1001 DAYS THAT SHAPED THE WORLD 9780764161353 List Price: $35.00 Web price: $31.50

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From the foundation of Rome on April 21, 753 B.C. to the execution of Saddam Hussein on December 30, 2006, 1001 Days That Shaped the World focuses on those truly extraordinary moments that changed the direction of world history. This eminently readable volume summarizes each event in a brief but dramatic descriptive article supplemented with memorable illustrations or photos. Decisive battles, natural disasters, the rise of emperors, historic assassinations, the launching of successful inventions, the hatching of political plots, artistic and cultural milestones—these are just a few of the general categories that describe the momentous days as recounted by historian Peter Furtado and his team of writers and researchers. Just a few of the 1001 important days captured in these pages are:

Sept. 21, 490 B.C.—The Battle of Marathon
March 15, 44 B.C.— Julius Caesar assassinated
Dec. 25, 800—Charlemagne crowned Emperor in Rome
Oct. 14, 1066—The Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of Britain
Jan. 7, 1610—Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter
Dec. 16, 1773—The Boston Tea Party
Dec. 2, 1804—Napoleon crowns himself emperor
Nov. 24, 1859—Darwin’s Origin of Species published
March 22, 1895—The first showing of a motion picture by the Lumière brothers
Apr. 17, 1906—The San Francisco earthquake
Dec. 7, 1941—The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
Apr. 12, 1961—Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in Space
Nov. 9, 1989—The Berlin Wall Tumbles
Sept. 11, 2001—Al Qaeda attacks New York and Washington

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