100 series

Provides sketches of notable battles that have affected the course of history.

Capsule descriptions of 100 of the most important inventios in world history.

Brief descriptions of 100 famous cities telling how each is important to the history of our civilization.

Provides sketches of notable authors who have affected the course of history.

Presents biographical profiles of one hundred spiritual leaders significant to world history, arranged chronologically according to birth year, including Akhenaten, Moses, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Lao-tzu, the Buddha, Confucius, Muhammad, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Pope John Paul II, and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

Provides sketches of notable explorers who have affected the course of history.

Provides descriptions of one hundred books that have influenced world history, arranged chronologically from the "Epic of Gilgamesh," c. 2700-1500 B.C., to "A Brief History of Time," revised in 1998.

Presents chronologically arranged biographical profiles of one hundred significant world leaders from throughout history, from Khufu to Lech Walesa.

Presents brief biographies of one hundred men and women of Hispanic heritage whose actions helped shape the course of American history. Arranged chronologically.

Contains biographical sketches that relate the lives and achievements of 100 women who lived in many parts of the globe throughout history from 1500 B.C. to the present.