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1000 Events That Shaped the World
by National Geographic (Foreword: Jared Diamond)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: National Geographic (2008-10-21)
ISBN: 1426203144
EAN: 9781426203145
Dewey Decimal #: 909
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 416 pages
Release Date: 2008-10-21
SKU: S329-1382
Condition: Very Good
Comments: UNREAD but may have a crease or mark or minor imperfections. In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A fascinating sweep of global developments, this fact-filled book delivers what National Geographic has introduced into households for more than a century: The world and all that is in it. A thousand concise nuggets of text, each focused on one event and numbered chronologically, walk readers through time from the first evidence of life 3.8 billion years ago to a just-discovered planet beyond our solar system that could harbor life as we know it.
Accompanied by hundreds of illustrations and maps, the chosen events give insight into how and why our world has grown and changed. Did you know that the bow and arrow were developed nearly 5,000 years before pottery was made? (Events #16 and #19.) Or that Hamlet (#319) appeared at about the same time as Japan’s Kabuki theater (#320) and the first newspapers (#322)? There’s much more: Buddha’s birth, the understanding of sight, Mercator‘s mapmaking, Tsar Alexander’s freeing of serfs, the Battle of Gettysburg, the debut of toilet paper, D-Day, the first e-mail. A reader can open this book anywhere and find fascinating tidbits of history embellished with quick-read biographies, first-person accounts, and landmark paintings and photos. 1000 Events is sure to be a perennial backlist book, with its well-researched information appealing to readers of all ages. In the winning tradition of bestsellers Visual History of the World and Concise History of the World, this new volume presents facts in the easy-access format that people love.
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Customer Reviews
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a great book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-09-19
17 out of 19 customers found this reveiw helpful
I don't beleive the sole review of this book should be a result of the reviewer not reading about the book first, and, admittedly, not completely reading the book prior to reviewing. (see review of Oct, 2008).
I don't agree that because the reviewer "assumed" the book was written by Jared Diamond, which it correctly does not say, that that should influence people to buy or not to buy the book. Also, read the book and review it based on the substance within, not the substance of your mistake.
The book is exactly what it says. It is a great review of historical events that shaped this world as it is today. They are very quick reads and very entertaining and will hopefully lead you to read more about certain topics covered.
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False Advertising
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-10-22
17 out of 71 customers found this reveiw helpful
I pre-ordered this book and received it today under the understanding that Jared Diamond wrote it. Turns out he wrote the (very brief) two-page "introduction", and that appears to be it. I have not had a chance to read much of the book itself yet, but the parts I've scanned look to be okay, but nothing special. Don't buy this book expecting it be another "Third Chimpanzee" or "Why Sex is Fun". Writing the foreward is not the same as being a coauthor.
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