A Short History of the World

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The author also pays attention to empires and they areas they covered, noting that the size of the territory which one leader or state can rule has grown progressively larger.

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Author:   Geoffrey Blainey
Publisher:   Penguin Books Australia
Imprint:   Viking Australia
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.114kg
ISBN:  

9780670911394

ISBN 10:   0670911399
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   01 October 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: from Africa; when the seas were rising; the first green revolution; the dome of night; cities of the valleys; amazing sea; Lord of the Yellow, King of the Ganges; the rise of Rome; Israel and the anointed one; after Christ; the sign of the crescent; the wild geese cross the mountains; towards Polynesia. Part 2 Signpost: the Mongols; the perils of climate and disease; new messengers; birdcage; the Inca and the Andes; reformation; voyage to India; the New World bears gifts; the glass eye of science; dethroning the harvest. Part 3: the fall of a pack of cards; beyond the Sahara; noble steam; will all be equal?; a globe unwrapped; the world wars; the bomb and the moon; no fruits, no birds.

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Geoffrey Blainey has written thirty books including THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE, THE CAUSES OF WAR, A SHORTER HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA and a history of Aboriginal Australia, TRIUMPH OF THE NOMADS.

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