KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to World History to 1960

ISBN-13: 9781452861036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 134 str.

Yucca Road Productions

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KNOWLEDGE BLASTER Guide to World History to 1960 traces the development of civilization, arts, invention, and industry by the great thinkers and doers. Whether you're a student, game show contestant, or curious world-watcher, you'll find the answers to your history questions in these pages. KNOWLEDGE BLASTER Guide to World History to 1960 answers such diverse questions as: When and where did the Iron Age begin? When and where did Mohammed begin his religious mission? What king is known as "the English Justinian?" Who fought the War of the Roses? What Spanish Conquistador defeated the Incas? What was the Oprichnina of Ivan the Terrible? Where did France's Louis XIV build his lavish palace? Who were England's king and prime minister during the American Revolution? Who created St. Petersburg? What family developed Prussia and the German Empire? Who invented the battery, in 1799? What war ended with the creation of the Union of South Africa? What does UNICEF stand for? The KNOWLEDGE BLASTER Series compresses a great mountain of available information into easily digestible morsels. You'll find the books are patterned in an efficient question-and-answer mode, stressing simplicity, brevity, and clarity. Yucca Road Productions proudly donates 25% of proceeds of each KNOWLEDGE BLASTER Series book to the American Cancer Society.