World History for Dummies
So you may be asking, "How can a 330-page book cover the complete history of the world?" The short answer is that it can't. To cover thousands of years in one book would be impossible. What is possible is a skimming of the surface of world history, which is what you'll find in World History For Dummies. This book provides a fun and friendly overview of the history of the world, providing glimpses into the major players and events that have made the world what it is today.
Because the history of the world is such a grand topic, a comprehensive list of what you'll find in World History For Dummies would be almost as long as the book itself. So here are a few highlights to pique your interest:
- Discover how to look at history from the historian's perspective
- Becoming civilized: The invention of writing and art
- Scientific developments that revolutionized the world
- Building empires: From Rome to Russia
- War and peace (no, not the Tolstoy novel)
- The development of the world's religions
- Overviews of the essential historical documents that you must know?– from the Bible to the Bill of Rights
Anyone with at least a passing interest in history can find value in World History For Dummies?– whether you're a student or a teacher in need of a broad historical overview, a history buff looking for new fascinating areas of interest, or if you just want to be the best darned Trivial Pursuit player in your neighborhood!
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
This is not a computer/tech book
Amazon has listed "World History for Dummies" as a computer/tech book. This is obviously a mistake. It is a history book.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 15, 2008 Type: User Review |
World History for Dummies
Love it.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
Chaotic
I couldn't go past 100 pages. What I read was written in a very disorganized way. It keeps going back and forward in time which makes it very difficult to follow. Then it will go through hundreds of years in a paragraph while devoting a lot...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good review..a little too PC
As a lover of History, I got this book to help ensure that if I had any obvious holes in my general World History knowledge, that I could find them out and patch them up.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
Lots of help!
Since my knowledge of this subject is limited, it was nice to have a product that helped me while also being quite entertaining.
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