Summary
Plantagenet Somerset Fry: An Illustrated History of the World
An overview of the history of the world from the first traces of life on Earth, to the beginning of the 21st century. The time covered by this book is divided into twenty chapters. Each period is introduced by an illustrated map with the most important events. The following is a table indicating key processes and events in cultures on each continent. The most important events are then described in chronological order and by continent, and an account of everyday life, religion and civilization of a certain period is given. The text is accompanied by photographs, drawings and maps. In a separate chapter, there is an overview of important dates from Croatian history. There is an index.
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