Publisher's Synopsis
Includes major events ranging from 1714 to 2003.
6-page laminated guide includes
Europe in the 18th century
a liberated Europe
romanticism
Napoleon's era
industrial revolution
theories grow
the West in China
antislavery in America
unification
moves to democracy
socialism rises
forming a world economy
fall of the British Raj in India
Russia in revolt
marching to war
World War I
depression in the USA
Europe before& after the war
World War II
agreement at Yalta to the crisis in Cuba
JKF assassination to the decline of communism
Mandela's release to the new millennium
terrorism& a new world order "