50 World History Events You Really Need to Know
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Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Ashoka
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Christopher Columbus
Confucianism and the state
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Galileo
Islamic science
Lenin
Lincoln
Martin Luther
Mary Wollstonecraft
Napoleon
Renaissance man
Saladin
Suleiman the Magnificent
the Nazca Lines
Thomas Jefferson
Twin Towers
Voltaire
Winston Churchill
World War
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- ISBN 9781529452914
- Weight: 150g
- Dimensions: 112 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Discover the 50 key developments and events that form the backbone of the story of humanity.
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea about what happened in between. Offering stimulating outlines of key developments in the history of the world, this book aims to remedy this.
Author Ian Crofton brings history to life in essays ranging from ancient Egypt to modern China, from the Vikings and the Mongols to the French Revolution and the Cold War.
Ian Crofton, formerly editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopedia, has written a number of works of popular narrative history, from Great Escapes and A Curious History of Food and Drink to The Little Book of Big History and World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know. The last two bestsellers have been translated into many languages. Crofton has also explored the interplay of landscape, history and nature in more personal books such as Walking the Border: A Journey between Scotland and England ('Excellent', The Guardian), Fringed with Mud and Pearls: An English Island Odyssey (selected by The Telegraph as one of their top twenty travel books of 2021) and, most recently, Upland: A Journey through Time and the Hills ('A beautifully written celebration of a lifelong passion', Stephen Venables, author and mountaineer).
