When on Earth?

Description

Teach history in a way that's fascinating to visual learners and children who are captivated by pictures and timelines. When on Earth? approaches history in a different way than most books, giving context that can put what children learn in school in a broader historical perspective. In more than 60 specially commissioned maps, this one-of-a-kind history book shows where, when, and how history happened. Find out how the first farmers lived and worked. Discover the Viking world. Learn about the Arab Spring. Beautiful illustrations, 3-D graphics, clear annotations, and fun facts bring history to life and show how it fits in to the world at large. Whether your child is a visual learner or a geography buff, When on Earth? is perfect for any student of history, giving a guide to our shared past and a birds-eye view of the history of life on Earth. Contents 2......Page 4 Ancient times 6......Page 8 Out of Africa 8......Page 10 The Ice Age 10......Page 12 Cave art 12......Page 14 The first farmers 14......Page 16 Megaliths 16......Page 18 The first cities 18......Page 20 The origins of writing 20......Page 22 Land of the Pharaohs 22......Page 24 The Bronze Age 24......Page 26 Ancient Americas 26......Page 28 Ancient Greece 28......Page 30 The Persian Empire 30......Page 32 Alexander the Great 32......Page 34 China’s Great Wall 34......Page 37 Rome and Hannibal 36......Page 38 The Roman Empire 38......Page 40 Bible stories 40......Page 43 Pacific settlers 42......Page 45 Ancient wonders 44......Page 47 Ancient inventions 46......Page 49 Medieval times 50......Page 52 The Silk Road 52......Page 54 The Vikings 54......Page 56 China’s golden age 56......Page 59 Castles 58......Page 61 The Crusades 60......Page 62 The age of the Mongols 62......Page 65 The Black Death 64......Page 66 The Chinese treasure fleet 66......Page 68 Great African kingdoms 68......Page 71 15th-century Americas 70......Page 72 Medieval inventions 72......Page 75 Modern times 76......Page 78 The age of exploration 78......Page 81 Conquistadors 80......Page 82 The great food exchange 82......Page 85 The Reformation 84......Page 86 Caribbean Pirates 86......Page 88 Colonial America 88......Page 90 Slavery 90......Page 92 The American Revolutionary War 92......Page 95 Exiled to Australia 94......Page 96 The French Revolution 96......Page 98 Napoleon 98......Page 100 Free South America 100......Page 102 Darwin’s voyage 102......Page 104 The Industrial Revolution 104......Page 106 A year of revolutions 106......Page 108 The American frontier 108......Page 110 Gold Rushes 110......Page 112 The US Civil War 112......Page 115 Japan faces the future 114......Page 116 The age of steam 116......Page 119 Europe’s empires 118......Page 121 Modern inventions 120......Page 123 Beyond 1900 124......Page 127 The race to the South Pole 126......Page 128 World War I 128......Page 131 The Russian Revolution 130......Page 132 The story of flight 132......Page 134 The Great Depression 134......Page 137 China’s Long March 136......Page 139 World War II 138......Page 140 The Eastern Front 140......Page 142 D-Day 142......Page 144 Gandhi and Indian Independence 144......Page 146 The Cold War 146......Page 148 The Space Age 148......Page 150 Moon landings 150......Page 152 The internet 152......Page 154 The rise of China 154......Page 156 Index 156......Page 158 Acknowledgments 160......Page 162