Turning points in history

"Describes the life, accomplishments, and assassination of John F. Kennedy"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses various inventions and innovations that have proven to be useful or crucial to development in modern times, covering areas such as communication; transportation; power and energy; building construction and civil engineering; medicine; military technology; observation and measurement; and agriculture and industry.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of military leaders and events that changed the course of world history, from Alexander the Great's campaigns in 323 B.C., to Dwight D. Eisenhower's actions at Normandy in 1944.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of notable people and events that changed the course of world history, from Confucius and his thought c. 500 B.C., to Martin Luther King Jr.'s marches for civil rights in 1965.

Chronicles the history of human exploration, from the Silk Road travels and early exploration of the Atlantic Coastline to the age of discovery, the colonial exploration eras, and modern expeditions to the North and South Poles.

Discusses the people, movements, and events behind the theories and ideas that changed the modern world, covering topics in the biological sciences, mathematics and the physical sciences, the arts, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and politics and the law.

"Describes the life, accomplishments, and assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr"--Provided by publisher.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of political leaders and events that changed the course of world history,from Asoka, the Buddhist emperor c. 250 B.C., to Mikhail Gorbachev's destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of scientists and discoveries that changed the course of world history, from the invention of gunpowder in 1280, to the landing of the first men on the moon in 1969.