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Eyewitness to history : from ancient times to the modern era / Stephen G. Hyslop, Bob Somerville and John Thompson ; foreword by James Reston, Jr.

By: Hyslop, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrison), 1950-.
Contributor(s): Somerville, Bob | Thompson, John M. (John Milliken), 1959-.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2011Description: 463 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9781426206528 (pbk.).Subject(s): World history -- Sources | Civilization -- History -- SourcesDDC classification: 909
Contents:
Epic journeys : sagas of creation -- Prehistory to 3500 BCE -- National Geographic examines: Code of Hammurabi -- Golden ages : legends from the East, 600 BCE-500 CE -- National Geographic examines: Analects of Confucius -- The classical age : lives on parchment, 600 BCE-500 CE -- National Geographic examines: Dead Sea scrolls -- Postclassical era : emerging voices, 500-1100 -- National Geographic examines: Quran -- High Middle Ages : tales of chivalry and conquest, 1000-1500 -- National Geographic examines: Magna Carta -- Rebirth and reform : dramas of transformation, 1450-1650 -- National Geographic examines: Luther's 95 theses -- New world order : revolutionary words, 1650-1800 -- National Geographic examines: U.S. Constitution -- Empire and industry : chronicles of the machine age, 1800-1900 -- National Geographic examines: The origin of species -- The world at war : accounts of crisis and heroism, 1900-1945 -- National Geographic examines: Treaty of Versailles -- The modern era : stories of a new century, 1945-2010 -- National Geographic examines: Report of the 9/11 Commission -- 50 key documents in world history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epic journeys : sagas of creation -- Prehistory to 3500 BCE -- National Geographic examines: Code of Hammurabi -- Golden ages : legends from the East, 600 BCE-500 CE -- National Geographic examines: Analects of Confucius -- The classical age : lives on parchment, 600 BCE-500 CE -- National Geographic examines: Dead Sea scrolls -- Postclassical era : emerging voices, 500-1100 -- National Geographic examines: Quran -- High Middle Ages : tales of chivalry and conquest, 1000-1500 -- National Geographic examines: Magna Carta -- Rebirth and reform : dramas of transformation, 1450-1650 -- National Geographic examines: Luther's 95 theses -- New world order : revolutionary words, 1650-1800 -- National Geographic examines: U.S. Constitution -- Empire and industry : chronicles of the machine age, 1800-1900 -- National Geographic examines: The origin of species -- The world at war : accounts of crisis and heroism, 1900-1945 -- National Geographic examines: Treaty of Versailles -- The modern era : stories of a new century, 1945-2010 -- National Geographic examines: Report of the 9/11 Commission -- 50 key documents in world history.