The Penguin atlas of world history Book

The Atlas of World History offers a unique combination of maps and illustrations with detailed chronological summary. The text is placed alongside the relevant maps so as to give the fullest possible treatment of the main cultural, scientific, religious and political events of the period. Volume Two covers 'the French Revolution to the Present'; and, by working from a global standpoint, the authors achieve an invaluable perspective on world developments, and skilfully clarify, with these visual aids, complex historical situations.