Copyrighted Material EUROPE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA How to Use this Book Key map showing world East Asia Date markers and regions defined in different MIDDLE EAST AMERICAS SOUTHEAST ASIA images are colour- colours (see right) that relate AND AUSTRALASIA coded according to The atlas consists of 49 chronologically organized political maps, each followed on the specific events and developments in the world’s cultural evolution during to colours of images and date AFRICA the world region to markers on the timeline which they refer Political and military by a timeline, together with six more specialized maps displaying world religions, the years, decades or centuries leading up to the highlighted year in question. Each events appear in the top band of the timeline writing systems, trade routes or migrations at a particular date. All maps are timeline is illustrated with works of art and monuments from that era. Further somewhat stylized to give graphic emphasis to salient features. For any given year background information about particular peoples, cultures and nations shown on the reader may like to study the political map with its introductory text, noting for the maps or mentioned in the introductory texts and timelines can be found in the Selected entries have illustrations instance how the geographical extent of more complex societies has increased from reference section at the end of the book. Timeline arranged in horizontal bands covering, from top to bottom, colour-coded according to the world Religious developments Politics & Economy, Religion & Philosophy, Science & Technology and region from which they come the previous map. 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