History of the World Map by Map by D.K. Publishing

History of the World Map by Map Reviews

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  Thomas Ray

  History of the World Map by Map, DK/Smithsonian, 2018, ISBN 9781465475855, Dewey 911, 440pp.
  
  Bland:
  
  Farming presented as progress--no admission that it was resorted to only when the abundant game was gone.
  
  Equates socialism with the USSR. p. 234. (In fact, socialism is public schools, and all other government-provided public services. The USSR was autocracy.)
  
  Says slavery "contributed" to the Industrial Revolution. Actually, the Industrial Revolution was /founded/ on slavery: chattel slavery and wage-slavery. p. 212. Tells us slaves were emancipated after the U.S. Civil War--but doesn't say how little changed, after the end of Reconstruction, under the sharecropping system, Jim Crow, and a Southerner-dominated Supreme Court. p. 257.
  
  No admission that the U.S. /forced/ Japan into WWII by using the U.S. Pacific fleet to prevent fuel from reaching Japan. Pretends that, had Japan not attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. might have accepted Japanese domination of Asia. p. 301.
  
  No mention of Zionist terrorism leading to the formation of Israel.
  
  Understates U.S. crimes in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
  
  No mention that /half/ of the world's plant and animal species became extinct since 1950.
  
  Prehistory 7 million years ago - 3000 BCE (before written records)
  
  The Ancient World 3000 BCE - 500 CE (before the collapse of Rome)
  
  The Middle Ages 500 CE - 1450 CE (before Gutenberg printing press)
  
  The Early Modern World 1450 - 1700 (before the Industrial Revolution)
  
  Revolution and Industry 1700 - 1850 (before peak of British Empire)
  
  Progress and Empire 1850 - 1914 (before WWI)
  
  The Modern World 1914 - Present (before peak of U.S. empire)
  
  Earliest known evidence of fire use 1 million years ago in southern Africa.
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  Nicola

  Interesting overview of the globe and its history, but saddened that almost every map was about war. I'd love to see a companion volume about art, literature, science, discovery, music and so on that didn't have a single war reference in it. Given that we're human, though, that's unlikely to be possible. But for history beginners, or beginners in history of particular periods or regions, it's a good browse-through book. Could lead people on to much more in-depth reading on subjects that grab their attention.
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  Eliza

  Got this as a Christmas present for my mom this year -- I know she's going to love it. She's obsessed with maps and this book has a fantastic layout; it is also incredibly interesting to read!
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  Amir Rajabi

  خب این کتاب اولین کتابی بود که به معنای واقعی کلمه کتاب بالینی‌م شد و خوندنش برای من شیش ماه طول کشید و شد طولانی ترین زمانی که برای خوندن یک کتاب گذاشتم، ولی همین قدری که طولانی شد باعث شد صفحه صفحه‌ش رو بنوشم و بخونم و هر شب بشینم پای کلاس درسی که همزمان با توضیحات جذاب و استاد خفنش، یه پرده و پروژکتور و کلی اسلاید حرفه ای هم داشت و من فکر میکنم رسالت این کتاب (که با تکیه بر خوانش تاریخ با استفاده از نقشه است) کاملا روی من با موفقیت انجام شد و من هر چی بگم کم گفتم از لذتی که با باهاش بودن داشتم و عمیقا غمگینم از تموم شدنش.
  پ.ن : متشکرم از دوستان صمیمی این کتاب ؛ جناب "گوگل" و سرکار "ویکیپدیا" که همراهی بی دریغشون در وقت و بی وقت موجب انبساط خاطر گردید.
  خیلی حرف دارم راجع به این کتاب و تاریخ و ... ولی حیف این روزا خیلی کمتر حوصله دارم، بماند شاید وقتی دیگر با حوصله ای بیشتر
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  Authentikate

  An absolutely gorgeous book!
  
  This is a coffee table sized book that touches on some of the major historical events from beginning of human history up to modern era.
  
  With emphasis on important trade routes, major wars and territorial changes, the book first gives a brief overview of the time period, then displays pertinent illustrative maps. There’s even a helpful timeline in the back.
  
  This is not the type of book one will read cover to cover. Rather, I’d imagine it being one of those books a reader dips in and out of as a question arises or interest strikes. I know I will be!
  
  I read The Modern World section straight through and was impressed with the coverage of topics. I wish more science was covered. Major discoveries have shaped world events and maps too. But hey, not complaining.
  
  A gorgeous resource I only wish I had sooner.
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  Noreen

  A book of historical maps makes reading history fun. Reading appropriate map as I read The Western Heritage by Kagan, Ozment, Turner. No need for a separate book on historical timelines. Each map has. Timeline for the focus and surrounding area. A well done map gives a “feel” for sense of place, geographic scope. A class in Political Geography was a liberal arts optional class in some colleges. Sadly, Political geography classes went the way of Field Pharmacology classes in pharmacy school.
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  Rick Sam

  Mesmerizing way of narrating History
  
  Thoroughly, Enjoyed every part of it.
  
  Deus Vult,
  Gottfried
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  Karel Baloun

  This is only the Political History, so consists ONLY of short paragraphs listing dates and key military/political men. There is nothing here to integrate any of the conflicts or conquests into a coherent story, the way Jared Diamond, Yuval Harari, or Mann do. So nothing here remains memorable, except for the visual nature of the maps.
  
  The stars I give are for accuracy, which seems solid. Except that the “historical record” depends on artifacts or preserved written material. Grateful that the muslim arabs preserved the works of the greeks and romans for it to be “rediscovered”, and that the middle eastern desert preserved scrolls. European diseases killing 90% of the “native” population of the Americas gets a mention, but why just only a mention.
  
  China especially would disagree, probably, because there is little continuity show between dynasties, and many periods of external domination. Very minimal coverage of Africa, which is unjustified. India also.. besides Ashoka/Buddhism and the Vegas, what of historical value should be remembered. These were all massive population centers, getting very little legacy.
  
  Russia (and the Vikings) get strange glorification of their Empires.
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  Rex

  I am a dedicated DK fan. This is by far one of the best published work, again. The goal of this grant coffee table/ textbook is simple yet tough: writing seven thousand years of civilization within ~180 maps.
  
  They did it.
  
  Remarkably detailed, colorful rendering of maps, complete covering without any bias towards any populistic ideas such as nationalism, racism, genderism, nor religionism. This is a must keep from school kids to college students, from history buff to map nerd, from professional scholars to avid readers.
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  Kiran

  Yes I read this cover to cover, yes I will probably read it many many more times. MAPS ARE SO COOL!!!!! So much has happened on this planet!!! This is just a portion of it!!
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  Tulga G

  Above all, a greater advantage than other books in this particular subject with this one is a map. Maps illustrate the historical events in the history of our world more vividly and provides more complete understanding about all the changes (evolutions and revolutions) that occurred during the development of our world globally.
  The following feature is a selection of world events that included in this book since the first humans 7-10 years ago and until modern era we live. Moreover, those events are classified with eras of Prehistory, The Ancient world, Middle Ages, Revolution and Industry, and Modern world.
  Lastly, I am excited that we have additional 2 books with similar structure about World War 2 and world battles.
  
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  Lady Wesley

  My family knows that I love maps. And I love history. So, this was a Christmas present in 2021 from my niece and nephew. I have not actually read all of it, but I have enjoyed the parts I did read. On the one hand, it probably is not for the history novice. On the other, though, if one prefers visual learning, this book should suit.
  
  Another GR reviewer gave a critical review listing events that are not included. I would just say that this does not pretend to be a comprehensive history of the world. It's all about the maps.
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  Катерина И.

  More of an encyclopedia than a book this is a wonderfully crafted page by page masterpiece in World History, made to be read more with the "eyes". Every map triggers the reader's imagination without any intrusiveness and imposition of dry information. I had a lovely Journey while reading this BOOK!
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  Mi Universo Literario Writer

  UNA OBRA MAESTRA. ¡Se lo recomiendo a todo historiador!
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  Clayton Ellis

  Bought this reference book as a Christmas present from me to me. It was a good choice. Lots of learning here. And the book looks good.
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  Grace

  Great book!!! Very interesting and very detailed!!! I spent way to too much time reading but it was good!!! It'll be helpful for my AP European History and AP Human Geography tests!!!
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  Julie Hartley

  This book is full of maps with different periods. It shows complete eras, traveling routes, statistics and more.
  
  A history buff needs this book.
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  Chejo

  Empezaré escribiendo una reseña con tono negativo pero realmente es una lástima que en unos años este libro de gran contenido dejé de ser la enciclopedia actualizada pues la historia va escribiéndose en el mismo momento que yo estoy hablando de ella. Pero lo cual no deja de ser algo bueno, como referencia para futuros lectores o historiadores es una pieza necesaria en la biblioteca , espero que en su futuro le agreguen todo lo que está pasando, no dudo que el COVID 19 va a tener un par de páginas incluidas.
  
  Como fan de la época clásica me hubiera gustado ver más de esa época pero no puedo negar que el libro en si se enfoca en los "movimientos" del mapa por parte de hechos naturales o del hombre, por lo tanto es bastante acertado el ser lacónico y más visual e imparcial como debe de ser una enciclopedia como está.
  
  Como presentación de libro es una magnífica edición con su pasta dura, su diagramación y detalle en cada sección. Felicitaciones a todos los involucrados en esta creación.
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  Mark Fischer

  Good book that allows you to see time as it maps out in civilization. To think in what is now USA there was Clovis people over 14,000 years, lizard mounds in west bend, and in Kenosha butchering of mammoth bones. 20-19,000 years ago butcher marks on mammoth bones, of Yana culture from the east, predates Colombus of 1492, or the Vikings in 1000. Or slavery that went world wide started in Africa, by European nations that spread it world wide, but tended not to practice in their host nations, although slavery as been abolished in North and South America between 1860-1890, it still exist from 1970-present day in Africa, and Middle East.
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  Adam Dawson

  5 / 5 for 'History of The World, Map By Map' by DK Publishing
  
  An utterly fascinating and engaging visual guide to the history of our world, in the format of maps denoting all kinds of different historically significant events. The informative yet accessible text is accompanied by many beautiful yet functional maps, all with their own colour schemes and keys, to explain the events and their timelines.
  
  This is a fascinating and hugely enjoyable book that is as superbly presented as it is educational and informative.
  
  5 / 5
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  Christopher Lutz

  Just like the WWII Map by Map book, this DK coffee table book provides a wealth of historical information in beautiful, easy to understand maps. It works best with the various military campaigns in history, but also makes for interesting breakdowns of eras in history such as the Industrial Revolution. I’ve really begun to expand my interesting world history beyond a few specific eras and this boo has been a big part of that. I especially enjoyed the breakdowns of the Ancient World.
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  Don Heiman

  Darling Kindersley’s book “History of the World: Map by Map” was sponsored by the Smithsonian and published by D.K Publishing in 2018. This 440 page book presents world historical events on maps that document graphically were the events occurred and the forces that influenced the events. Darling’s book has wonderful pictures about the world events; and it has an excellent 95 page timeline summary of the events. The events are from 800,000 BCE to 2018 AD. (P)
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  Alexandru

  A fine history book. The good part - it is quite recent - it mentions event up to 2018. The bad part - the format - it is trying to compress a lot of info on a limited amount of pages and as a result, it is hard to read it. The maps are beautiful, but containing a lot of info in a vast period pf time. Not the best format in my view.
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  Sam

  A well-made book if you're looking for a general overview of most of the major points in history. Despite a few typos in the French version that I read, it's a good starting point to spark an interest to delve deeper into certain periods, with the beautiful maps included providing a spark of intrigue.
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  Aaron G

  Really good stuff in here and a great coffee table book. But some of the historical information is incorrect in places. For example, on the American Civil War map, says that the First Battle of Manassas in 1861 was a Union victory, but was actually a Confederate victory. And there's a few other small facts throughout the book like that, but otherwise a really fascinating book!
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  David Keith

  Concise -to the point, and exactly enough info for the gist of it. Each battle includes text, map, & timeline throughout and in each separate section. People, places, and dates you have which is very essential to our understanding of the past outlines. I've given this book five 🌟 because of its layout and the good binding and good glossed paper. Efficiently and thoughtfully put together.