The most global approach to world history, now more streamlined and accessible.
Of around 300 BC, the Shang-Shu, or 'Book of History', is the first written text about what is called China's first dynasty, ... The Xia are said to have been founded in 2205 BC by our remarkable tamer of rivers and floods, Da Yu.
A History of the World: Toward modernity
A History of the World: The world to 1500
From history's most remarkable men and women to bloody wars and genocides, this illustrated volume brings to life an incredible range of human experience over the millennia.