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An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings.



Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies--all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history--and Big History--true as never before to its name.

• List of Illustrationsp. ix
• List of Tablesp. xiii
• Forewordp. xv
• Acknowledgmentsp. xix
• Preface to the 2011 Editionp. xxiii
• Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth?p. 1
• The Inanimate Universe
• The First 300,000 Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Spacep. 17
• Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexityp. 39
• Origins and History of the Earthp. 57
• Life on Earth
• The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolutionp. 79
• The Evolution of Life and the Biospherep. 107
• Early Human History: Many Worlds
• The Evolution of Humansp. 139
• The Beginnings of Human Historyp. 171
• The Holocene: Few Worlds
• Intensification and the Origins of Agriculturep. 207
• From Power over Nature to Power over People: Cities, States, and "Civilizations"p. 245
• Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian "Civilizations"p. 283
• The Modern Era: One World
• Approaching Modernityp. 335
• Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovationp. 364
• Birth of the Modern Worldp. 406
• The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Centuryp. 440
• Perspectives On The Future
• Futuresp. 467
• Dating Techniques, Chronologies, and Timelinesp. 493
• Chaos and Orderp. 505
• Notesp. 513
• Bibliographyp. 563
• Indexp. 595