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This superlative history of the world is the ideal companion for all who aspire to understand man's past. Illustrated with over 300 dynamic maps, it has been developed from the Times Atlas of World History, the critically acclaimed bestseller considered to be the most definitive atlas of world history available today. This softcover Concise Atlas of World History is designed to appeal to an even wider public and many of the maps and all of the accompanying texts are new.