Depth is ruthlessly sacrificed to breadth in this atlas of world history. The material is arranged in separate timelines-for Asia, Africa, Europe and ""Americas and Australasia""-running vertically ...
On September 11, 2001, suicide hijackers took control of US passenger planes and flew them into two skyscrapers in New York, ...
Simon Sebag Montefiore's book "The World" investigates the history of humanity through families - the Caesars and Borgias, the Kims and Tudors, Roosevelts and the House of Saud. The book spans a ...