The Modern World: Civilizations of Africa, Civilizations of Europe, Civilizations of the Americas, Civilizations of the Middle East and Southwest Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780765680969)

Designed to meet the curriculum needs for students from grades 7 to 12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores world history from approximately 5000 C.E. to the present. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the modern world.Each volume includes articles on history, government, and warfare; the development of ideas and the growth of art and architecture; religion and philosophy; music; science and technology; and daily life in the civilizations covered. Boxed features include "Turning Point," "Great Lives," "Into the Twenty-First Century," and "Modern Weapons". Maps, timelines, and illustrations illuminate the text, and a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index in each volume round out the set.

Author: Sarolta Takacs
ISBN-10: 0765680963
ISBN-13: 9780765680969
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2010
Pages: 880
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 11.90lbs
Size: 12.10h x 9.80w x 4.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2007 pg. 32
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 81
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 162
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 36
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 58