History of the world from ancient times to the present day

This lavishly illustrated, thorough edition contains an analysis of the many millennia of human history: the prehistoric era and theories of the origin of man, the emergence of agriculture in the Nile Valley and the emergence of states in the Mesopotamia; the fall of Ancient Rome and the development of science in the Islamic world; international trade along the Great Silk Road and the Age of Enlightenment, world wars and revolutions of the Modern Age and the problems of modernity.

Inspired by the latest discoveries in the field of historiography, Professor Jeremy Black analyzes the events of our history, thanks to which the reader will be able to look at both the past and the present from a new perspective.