The Illustrated History of the World from the Big Bang to the Third Millennium

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD When our earliest human ancestor first walked the African grasslands around 5 million years ago, the earth was already more than 4 billion years old. Since then, people have spread to every corner of the globe and developed every conceivable form of society. The Illustrated history of the World provides a digestible panorama of the great sweep of history on earth, from the Big Bang, right up to the dawn of the 21st century.