Timeline: History Of The World

Author: Peter Goes

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Description

Take a journey through the history of our planet... A perfect introduction to history for young and old, Timeline travels the story of our world, through a lens that captures myths and legends, dinosaurs, the great civilizations, kings and knights, discoveries and inventions. Timeline shows the human race building settlements, fighting wars, exploring the oceans, living in castles, yurts and skyscrapers. It takes our planet from the Big Bang to the threats of climate change. And it does not neglect the imagination--here too are dragons, icons and fictional heroes. Each scene puts global events in perspective through space and time, drawing parallels and connections with careful attention and a refreshing playfulness.

Reviews

"Here is a glowing sucker octopus, with its limbs spread out, pumpkin-coloured, looking like a just exploded Roman candle in the night sky." -- Wall Street Journal (US) "Peter Goes's stunning Timeline, with its ribbons of pitch black winding through subtly-coloured, deeply involving pages, perfectly lives up to Gecko Press's avowed championing of work rich in language and illustration." -- The Guardian (UK) "An excellent tale of magic, adventure, invention, humour and silliness [and] snappy, witty dialogue between the characters." -- Your Weekend (NZ) Hugely informative, hugely entertaining. -- The Financial Times

Author description

Peter Goes lives in Belgium, where he works as a freelance illustrator. He has also worked as a stage manager and studied animation at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, Belgium.

Table of contents

1. The Big Bang; 2. The Beginning of Life; 3. The Dinosaurs; 4. The End of the Dinosaurs; 5. The First People; 6. The First Settlements; 7. Mesopotamia; 8. Ancient Egypt; 9. Ancient Greece; 10. The Celts; 11. The Roman Empire; 12. The Huns; 13. The Byzantine Empire; 14. The Middle Ages; 15. The Crusades; 16. The Vikings; 17. The 14th Century; 18. The Ottoman Empire; 19. The Ming Dynasty; 20. The 15th Century; 21. The Aztecs; 22. The Incas; 23. The 16th Century; 24. Explorers From All Periods; 25. The 17th Century; 26. The 18th Century in Europe; 27. North America in the 18th Century; 28. The 19th Century; 29. World War I; 30. The 1920s; 31. The 1930s; 32. The Russian Revolution; 33. World War II; 34. 1945-1950; 35. The 1950s; 36. Space Travel; 37. The 1960s; 38. The 1970s; 39. The 1980s; 40. The 1990s; 41. The 2000s; 42. The 2010s;