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A concise chronology of human history that covers 25,000 events and features coverage of the arts and sciences as well as of events in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Each of the seven epochs is divided into six columns whose categories vary from epoch to epoch, reflecting the dynamics and events of the period. The geographic columns trace the rise and fall of dynasties and political regimes, military and diplomatic actions, exploration, colonization, growth of trade relations, and other significant developments. The other columns, Science, Invention and Technology, and Religion, Culture and Arts, provide a sense of the intellectual and creative achievements of many diverse cultures at any moment in history.

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• Introduction(p. ix)
• How to Use This Book(p. xi)
• 3500 B.C.-44 B.C.(p. 2)
• Egypt and Africa
• Middle East, Asia, Pacific and Americas
• Greece and Asia Minor
• Rome and Europe
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Culture and Arts
• 43 B.C.-A.D 399(p. 30)
• Roman Empire and Europe
• Africa, Asia and Pacific
• Americas
• Religion
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Culture and Arts
• 400-1453(p. 58)
• British Isles and Western Europe
• Mediterranean Basin
• Africa, Asia and Pacific
• Americas
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Religion, Culture and Arts
• 1454-1774(p. 140)
• British Isles and Europe
• Africa and Middle East
• Asia and Pacific
• Americas
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Religion, Culture and Arts
• 1775-August 31, 1939(p. 222)
• British Isles and Europe
• U.S. and Canada
• Latin America
• Africa, Asia and Pacific
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Religion, Culture and Arts
• September 1, 1939-1945(p. 322)
• International Affairs; European, African, Mideast War Zone
• U.S. and Canadian Domestic Developments
• Asia and Pacific War Zone
• Latin America
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Religion, Culture and Arts
• 1946-1998(p. 336)
• International Affairs
• Western and Eastern Europe
• U.S. and Canada
• Asia, Africa and Latin America
• Science, Invention and Technology
• Religion, Culture and Arts
• Index(p. 387)

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CHOICE Review

Updating and expanding S.H. Steinberg's Historical Tables (12th ed., 1991), this chronology includes events from 3500 BCE through 1998, takes a broader global perspective than Sternberg, and goes beyond politics and war to include entries for science and technology, religion, and culture. The 25,000 events it records are divided into seven epochs, listing events chronologically in each epoch in six categories, which in turn reflect the history of each period. The format, typeface, and arrangement make the volume easy to use. Illustrations complement the text. The subject index is useful if sometimes idiosyncratic. In expanding the scope, material from earlier editions had sometimes to be omitted, hence this volume supplements earlier editions rather than replaces them. For recent decades, there are some curious omissions: Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the UN Earth Summit (1992), and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1998). Libraries may well ask whether a single volume can do justice to more than five millennia of history and should weigh it against H.E.L. Mellersh and Neville Williams's Chronology of World History (4 v., CH, Nov'99), which covers virtually the same period in greater detail. That said, it should be noted that the editors met several goals they set for themselves in revising Sternberg. Recommended to libraries at all levels as an update to Sternberg and a complement to Mellerish and Williams. F. Oscadal; Dartmouth College

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John Paxton, who edited The Statesman's Year-Book from 1969 to 1990, is the author of many books on international affairs, among them A Dictionary of the European Communities, Encyclopedia of Russian History, European Political Facts, 1990-1996 (with Chris Cook) and Companion to the French Revolution. He is also the compiler of The Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations, The Penguin Dictionary of Proper Names (with Geoffrey Payton), and The Penguin Encyclopedia of Places (with W. G. Moore).
Edward W. Knappman is the vice president of New England Publishing Associates, a literary agency and book producer. Prior to that he was the publisher of Facts On File. New England Publishing Associates has produced many highly regarded reference works, including H. W. Wilson's recently published Facts About the American Wars, Facts About the Congress, and Facts About the Supreme Court of the United States.