1000 Events that Shaped the World by National Geographic is divided into seven chapters viz., Ancient World (Prehistory–400 CE), Middle Ages (400–1500), Age of Discovery (1500–1700), Revolutionary Era (1700–1850), Age of Imperialism (1850–1913), World War Years (1914–1945), and Modern Age (1946–Present). Included in this book are further readings about its authors and illustration credits.
The text covers the history of the whole world and its continents. Readers are introduced to mankind’s primitive beginnings hundreds of thousands of years ago to the development of writing around 3300 BCE to the Modern Age. This book presents the big picture with interesting selections and details. Accounts are highlighted in sidebars, and there are also excerpts from contemporary experts on the significant moments of history.
The authors provided information on Marco Polo’s account of his visit to China, a survivor’s commentary on the Black Death, Columbus’s log; biographies of figures like Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, and Machiavelli. Readers will learn about the invention of the first map, book publishing, and the development of newspapers, gun powder, and the birth of the musical instrument, paper money, portable clock, side rules, toilet paper and many more interesting devices. ( )