-century,  Middle Ages,  Renaissance