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From then to now : a short history of the world / Christopher Moore ; illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski.

by Moore, Christopher, 1950-

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Tundra Books, c2011.

World history -- Juvenile literature.

Civilization -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Governor General's Award.

188 p. : col. ill.; 27 cm.

Col. maps on endpapers.

Includes index.

Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today? With lively text and colorful illustrations, From Then to Now explains how individual societies struggled to find their own paths, despite war, disease, slavery, natural disasters, and the relentless growth of human knowledge. From Hammurabi to Henry Ford, from Incan couriers to the Internet, from the Taj Mahal to the Eiffel Tower, from Marco Polo to Martin Luther King, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, from boiled haggis to fried tarantulas - this is no less than the story of humanity. It's the story of how we grew apart over all those years of migration and division, and how - as we recognize our common heritage and our often mixed ancestry - we can come together. An index, maps, and notes make this a must-have reference, as well as a delight to read and to discuss. From Then to Now is bound to create a generation of history buffs.

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature (English: text), 2011.

Krystoforski, Andrej, 1943-

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