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Asimov's Chronology of the World

Asimov's Chronology of the World

Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the Big Bang until the end of World War II. Each chapter covers a certain time period. The chapter is then broken down into headings for each important empire or country of the time and describes the events that happened there during that chapter's time period.


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“If anyone can be considered the greatest writer who ever lived, it is Shakespeare.”

Asimov's Chronology of the World (1991), p. 226
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“The foundation of all technology is fire.”

Asimov's Chronology of the World (1991), p. 11
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