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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final ...
The History of the World (originally The Historie of the VVorld / In Five Bookes) is an incomplete work of history by Sir Walter Raleigh, begun in about 1607 whilst the author was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and first published in 1614. It covers the course of human history from Genesis to the conquest of Macedon by Rome. [1]
The almanac includes predictions for Ireland and the world. The weather predictions always receive a lot of attention in Ireland, where the weather is a highly prized conversation subject. For example, the 2018 predictions included: This is the year of the cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies will change the world in a short span of time.
Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] He read palms and told the fortunes of famous celebrities like Mark Twain, W. T. Stead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Ewart Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain.
"The Annals of the World". Retrieved 12 October 2014. Ussher, J, 1658. THE ANNALS OF THE WORLD. Deduced from The Origin of Time, and continued to the beginning of the Emperour Vespasians Reign, and the totall Destruction and Abolition of the Temple and Common-wealth of the Jews. Containing the HISTORIE Of the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT.
A History of the World: From the 20th to the 21st Century (2005) Lee, Wayne E. Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History (2015) excerpt; McKay, John P. and Bennett D. Hill. A History of World Societies (2 vol. 2011), university textbook; McNeill, William H. A World History (1998), University textbook
The Book of Predictions was a book published in 1981 and written by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, and Irving Wallace, [1] [2] the authors of The Book of Lists.Written in the same type of style (i.e., lists), it includes lists of predictions by scientists, science fiction authors, politicians, and others.
World history or global history as a field of historical study examines history from a global perspective. It emerged centuries ago; some leading practitioners are Voltaire (1694–1778), Hegel (1770–1831), Karl Marx (1818–1883), Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), and Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975).