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World History the Easy Way Volume Two
Volume II opens with major world events between 1500 and 1789, and considers the development of shipbuilding that sent European explorers around the world.
Following topics include the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Manchu China, Spanish conquests in the Americas, European world colonialism, the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, British imperial expansion, the revolutions in the Americas, the United States and Canada as world powers, World War I and II, postwar Europe, the end of European colonialism, the Cold War, modern China, and events affecting Pacific nations.
Following topics include the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Manchu China, Spanish conquests in the Americas, European world colonialism, the French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, British imperial expansion, the revolutions in the Americas, the United States and Canada as world powers, World War I and II, postwar Europe, the end of European colonialism, the Cold War, modern China, and events affecting Pacific nations.
608 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
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March 31, 2016
You could definitely tell that this book wasnt written within the last couple of years or so. Some of the more recent stuff felt really outdated, and some of the stuff seemed like the author blatantly just added their opinion to what is supposed to be a relatively scholarly work.
(Which turned out not to be too bad in the long run since several of the questions on the actual test seemed subjective to me as well. Maybe I'm the crazy one, and what I thought was subjective is in fact common knowledge....)
Other than those two thngs, I feel like it was well written, engaging, easy to follow, and really entertaining for the most part, especially coming from a big survey course educational textbook on world history no less.
Wouldn't recommend it if you needed to go really in depth into a specific time period or area; but for people who need a quick refresher or just want to get the gist of things I would fully recommend both World History books from this series
(Which turned out not to be too bad in the long run since several of the questions on the actual test seemed subjective to me as well. Maybe I'm the crazy one, and what I thought was subjective is in fact common knowledge....)
Other than those two thngs, I feel like it was well written, engaging, easy to follow, and really entertaining for the most part, especially coming from a big survey course educational textbook on world history no less.
Wouldn't recommend it if you needed to go really in depth into a specific time period or area; but for people who need a quick refresher or just want to get the gist of things I would fully recommend both World History books from this series
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