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Asimovs chronology of the world is a 1991 book by isaac asimov, in which the author explains. The use of timetables in the study and teaching of world history was pioneered by the german scholar karl ploetz 181981, who in 1863 published his famous. Asimovs chronology of the world is a 1991 book by isaac asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the big bang until the end of world war ii. Earliest ages of the worldearly history of assyriaof egyptinvasion. Various plans of historical prelectionschronological methodmethod of treating history. The encyclopedia of world history the encyclopedia of world history.
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