This comprehensive guide covers major events from 40,000 B.C.E. to 1720 A.D., including people, periods and other historically important material, in an easy-to-understand format.

Topics covered include:
Human Pre-history
Hellenist Greece
the Roman empire
Christianity
Egypt & Greek civilizations
western & European emergence
Medieval East
the Crusades & beyond
Major Revolutions
the Age of Aristocrats
And much more!