TY - BOOK AU - Duiker,William J. AU - Spielvogel,Jackson J. TI - The Essential world history SN - 9780495566274 (v. 1) AV - D 20 D873e 2009 U1 - 909 PY - 2009/// CY - Belmont, Calif. PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning KW - World history KW - Historia mundial KW - Historia universal N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. To 1800 -- v. 2. Since 1500 N2 - Presents an overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and that identify various global patterns over time. This book covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis ER -