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The atlas covers a span of 20,000 years from the emergence of the first human beings to the modern age. The first edition included 470 maps, 420 timelines, a subject index and glossary, gazetteer, and bibliography. It did not include a general introduction. The book is divided into two main sections:
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He also considered the use of colour, which he found principally to be used for extra visual impact, with the possible disadvantage that sharply defined national borders of differing colours sometimes suggested more uniformity of political power than existed in reality. He concluded by calling on the
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of past efforts, the balance between text, images, and maps, the desirable level of detail, and the practical difficulties in compiling such atlases, which were time-consuming and expensive to produce, particularly if maps had to be created from scratch using primary sources and the atlas had a large
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The atlas covers a period of 20,000 years, from the emergence of the first human beings to the modern age, and is divided into two main sections: "Eras of World History" and "Regional History", each of which is further divided into a number of double-page spreads on individual subjects, featuring one
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was first published in London in 1999 by Dorling Kindersley, and translated into German, Italian, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Japanese, among other languages. A second edition, titled the
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noted that the book follows a familiar Dorling Kindersley style of combining colourful graphs, maps, and illustrations, and that it tries to balance regional and global material.
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to be better than they expected, and appreciated the worldwide and continental-scale maps that enabled a better understanding of subjects such as the spread of agriculture, the
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compilers of historical atlases to rise to the challenge of depicting race, gender, and other cross-national themes that they had sometimes rejected as too difficult.
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The atlas was welcomed by reviewers for adopting a more global approach that increased the coverage of non-European history.
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or more maps with accompanying text, timelines, and illustrations in the Dorling Kindersley
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felt that the Oxford atlas was less successful in this objective than both the
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In his 1992 article on the history of historical atlases, Black discussed the
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376:. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 5. ISBN 1405302674 114: 102: 92: 82: 74: 66: 58: 50: 39: 478: 308: 154:, with the slogan "Mapping the human journey". 485:International Labor and Working-Class History 248:International Labor and Working-Class History 8: 19: 372:"Introduction" by Jeremy M. Black (Ed.) in 437:. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 128. 418:. London: Dorling Kindersley. Cover notes. 25: 18: 472: 470: 426: 424: 245:In their survey of historical atlases in 477:Hanagan, Michael; Nekola, Peter (2006). 464:, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Spring 2003), p. 269. 462:Reference & User Services Quarterly 302: 300: 296: 259:, who measured everything against the 238:In her guide to geographical sources, 7: 215:In a review of a new edition of the 232:The Complete Atlas of World History 14: 458:"Oxford Atlas of World History" 405:WorldCat. Retrieved 4 May 2021. 391:WorldCat. Retrieved 4 May 2021. 363:WorldCat. Retrieved 4 May 2021. 144:. A second edition, titled the 414:Black, Jeremy M. (Ed.) (1999) 16:Book of maps published in 1999 1: 431:Johnson, Jenny Marie (2003). 218:Oxford Atlas of World History 140:first published in 1999 by 572: 20:DK Atlas of World History 497:10.1017/S0147547906000202 416:DK Atlas of World History 359:DK atlas of world history 307:Black, Jeremy M. (1992). 227:DK Atlas of World History 192:DK Atlas of World History 133:DK Atlas of World History 32:DK Atlas of World History 24: 551:1999 non-fiction books 374:DK World History Atlas 275:, and the movement of 196:DK World History Atlas 147:DK World History Atlas 34:, first edition, 1999. 460:, Kimberly C. Kowal, 546:DK (publisher) books 285:historical geography 265:Geoffrey Barraclough 402:World history atlas 387:World history atlas 316:The History Teacher 240:Jenny Marie Johnson 186:Publication history 21: 541:Historical atlases 142:Dorling Kindersley 87:Dorling Kindersley 70:Historical atlases 277:indentured labour 223:Kimberly C. Kowal 128: 127: 563: 525: 524: 482: 474: 465: 455: 449: 448: 428: 419: 412: 406: 398: 392: 383: 377: 370: 364: 355: 349: 348: 312: 304: 178:number of maps. 138:historical atlas 118: 94:Publication date 29: 22: 571: 570: 566: 565: 564: 562: 561: 560: 531: 530: 529: 528: 491:(70): 143–154. 476: 475: 468: 456: 452: 445: 430: 429: 422: 413: 409: 399: 395: 384: 380: 371: 367: 356: 352: 306: 305: 298: 293: 281:state formation 253:Michael Hanagan 213: 204: 188: 171: 98:1999 (2nd 2005) 95: 35: 17: 12: 11: 5: 569: 567: 559: 558: 553: 548: 543: 533: 532: 527: 526: 466: 450: 443: 420: 407: 393: 378: 365: 350: 329:10.2307/494356 323:(4): 489–512. 295: 294: 292: 289: 212: 209: 203: 200: 187: 184: 170: 167: 126: 125: 120: 112: 111: 106: 100: 99: 96: 93: 90: 89: 84: 80: 79: 76: 72: 71: 68: 64: 63: 60: 56: 55: 52: 48: 47: 41: 37: 36: 30: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 568: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 538: 536: 522: 518: 514: 510: 506: 502: 498: 494: 490: 486: 481: 473: 471: 467: 463: 459: 454: 451: 446: 444:1-57356-392-7 440: 436: 435: 427: 425: 421: 417: 411: 408: 404: 403: 397: 394: 390: 388: 382: 379: 375: 369: 366: 362: 360: 354: 351: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 317: 311: 303: 301: 297: 290: 288: 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 266: 262: 261:gold standard 258: 254: 250: 249: 243: 241: 236: 234: 233: 228: 224: 220: 219: 210: 208: 201: 199: 197: 193: 185: 183: 179: 176: 168: 166: 163: 161: 155: 153: 149: 148: 143: 139: 135: 134: 124: 121: 119: 113: 110: 109:9780751307191 107: 105: 101: 97: 91: 88: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 62:World history 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 42: 38: 33: 28: 23: 488: 484: 461: 453: 433: 415: 410: 401: 396: 386: 381: 373: 368: 358: 353: 320: 314: 268: 267:, found the 257:Peter Nekola 246: 244: 237: 230: 226: 216: 214: 205: 195: 191: 189: 180: 175:Eurocentrism 172: 164: 156: 152:Jeremy Black 146: 145: 132: 131: 129: 44:Jeremy Black 31: 273:slave trade 263:atlases of 160:house style 556:2005 books 535:Categories 291:References 169:Background 521:145682495 505:0147-5479 337:0018-2745 83:Publisher 75:Published 513:27673052 269:DK Atlas 123:43091166 51:Language 46:(Editor) 211:Reviews 202:Content 59:Subject 54:English 519:  511:  503:  441:  345:494356 343:  335:  78:London 40:Author 517:S2CID 509:JSTOR 341:JSTOR 136:is a 67:Genre 501:ISSN 439:ISBN 333:ISSN 255:and 229:and 190:The 130:The 117:OCLC 104:ISBN 493:doi 325:doi 283:in 537:: 515:. 507:. 499:. 489:70 487:. 483:. 469:^ 423:^ 339:. 331:. 321:25 319:. 313:. 299:^ 287:. 251:, 235:. 162:. 523:. 495:: 447:. 389:. 361:. 347:. 327::

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Jeremy Black
Dorling Kindersley
ISBN
9780751307191
OCLC
43091166
historical atlas
Dorling Kindersley
Jeremy Black
house style
Eurocentrism
Oxford Atlas of World History
Kimberly C. Kowal
The Complete Atlas of World History
Jenny Marie Johnson
International Labor and Working-Class History
Michael Hanagan
Peter Nekola
gold standard
Geoffrey Barraclough
slave trade
indentured labour
state formation
historical geography


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