"The Times Complete History of the World" is the most comprehensive, authentic, and affordable work of global history available today. It has sold over 2.25 million copies and has been translated into 18 languages since its first edition in 1978. With a narrative scope covering the roots of humanity to the turbulent 21st century, this book is a unique and remarkable achievement.
With more than 600 color maps and diagrams on a wide range of historical topics and representing the work of a team of leading historians, this new edition continues a tradition of over thirty years of excellence, style, authority, and pioneering design.
The text is fully updated, including new material on the Middle East, China, and Russia. The book, edited by the leading contemporary historian Professor Richard Overy, is more engaging than ever.
Updates for the ninth edition include:
• New chapters: China since 1976, The collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of modern Russia, The Arab world in transition.
• Significantly updated chapter on Europe since 1991.
• The most up-to-date research on the origin of man.
• Updated chapters on South and Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Central and North America.
• Updated chapter on the World in the 21st century.
• Updated introduction.
Pages: 432, Dimensions: 27x27cm
