Sunday, August 7, 2011

Are there any good books on the time line of European history?

I'm looking for a reader-friendly book that charts the time line of events from ancient to modern European history. I saw a book like this a long time ago at a Barnes and Noble but don't remember the title. It basically described briefly the major events e.g. wars, famine, plague, inventions, empires, rulers, revolutions etc as well as provided detail on the basics of how people lived during each era. For example, what they did for entertainment, foods, weapons, architecture, etc. The book I'm looking for would provide details on the bronze era, iron age, dark ages, middle ages, Renaissance, Victorian era, etc. I know that's quite a bit of ground to cover, but not being a history expert, I was just hoping to find a book written for popular reading (not boring college textbook) that briefly provides detail (kind of like those DK books) and lots of cool pictures. Hopefully, a book like that exists. If not, someone should write one LOL. Thanks!

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