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DK Atlas of World History First Edition

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With its multicultural orientation and dazzling maps, photos, and artworks, the DK Atlas of World History is the first truly global chronicle of humankind's experience on Earth. Remote-sensed data and digital cartography provide the most accurate mapping ever used in a historical atlas. Every map is enhanced by photographs, artworks, diagrams, timelines, and expertly researched and clearly written annotations and text. Produced in consultation with a team of over 30 academic historians, geographers, and cartographers, the atlas uses a two-tier approach: Part One-the Eras of World History-presents a global overview of the last 60,000 years, while Part Two-Regional Histories-focuses on specific geocultural areas, including coverage of places and peoples often ignored by more traditional atlases. All these elements combine to create a historical atlas that is a joy to explore, easy to use, and unmatched in its breadth and depth of information.

ISBN-10

078944609X
ISBN-13

978-0789446091
Edition

First Edition
Publisher

DK
Publication date

April 1, 2000
Language

English
Dimensions

1.25 x 11.5 x 14.75 inches
Print length

352 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK; First Edition (April 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 078944609X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0789446091
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.25 x 11.5 x 14.75 inches

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- #1,263 in Reference (Books)
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- #8,193 in History (Books)

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Tessie Z.

Very good condition exactly as it was described

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023

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Very good condition exactly as it was described. Book was well written and found it very useful.

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paul smith

Good starter book on history

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021

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Filled with maps and pictures, a excellent book to own.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2005

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With so much stuff online, why buy a reference book? I think this one is worth having because it has great illustrations that you just can't find anywhere else. You can scan through the pages of this book and feel like you have a bit of a grip on world history.

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happy

A nexessity so I can see wher ethe characters I read are in the world and in the time of the story.

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017

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I needed an atlas so I could see where many of the books I read take place on a map. I wish the kindle reader included an atlas poke part, like they do for looking up places and people.

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Telllekstr

Very high quality, typical of all DK books.

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019

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A beautifully illustrated and informative books, as are all DK books.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017

very pleased

Political correct coffee-table book

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2001

This atlas has kind of a coffee-table book feel. It's very good looking - at times, I think, a little too good looking. There's a lot of pictures where the space could have been used for more maps, and the maps themselves look good, but can be hard to read.
A traditional four-color map can seem garish, but has the advantage that it's easy to distinguish different countries. The maps in this atlas seems to be designed to look good, more than being usable, so at times it can be difficult to distinguish between the different shades of green (or whatever color).
That said, it's still an impressive work. One really gets a lot of maps for a very reasonable price, and a lot of eras and regions are covered.
I may be Euro-centric, but I do think that the selection of maps is a little too political correct - e.g. the Roman Empire doesn't get significally better treatment than central American Indians, despite the indisputably larger impact on the world even as it looks today.
Another example is that I haven't managed to find a map of the 10,000's March; something I'd have expected every serious historical atlas to contain - but maybe I just didn't look hard enough...
World War II also gets dissapointingly shallow treatment considering the huge impact that historical event had.
Still, despite disagreeing with the content selection, I'm very happy with having bought the book. It will still fulfill most of my needs as a casual history interested person, but my main impression is that it's mostly a politically correct coffee-table book.

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Angela Gjoligu

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2014

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Great for homeschoolers. Even the teacher is learning a lot.

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