What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world? In this highly entertaining read Hugh Williams distils world history into an insightful overview. By selecting fifty key people, places, battles, objects and events, he casts a clear eye over the way the world has developed and how we live today. Injecting life into familiar historical landmarks as well as bringing lesser-known events to the forefront, Hugh shapes the fifty things into themes as all-encompassing today as they were over two thousand years ago: wealth, religion, conquest, discovery and freedom. The Fifty Things include! Origin of Species Model T Ford The Russian Revolution Plato Conquest of Mexico Mao Tse Tung Crucifixion of Jesus Via Egnatia Worldwide web Ozymandias 9/11 Nelson Mandela Coronation of Charlemagne American Declaration of Independence Franco-Prussian War Mahabharata The Black Death And many more!
0 有用 Vincent 2018-09-19 00:38:51
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0 有用 shibaohui 2013-02-19 22:23:03
选取了世界历史上的50个重大历史事件，分为5类，每类10篇文章，重点突出，显然作者对这50个事件做了比较深入的研究，观点不偏激，文笔不错但文字不难读，可以很快看完一篇。由于是初版精装，字体够大，对我这老眼昏花的人足够清晰。