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Modern World History

Modern World History covers the important people and events of world history from the age of exploration in the mid-15th Century through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timeline entries provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.

 

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