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Book SynopsisFrom the Big Bang to the present day, illustrated scenes tell the history of our planet in one continuous story. A perfect introduction to history for young and old, this illustrated journey through our world's culture and events travels from the Big Bang to the iPod and into the future. This is a trip through time, past dinosaurs, Vikings, Aztecs and spaceships. It looks at wars and disasters; introduces artists, explorers and leaders; shows us living in castles, yurts and skyscrapers. And it does not neglect the imagination-here too are dragons, mythical figures and TV characters, alongside world-changing inventions borne from the imaginations of scientists and explorers. Each scene puts global events in perspective, in space and time. For adults and older children, these detailed images reward a close study to test your own knowledge of political, cultural and historical events. For young children, each spread provides a slew of talking points, with the world's stories concisely represented.
Trade ReviewAn inky swath of black bisects this gorgeous oversize volume, its shape transforming to create prehistoric seas, ancient monuments, and more as Goes creates a visual time line of life on Earth, augmented by concise captions and relevant historical detail. Beginning with the Big Bang, Goes covers mass extinctions, the rise and fall of empires, wars, and pop culture trends, conveyed with playful details and masterly use of negative space (the great Wall of China winds its way through an overview of China's Ming Dynasty, while arrows radiate out from Nazi Germany in a WWII spread to demonstrate Hitler's impact). As the time line concludes with events including the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Charlie Hebdo shooting ('peace and prosperity for all remains a distant dream'), readers will be left with a powerful sense of how far we have come and how far we have to go. starred, Publishers Weekly -- "Journal" (1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM)
Table of Contents1. The Big Bang; 2. The Beginning of Life; 3. The Dinosaurs; 4. The End of the Dinosaurs; 5. The First People; 6. The First Settlements; 7. Mesopotamia; 8. Ancient Egypt; 9. Ancient Greece; 10. The Celts; 11. The Roman Empire; 12. The Huns; 13. The Byzantine Empire; 14. The Middle Ages; 15. The Crusades; 16. The Vikings; 17. The 14th Century; 18. The Ottoman Empire; 19. The Ming Dynasty; 20. The 15th Century; 21. The Aztecs; 22. The Incas; 23. The 16th Century; 24. Explorers From All Periods; 25. The 17th Century; 26. The 18th Century in Europe; 27. North America in the 18th Century; 28. The 19th Century; 29. World War I; 30. The 1920s; 31. The 1930s; 32. The Russian Revolution; 33. World War II; 34. 1945-1950; 35. The 1950s; 36. Space Travel; 37. The 1960s; 38. The 1970s; 39. The 1980s; 40. The 1990s; 41. The 2000s; 42. The 2010s;
