This is a revised, updated and augmented edition of the best-selling "Book of Millennium Records". It takes a series of historical snapshots, tracking human achievement at the birth of Christ, at 1000 AD, and in the year 2000. This lateral look back at the last two thousand years vividly illuminates our history and casts a new light on the world in which we live today. The additional material includes: the living earth, science, the human body and health, transport, communications and sports.