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World history for dummies / by Peter Haugen.

By: Haugen, Peter.
Series: --For dummies. Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2001Description: xxiv, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0764552422 (pbk.).Subject(s): World historyDDC classification: 909
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Getting into history - 1. Finding the bodies: real stories, real people - 2. Making history happen -- Part II: Civilizations : 3. Getting civilized - 4. Not all roads led to Rome - 5. Transitioning through the middle ages - 6. Contending for world domination - 7. Grabbing the globe - 8. Clashing on a worldwide scale -- Part III: Mind, soul, heart: 9. Believing and believers - 10. Sharing a love of wisdom - 11. Being christian, thinking Greek - 12. Awakening to the renaissance - 13. Making a break: the reformation - 14. Opening up to science and enlightenment -- Part IV: War: 15. Hurling sticks and stones - 16. Advancing the technology of war - 17. Reshaping warfare in a contemporary mold -- Part V: People: 18. Founding something lasting - 19. Battling toward lasting fame - 20. Venturing out: voyagers - 21. Overturning societies -- Part VI: The part of tens: 22. Ten unforgettable dates - 23. Ten essential documents - Index.
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Includes index.

Introduction -- Part I: Getting into history - 1. Finding the bodies: real stories, real people - 2. Making history happen -- Part II: Civilizations : 3. Getting civilized - 4. Not all roads led to Rome - 5. Transitioning through the middle ages - 6. Contending for world domination - 7. Grabbing the globe - 8. Clashing on a worldwide scale -- Part III: Mind, soul, heart: 9. Believing and believers - 10. Sharing a love of wisdom - 11. Being christian, thinking Greek - 12. Awakening to the renaissance - 13. Making a break: the reformation - 14. Opening up to science and enlightenment -- Part IV: War: 15. Hurling sticks and stones - 16. Advancing the technology of war - 17. Reshaping warfare in a contemporary mold -- Part V: People: 18. Founding something lasting - 19. Battling toward lasting fame - 20. Venturing out: voyagers - 21. Overturning societies -- Part VI: The part of tens: 22. Ten unforgettable dates - 23. Ten essential documents - Index.