The Encyclopedia of World History, Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged (6th Edition)

This is a real encyclopaedia: it takes a massive field of study (nothing less than the history of the whole world from its origins to the present day) and presents all the salient facts in a systematized, clear manner. As a single‐volume reference handbook to an enormous area of knowledge it is just about without parallel. For a reasonably sized, yet easily consulted and legible volume to offer so much fact seems almost a miracle of compression. That this is the sixth edition demonstrates the validity and practicality of William L. Langer’s original concept and compilation.

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