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Summary
Summary
Chambers History Factfinder is the perfect reference for anyone who has an interest in history. Comprehensive and highly accessible, informative and entertaining, it presents a wide-ranging chronology of significant world events from prehistoric times to the present day, providing detailed timelines for major events such as the American Civil War along with interesting related quotes and facts. It also includes hundreds of useful and often amusing lists of people and events, from U.S. presidents and decisive battles to the tallest historical figures and the strangest laws of the past.
Author Notes
This internationally renowned reference publisher continues its celebrated tradition of excellence into the present day with such informative and authoritative works as the Chambers Crossword Dictionary, Chambers Encyclopedia, Chambers Biographical Dictionary and the all-new Chambers Dictionary of Quotations.
Chambers is based in Edinburgh, as it always has been, and employs editors with a wide range of skills on dictionaries and other titles for a variety of users, including students and teachers of English as a foreign or second language. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of titles on grammar and usage, single-volume reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, as well as titles for Scrabble® and crosswords.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. v |
| Abbreviations and Notes | p. vi |
| Chronology of World Events | p. 1 |
| Thematic Timelines | p. 193 |
| History Lists | p. 323 |