Oxford's Atlas of World History is the result of years of intensive
work by a specialist team of scholars, editors, and cartographers.
It presents the story of humanity in its physical setting, from the
emergence of the earliest hominoids to the present day. Truly
international in scope, the atlas incorporates the latest research
into Asian, African, and Central and South American history, as
well as the traditional core of North American and European events.
The Atlas includes sections on the Ancient World, Medieval World,
Early Modern World, Age of Revolutions, and the Twentieth Century
and Beyond. Each section opens with an introduction that highlights
the main socioeconomic, cultural and religious themes of the
period, followed by spreads of maps, text, illustrations and
captions that discuss specific regions and eras. Spreads depict
everything from hunting in Africa in 10,000 BC to the kingdoms of
Southeast Asia in the earliest years of the millennium, the decline
of the Byzantine Empire, the growth of the Atlantic economies in
the 18th century, and standards of living since 1945.
The Atlas features some 450 vivid full-color maps illustrating the
major themes and events of world history, 100 photographs, 60
diagrams and hundreds of thousands of words of explanatory text.
Unique for such an atlas, the entire work is thoroughly
cross-referenced, allowing the reader to move backwards and
forwards in time or across the world from region to region,
following themes or lines of inquiry across pages.
The new edition brings the Atlas into the 21st Century and up to
the present day. New and updated maps and illustrations cover a
wide range of evolving subjects such as population changes,
international trading, urbanization, political and economic
developments, literacy rates, the concentration of world languages,
and many more important and always timely subjects. Coverage of
Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe, and every other part of the
world is revisited and updated, making this the most up-to-date
atlas of world history available, in addition to being the most
complete.
A comprehensive index of more than 8,000 entries includes numerous
alternative name forms used over the centuries. The Atlas of World
History closes with a bibliography that provides a booklist for
suggested further reading. Equally well-suited for a general
audience and students of history or international relations, the
Atlas of World History continues Oxford's presence as the premier
publisher of world atlases.
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