Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this volume presents the world through a detailed timeline, letting readers follow the influences, patterns, and connections between world events. Full color.

Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this volume presents the world through a detailed timeline, letting readers follow the influences, patterns, and connections between world events. Full color.

Get ready for the ultimate time-travelling tour through historyFrom ancient times to the modern world, you'll experience each and every defining moment firsthand, including revolutions, art, battles, leaders, ideas, and inventions. A giant visual timeline keeps track of your ongoing journey with stunning pictures, beautiful illustrations, and fact-packed text. The special "child in time" features reveal how children lived in different periods. You'll meet a scribe in ancient Egypt, a young warrior in ancient Greece, and a girl working in the Industrial Revolution, among many others. Complex topics become crystal-clear with comprehensive coverage of ancient Rome, the Renaissance, Mughal India, the Ottoman Empire, the Atlantic slave trade, the French Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Terror, and much, much more. With more than 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphics,* History Year By Year * showcases history in more detail and depth than ever before. Whether you're mesmerised by mammoths and mummies or fascinated by flying and Facebook, there is something for everyone on this adventure through the ages.