No-Nonsense Guide to World History

Who was the first black queen? How much do you know about China's history? Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks - from the civilizations of Africa, Asia and Latin America to the history of women. The updated and revised edition of this best-selling No-Nonsense Guide will include a new chapter from the perspective of the end of the first decade of the 21st century and includes material on the financial crisis, the world response to climate change, 9/11, the Iraq war, corporate power and China's headlong growth fit into the broader patterns of world history.