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History: 501 Things You Should Have Learned About History
History 501 Things You Should Have Learned About History Author:Alison Rattle, Alex Woolf Battle of Hastings -- The Zimmerman Telegram -- The Alamo -- Bay of Pigs -- Battle of the Bulge -- Storming of the Bastille -- Charge of the Light Brigade -- Gutenberg's Printing Press -- Pearl Harbor -- The Lusitania -- Watergate -- Peterloo Massacre -- Kristallnacht -- Magna Carta -- Treaty of Versailles -- Boston Tea Party -- The Renaissa... more »nce -- Washington Crossing the Delaware -- The Reformation -- Battle of Stalingrad . . .
If you're honest, how much do you really know about any of this stuff beyond the name? The older we get the less we seem to know and the less time we have to bone up on the essentials. One day, you tell yourself, you'll get round to finding out. Well that day has arrived, so welcome to your intensive vacation primer!
This book is a browsable chronological history of the world in five W's. It presents the Who, What, When, Where and Why of everything you should have learned by now about world events. By the time you've romped through this epic tome you'll know more about key historical happenings than ninety-eight percent of folk on the planet and you'll have debunked a few myths along the way. All you have to do is read and enjoy!« less