The Last 1000 Years takes us back to the beginning of the milennium, charting the history of the world from the savage invasions of the Vikings in the north and Genghis Khan in the east through to our modern highly industrial society. Hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, maps, and photographs. - from Amzon

Last 1000 years: Vikings --
Vikings abroad --
Life in a castle --
Feudal system --
Crusades --
Medieval town --
Mongol empire --
Kublai Khan and China --
Black death --
Africa kingdoms --
Japan's warlords --
Hundred years war --
Age of discovery: Explorers and empires 1400-1700 --
Renaissance --
Aztecs --
Incas --
Voyages of discovery --
Spain and Portugal --
African empires --
Reformation --
Ottomans and Safavids --
Mughal empire --
Ming China --
Oceania --
Thirty years war --
Tokugawa, Japan --
Dutch empire --
Colonizing North America --
English civil war --
Slave trade --
Louis XIV --
Revolution and industry: World in turmoil 1700-1900 --
Russian empire --
Manchu China --
Enlightenment --
Agricultural revolution --
Austria and Prussia --
Birth of USA --
French revolution --
Oceania --
Napoleon --
Napoleonic wars --
South American independence --
Industrial Revolution --
Europe in turmoil --
Exploring Africa --
European colonization in Asia --
British Empire --
American west --
American Civil War --
Native Americans --
Unification of Italy, unification of Germany --
Scramble for Africa --
Modern world: Toward the millennium 1990-1990s --
Votes for women --
World War I --
Trench warfare --
Russian revolution --
Irish home rule --
Great depression --
Rise of Fascism --
Revolution in China --
World War II --
World at war --
War ends --
Indian independence --
Israel and Palestine --
Cold War --
Space race --
African independence --
Social revolution --
Vietnam War --
Cultural revolution --
Crisis in the Middle East --
End of the Cold War --
Global awareness.