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The usborne book of world history usborne miniature editions. View our current catalog which features the complete line of usborne and kane miller titles. The usborne book of world history covers, as you can probably guess, the history of the world from the beginning of recorded history to the dawn of the 20th century. Jan 01, 2001 we use the usborne history books as a supplemental resource for world history.
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With bitesize narrative accounts, lively illustrations, timelines, maps and links to specially selected websites to bring history alive. I received this book and other books in the usborne history series as a young child. The usborne internetlinked encyclopedia of world history. With a massive range of topics, the encyclopaedia will then direct your young historians to the best pages on the web for their project. If you would like personal recommendations andor to order by phone, please call us at. It may be a bit advanced, but even young babies love to look at it. It briefly touches on a few examples of ancient towns then moves on to the sumerian and. They have great information, and great pictures for the students to visualize together. It also includes hundreds of web site addresses for further research.
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