The Times Compact History of the World Geoffrey Parker

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The Times Compact History of the World by Geoffrey Parker

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The ultimate small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world.

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The Times Compact History of the World by Geoffrey Parker

The ultimate small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world. The 5th edition of The Times Compact History of the World is a fully-updated, authoritative, detailed and visually-exciting guide to the world - past and present. From the emergence of the first modern humans to recent acts of terrorism, technological breakthroughs, and global issues of the environment and economy, The Times Compact History of the World covers the whole spectrum of human development through an integrated approach of concise yet accessible text, lavish and informative mapping, stunning illustrations, and evocative photographs.

About Geoffrey Parker

Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at the Ohio State University. He was born in Nottingham in 1943, and has also taught at St Andrews University, the University of Illinois and at Yale. He has published widely on the social, political and military history of early modern Europe. His books include The Military Revolution (1988); The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road (1567-1659); Philip II (1978); The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare (1995); and The Grand Strategy of Philip II) 1998 which won the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society of Military History. In 1984 Professor Parker became a Fellow of the British Academy, and in 1992 the King of Spain made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in recognition of his work on Spanish history.

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GOR002505542

ISBN 13

9780007267316

ISBN 10

0007267312

Title

The Times Compact History of the World by Geoffrey Parker

Author

Geoffrey Parker

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Year published

20080804

Number of pages

192

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