Beyond the political narratives, this book delves into the cultural, scientific, and technological achievements that have shaped the course of world history.

A truly global approach to world history built around significant world history stories.

This is the seventh and final volume in this comprehensive guide to the history of world cultures throughout historical times.

Each chapter has a bibliography which directs the reader to sources of further information. The volume is extensively illustrated with line drawings and plates, and is comprehensively indexed

The most global approach to world history, now more streamlined and accessible.

The fourth volume of the History of Humanity examines historical events and cultural, social and political structures which were introduced between the seventh and sixteenth centuries.