Encyclopedia Of The Modern World

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Identifies more than two thousand ethnic groups around the world, and discusses each group's culture, social and economic conditions, and politics

Includes twentieth-century world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more in brief alphabetical entries.

This reference tells the stories of the peoples of the ancient past and shows how they laid the foundations of the modern world. Each of the first five chapters looks at the cultures and civilizations that developed in one particular region. The last chapter looks at some general aspects of life in the ancient world, such as agriculture or legal codes, and examines them in different cultures. A time line shows how civilizations in different parts of the world relate to each other in time. Nicely illustrated with many color images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR