Turning points in world history

Presents twenty-four essays on historic medical discoveries and their social impact, covering medical tools, pharmaceuticals, knowledge of anatomy and body functions, and disease prevention methods, and includes primary document excerpts, a glossary, a chronology, a further research list, and discussion questions.

Contains twenty essays in which the authors consider the factors that contributed to the decline and fall of ancient Greece.

A collection of essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the sixteenth-century Reformation. Includes an appendix of excerpts from primary source documents, a bibliography, a chronology of events, and a comprehensive index.

Studies the rise of Nazi Germany and discusses the political, social, and economic events that caused it.

A collection of essays that discuss the factors that led to the fall of Rome and explain how the fall of Rome influenced world history.

Studies the French Revolution and discusses the political, social, and military events that caused it.

Contains twenty-two essays that discuss the causes, spread, and impact of the Industrial Revolution, the innovators behind the movement, and the role of laborers and robber barons.