An Atlas of World History Author:Gerald A. Danzer This atlas of world history covers the key stages of the human story through a chronological sequence of 60 double-page spreads, each illustrated with one or more full-color, annotated maps. The spreads cover the major empires and civilizations of world history, beginning with the earliest human societies in the Paleolithic Era and ending with a... more » global community of six billion people at the end of the twentieth century. As well as showing the important sites, conflicts, and changing political borders of each period, there are maps that illustrate such important developments as the routes of the plague, the spread of religions, and the slave trade.« less