The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History - The Last 500 Years

Readings

• 1 Exploring the World, pp 296-297
• 2 The Ottoman Empire, pp 298-299
• 3 The Mogul Empire, pp 300-301
• 4 Catholics and Protestants, pp 302-303
• 5 Elizabethan England, pp 304-305
• 6 Kings, Cavaliers and Roundheads, pp 306-307
• 7 The Power of the Habsburgs, pp 308-309
• 8 The Rise of the Dutch, pp 310-311
• 9 France and the Sun King, pp 312-313
• 10 The Age of Ideas, pp 314-315
• 11 Changes in Russia, pp 316-317
• 12 Russians and Prussians, pp 318-319
• 13 Early Settlers in the Americas, pp 320-321
• 14 Settlers in North America, pp 322-323
• 15 The Slave Trade, pp 324-325
• 16 Exploring the South Seas, pp 326-327
• 17 The British in India, pp 328-329
• 18 The American Revolution, pp 330-331
• 19 The French Revolution, pp 332-333
• 20 The Empire of Napoleon, pp 334-335
• 21 Changes in Farming, pp 336-337
• 22 The Industrial Revolution, pp 338-339
• 23 Life in the New Towns, pp 340-341
• 24 The Year of Revolutions, p 342
• 25 New Nations, p 343
• 26 Revolutions in South America, pp 344-345
• 27 The Scarmble for Africa, pp 346-347
• 28 The American Civil War, pp 348-349
• 29 The Growth of the USA, pp 350-351
• 30 The Ming and the Chi'ing, pp 352-353
• 31 Changes in China, pp 354-355
• 32 Changes in Japan, pp 356-357
• 33 The First World War, pp 358-359
• 34 The Russian Revolution, pp 360-361
• 35 Stalin's Soviet Union, pp 362-363
• 36 The People's Republic, pp 364-365
• 37 Good Times, Bad Times, pp 366-367
• 38 The Rise of Fascism, pp 368-369
• 39 Europe at War, pp 370-371
• 40 The World at War, pp 372-373
• 41 From Colonies to Countries, pp 374-375
• 42 War in the Middle East, pp 376-377
• 43 The Cold War, pp 378-379
• 44 The Space Race, pp 380-381
• 45 The Fall of Communism, pp 382-383
• 46 Rights for All, pp 384-385
• 47 Sound and Pictures, pp 386-387
• 48 Our Polluted Planet, pp 388-389
• 49 The Computer Revolution, pp 390-391
• 50 The End of the Century, pp 392-393