This updated edition offers wide-ranging and complete chronologies through 2005 and features 18 new plates and 150 newly designed maps and illustrations. New information covers the current situation in Iraq, as well as the Canadian provinces. Each updated volume in this comprehensive set provides hundreds of illustrations, tables, and graphs, and is arranged to closely follow today's school curriculum. Volume I covers ancient and medieval history, focusing on societies around the globe. Volume II explores the history of the expanding world, and Volume III examines the 20th century. Volume IV...