Book, Dictionary of World History[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. A world history dictionary with truly global reach! With vast 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: More than 4,000 clear, concise, contextualized and informative entries; Information about historical events that marked the world, from prehistory to the present day, such as the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, including the Black Death, the Great Depression and the great wars, up to 9/11 and the tsunami of 2004; 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 countries in the world, with statistics, maps and descriptions of the geographic location, economy and history of each one of them; Twenty-five detailed maps about the great events that marked humanity; Entries about the most important political and religious movements in our history; A network of cross-references between related entries to facilitate reading; And much more...