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Encyclopedia of World History (Facts on File Library of World History)

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Even in this age of online databases, print editions of encyclopedias have their necessary place within personal, professional, academic, and community library reference collections. This is especially true of the new Facts On File seven volume "Encyclopedia Of World History". The collaborative editorial work of Marsha E. Ackermann, Michael J. Schroeder, Janice J. Terry, Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur, and Mark F. Whitters, the "Encyclopedia Of World History" provides an informed and informative, balanced and globally oriented perspective on human history in full accordance with academic standards for history. Enhanced with thematic essays designed to assist students in making comparisons and connections across different regions and time periods; primary source documents representative of six distinct world eras; cross-referenced entries; a chronology for each individual volume; more than 600 illustrations (including a 32-page insert of full color maps) for each volume in order to convey the importance of geography within the context of world history; recommended reading sections for further study; individual volume indexes and a comprehensive set index, "Encyclopedia Of World History" is an essential and core addition that is as praiseworthy for its 'user friendly' layout as it is for its breadth and comprehensive coverage of recorded history.

Your entry on Ethiopia/Abyssinia is quite repulsive. Why is the caption under a man in animal skin is labelled as An Ethiopian chief, possibly Menelik?

You should explicitly say Menelik II instead of Menelik as there were more than one,this should be done even if the timeline and context would rule out Menelik I, this is true especially for captions. would you show an english king and say possible Henry? which Henry? Would you call an English king a chief?

Menelik II was Negus (king) at one time and then n'gusä nägäst, (King of Kings). he was king of Shewa and then Emperor of Ethiopia not a chief, the word chief is used to describe petty rulers. lastly, why do you use a picture of a man in skins as opposed to the more majestic picture of Menelik II at his coronation? Wikipedia shows him at his coronation and the Britannica shows him on a white steed, much the same respect for any European monarch. If this picture is him it would be fine as long as other pictures are there showing him in his other capacities, if for brevity you show only one picture it should be one that depicts the principal part of his life.

You should use Wikipedia and the Britannica more often, I certainly will encourage my children to use them rather than this trash you publish.