modern history

Explores the history of the world from 1500 to 1650, an active period which included the Renaissance in Europe, European explorations among the ancient empires of Africa and South America, and the decline of the Mogul Empire in India.

Presents over 250 eyewitness accounts of historical events that have taken place over the course of the second millennium.

A chronology of the decade including world headlines, news, sports and the arts, and science and technology.

Contains 500 articles on political, diplomatic, military, social, economic and religious affairs from 1900 to 1978.

Photographs and text profile one hundred events that changed the course of world history, including the opening of the Great Exhibition, the death of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, the Armenian genocide, the atomic bomb at Hiroshima, the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and Hurricane Katrina.

Chronicles happenings in America and elsewhere in the world from the year 1000 to 2000 in time line format, covering history and politics, the arts, science and technology, and miscellaneous events.

An illustrated chronicle of the twentieth-century, offering an overivew of each decade; presenting a year-by-year account of happenings and people in sports, science, society, the arts, industry, and other areas; and featuring an essay that characterizes each decade as well as the top story for every year.

Gives a complete history of global change from 1945 to the present.