Description: On File "TM" is our award-winning collection of visual reference materials. Each On File "TM" depicts complex subjects in a way that both engages and informs students and researchers. These flexible resources fit into every curriculum.
-- Instructors can use the pages for handouts, overheads, posters, and testing.
-- Students can use them as quick sources of information, to reference curriculum topics, or to supplement their essays and reports.
-- On Files "TM" are available in either binder or electronic format.

A Comprehensive "Re-vision" of a Long-time Favorite

Timelines On File "TM" has long been a successful component of our On File "TM" program. This edition is not merely a revision. It is a complete reworking of the product that middle and high school students, teachers, and librarians have used and trusted. It features more than 500 new plates and an entirely new organization that closely parallels today's world history curriculum.

Remarkable Depth and Breadth

This exciting four-volume set offers the most wide-ranging and complete chronologies available and is organized in a way that makes the most sense for its primary users:
-- Volume 1 covers ancient and medieval history, focusing on societies all around the globe, in 228 plates that combine tables, illustrations, and a graphic presentation of data
-- Volume 2 explores the history of the expanding world in 218 plates
-- Volume 3 examines the twentieth century in 222 plates
-- Volume 4, "Nations and States, " presents a thumbnail history of each United Nations member and every U.S. state.

Each volume begins with an outline of world history, followed by historical timelines of specific regions andthe arts, religions and ideas, and science and technology that flourished within each region:
-- Africa
-- Central and South America
-- Asia
-- Europe
-- Australasia and the Pacific
-- The Middle East
-- Canada
-- The United States.

American History
-- Explorations 1492-1810
-- U.S. Presidents 1789-1881

Canadian History
-- Exploration 1000-1700
-- Canadian Life Lines 1500-1850

Latin American History
-- The Spanish American Empire 1492-1900
-- Mexican Independence 1820-1829

European History
-- France Under Louis XIV 1643-1713
-- The Russian Empire 1547-1918

Middle East History
-- Major events 1500-1900
-- The Rise of the Ottoman Empire to 1683

African History
-- The Asante Empire 1689-1900
-- Periods of Colonial Occupation 1467-1993

Asian History
-- Period of Japanese Unification 1573-1600
-- Foreign Conquest of SE Asia 1511-1914

Australasian History
-- European Colonization and Exploration in the Pacific 1500-1914
-- Australia and New Zealand 1750-1914

Religion and Ideas
-- Christianity 1500-1900
-- The Enlightenment 1596-1784

Science and Technology
-- Engineering and Building 1700-1900
-- Medicine 1700-1900

The Arts
-- Music, Opera, Theater, Ballet 1500-1900
-- Literature and Poetry 1550-1900

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