Book, Dictionary of World History[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. A world history dictionary with truly global reach! With a vast amount of content on world history, this dictionary is a valuable research tool, with thousands of entries dedicated to the most important events, movements, battles, organizations, places and people in world history.. You will find here: Over 4,000 clear, concise, contextualized and informative entries; Information about historical events that have marked the world, from prehistory to the present day, such as the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, through the Black Death, the Great Depression and the great wars, to September 11 and the 2004 tsunami.; Biographies of historical figures from around the world, such as Alexander the Great, Peter I, Elizabeth I, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Osama Bin Laden, George Bush, among hundreds of other personalities who changed the course of world history.; Entries dedicated to all the countries in the world, with statistics, maps and descriptions about the geographical location, economy and history of each one of them; Twenty-five detailed maps of the major events that have marked humanity; Entries on the most important political and religious movements in our history; A network of cross-references between related entries to facilitate reading; And much more...