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Instant History [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 176 pages, height x width x depth: 238x184x20 mm, weight: 687 g, Illustrations
  • Sērija : Instant Knowledge
  • Izdošanas datums: 09-Jun-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
  • ISBN-10: 1645170535
  • ISBN-13: 9781645170532
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 176 pages, height x width x depth: 238x184x20 mm, weight: 687 g, Illustrations
  • Sērija : Instant Knowledge
  • Izdošanas datums: 09-Jun-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC
  • ISBN-10: 1645170535
  • ISBN-13: 9781645170532
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Key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and concepts each explained on a single page!

Instant History pulls together pivotal moments from history into one concise volume. Each page contains a distinct &;cheat sheet,&; which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks, so you can feel like an expert in minutes! From second-wave feminism to Stalinism, the invention of the car to the Battle of the Somme, and the Russian Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, every key event, character, or turning point is expressed in succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge-hungry and time-poor, this collection of graphics-led lessons makes history interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know&;and more!&;packed into one convenient volume.
 
Introduction 8(4)
EARLY MODERN PERIOD
The Age of Discovery
12(1)
The Black Death
13(1)
The Battle of Agincourt
14(1)
The Renaissance
15(1)
The Aztec Empire
16(1)
Leonardo da Vinci
17(1)
The Printing Press
18(1)
The Sistine Chapel
19(1)
Martin Luther
20(1)
The Bible in English
21(1)
Nicolaus Copernicus
22(1)
The Death of Richard III
23(1)
The Spanish Inquisition
24(1)
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
25(1)
The Mughal Empire
26(1)
Ferdinand Magellan
27(1)
The Wives of Henry VIII
28(1)
The Reign of Queen Elizabeth I
29(1)
The Dark History of Sugar
30(1)
Mary, Queen of Scots
31(1)
The Spanish Armada
32(1)
The Works of William Shakespeare
33(1)
The Gunpowder Plot
34(1)
The Golden Age of Piracy
35(1)
Ana Nzinga
36(1)
Tulip Mania
37(1)
The Mayflower
38(1)
The Execution of Charles I
39(1)
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
40(1)
The Court of the Sun King
41(1)
The Taj Mahal
42(1)
The English Restoration
43(1)
The Great Fire of London
44(1)
The Glorious Revolution
45(1)
The Salem Witch Trials
46(1)
Johann Sebastian Bach
47(1)
The Enlightenment
48(1)
The Hanoverians
49(1)
The South Sea Bubble
50(1)
The Battle of Culloden
51(1)
The Declaration of Independence
52(1)
The Grand Tour
53(1)
The East India Company
54(1)
The British Industrial Revolution
55(1)
The English Landscape Garden
56(1)
The Highland Clearances
57(1)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
58(1)
The Boston Tea Party
59(1)
The American Revolutionary War
60(1)
The Voyages of Captain Cook
61(1)
George Washington
62(1)
The First Fleet
63(1)
The French Revolution
64(1)
Benjamin Franklin
65(1)
LONG 19th CENTURY 1789--1914
The Execution of Marie Antoinette
66(1)
Napoleon Bonaparte
67(1)
The Battle of Trafalgar
68(1)
The Rosetta Stone
69(1)
Heroes of Latin American Independence
70(1)
The Regency
71(1)
The Last Frost Fair
72(1)
The Battle of Waterloo
73(1)
The Birth of Frankenstein
74(1)
The Railroad Age
75(1)
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833
76(1)
The Second Voyage of the Beagle
77(1)
The Reign of Queen Victoria
78(1)
Charles Dickens Reinvents Christmas
79(1)
The Great Exhibition
80(1)
The American Civil War
81(1)
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
82(1)
The Transcontinental Railroad
83(1)
Louis Pasteur and the Fight Against Germs
84(1)
Karl Marx
85(1)
The 1896 Summer Olympic Games
86(1)
The End of the Shoguns
87(1)
Yellowstone National Park
88(1)
The Invention of the Light Bulb
89(1)
Paris in the Belle Epoque
90(1)
Chicago World's Fair
91(1)
The Dreyfus Affair
92(1)
Around the World with Nellie Bly
93(1)
The Boxer Rebellion
94(1)
The Invention of the Automobile
95(1)
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
96(1)
The Wright Brothers' First Flight
97(1)
Women's Suffrage
98(1)
Theodore Roosevelt
99(1)
Madam C.J. Walker
100(1)
The Discovery of Machu Picchu
101(1)
The Race to the South Pole
102(1)
The Sinking of RMS Titanic
103(1)
The Panama Canal
104(1)
WAR YEARS
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
105(1)
Gallipoli
106(1)
The Battle of the Somme
107(1)
The Death of Rasputin
108(1)
Spanish Flu
109(1)
Russian Revolutions
110(1)
Bauhaus
111(1)
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
112(1)
Albert Einstein
113(1)
Prohibition
114(1)
Benito Mussolini
115(1)
Talking Pictures
116(1)
Al Capone
117(1)
The Weimar Republic
118(1)
The Great Depression
119(1)
Adolf Hitler
120(1)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
121(1)
The Spanish Civil War
122(1)
The 1936 Olympic Games
123(1)
The Hindenburg Disaster
124(1)
World War II
125(1)
Cracking the Enigma Code
126(1)
The Evacuation of Dunkirk
127(1)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
128(1)
Glenn Miller: The Sound of World War II
129(1)
The D-Day Landings
130(1)
The Liberation of Auschwitz
131(1)
VE Day
132(1)
Hiroshima
133(1)
COLD WAR TO PRESENT DAY
The Cold War
134(1)
Chairman Mao and Communist China
135(1)
Indian Independence
136(1)
Mahatma Gandhi
137(1)
The Korean War
138(1)
The Conquest of Everest
139(1)
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
140(1)
The House Un-American Activities Committee
141(1)
The Four-Minute Mile
142(1)
The First Successful Kidney Transplant
143(1)
Elvis Presley
144(1)
Pele
145(1)
The First Man in Space
146(1)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
147(1)
The Contraceptive Pill
148(1)
The Profumo Affair
149(1)
The Cuban Revolution
150(1)
The Assassination of JFK
151(1)
Beatlemania
152(1)
The Vietnam War
153(1)
The Civil Rights Movement
154(1)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
155(1)
The Rise of the Miniskirt
156(1)
Kathrine Switzer's Boston Marathon
157(1)
The Summer of Love
158(1)
The Moon Landings
159(1)
The Stonewall Riots
160(1)
Apollo 13
161(1)
The Arab Oil Embargo
162(1)
The Watergate Scandal
163(1)
Punk Rock
164(1)
The Challenger Disaster
165(1)
The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
166(1)
The Berlin Wall
167(1)
Nelson Mandela
168(1)
The Tiananmen Square Massacre
169(1)
The Death of the People's Princess
170(1)
9/11
171(1)
Chronology 172(1)
Further Reading 173(1)
English Monarchs Since 1066 174(1)
U.S. Presidents 175