5534 The History of Humanity is a major publishing project of the International Commission for the New Edition of the History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Humanity. It is the result of fifteen years of work. It presents scientific and cultural achievements in the light of new facts and methods of historlographical investigation. This major undertaking required the establishment of a 31 member international commission and the cooperation of some 450 distinguished specialists in a great number of disciplines, form all over the world. A truly interdisciplinary work The History of Humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common past. Building up to seven volumes, this work makes an invaluable contribution to the understanding of humankind's cultural and scientific development throughout the ages. The complete work will provide readers with a comprehensive history of the world and diverse cultures accross different periods of time. Special features Each volume treats a particular theme from a global point of view. Each part contains detailed studies covering all areas of the world and deals with a particular period of time. An exhaustive index and cross-references make the volumes user-friendly; detailed bibliographies at the end of each chapter hint to sources for further study.
History of Humanity Complete Set 7 volumes
History of Humanity v. V: From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century
Volume V of the History of Humanity is concerned with the 'early modern' period: the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It gives an extensive overview of this crucial stage in the rise...
History of humanity Complete Set 7 volumes
5534 The History of Humanity is a major publishing project of the International Commission for the New Edition of the History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Humanity. It is the result...
History of humanity, v. I: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization
The duration of the period before the invention of writing This first volume of the new edition of the History of Humanity covers a period extending from the appearance of the first being in the...
History of humanity: scientific and cultural development, v. II: From the third millennium to the seventh century B.C.
Towards 3100 bc, at the start of the period dealt with in this volume, humanity already had a past which stretched back to some two and a half million years, and it had gone through 99.5 per cent of...
History of humanity: scientific and cultural development, v. III: From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D.
This third volume in a series of seven produced by UNESCO on the history of the human race divides the world by large geographical areas, then presents information on every aspect of the peoples...
History of humanity: scientific and cultural development, v. IV: From the seventh to the sixteenth century
The lengthy period extending from AD 600 to AD 1500 was marked by steady, stubborn growth in population, despite steep mortality, and by multiplying contacts between different parts of the planet,...
History of humanity: scientific and cultural development, v. VI: The Nineteenth century
Each volume of the new UNESCO History of Humanity covers a period which can claim to have witnessed momentous change in the evolution of human society. The evolving panorama of humankind on the planet...
History of humanity: scientific and cultural development, v. VII: The Twentieth century
When did the twentieth century begin? If we refer strictly to the Gregorian calendar, the response is clear, but as Charles S. Maier demonstrates in the first chapter of this volume, the period from...
