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Maps of time : an introduction to big history / David Christian ; [foreword by William H. McNeill]. - [New ed.] / with a new preface. - Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c2011. - xxvii, 642 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - California world history library ; 2 .

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-594) and index.

Pt. 1. The inanimate universe -- pt. 2. Life on Earth -- pt. 3. Early human history : many worlds -- pt. 4. The Holocene : few worlds -- pt. 5. The modern era : one world -- pt. 6. Perspectives on the future.

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Civilization--Philosophy.
Human evolution.
World history.
Civilización--Filosofía.
Evolución humana.

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