TY - BOOK AU - Welsh,Frank TI - The history of the world: from the dawn of humanity to the modern age SN - 9781787477193 (pbk.) AV - D21 .W45 2013 U1 - 909 22 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Quercus KW - World history KW - Civilization KW - History. KW - Civilization. N1 - Includes index; Introduction. c.6000 - 600 BC The River Civilizations. c.6000 - c.610 BC Early Empires. c.2000 - c.350 BC Persians and Greeks. 336 BC - c.AD 140. c.150 BC - c.AD 500. c.1500 BC - AD 1500 Early Civilizations of Africa and the Americas. AD 622 - 1000 The Rise of Islam. AD 407 - 1130 From Gauls to French. AD 1095 - 1396 The Crusades. 221 BC - AD 1294 China to the Mongols. 1414 - 1648 Reformation and Renaissance. 1494 - 1610 New Worlds. 1453 - 1707 Gunpowder Empires. 1648 - 1796 Early Modern Europe. 1620 - 1720 European Imperial Expansion. 1368 - 1799 Europeans and the Orient. 1700 - 1776 The Age of Enlightenment and the American Revolution. 1789 - 1815 The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. 1776 - 1845 A New World Order. 1814 - 1871 Post-Napoleonic Europe. 1730 - 1856 Eastern Superpowers: India and China. c.1800 - 1871 Continental Empires. 1770 - 1902 Exploration and Empire-building. 1850 - 1905 The Energy Revolution: The East Reacts to a Changing World. 1906 - 1919 Stumbling into War. 1920 - 1939 The Interlude. 1937 - 1953 The Second World War and After. 1948 - 1968 New Nations. 1970 - 1994 Cautious Optimism. 2000 - Towards the Third Millennium. Epilogue. Acknowledgements. Index; Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) ER -