The Encyclopedia of Ideas that Changed the World tells the story of the most important of these inventions, from the firs stone choppers found among the remains of early humans in Africa to the most modern machine tools, from the homespun medicines of ancient doctors to the drugs and surgical techniques of modern times, from the wheel to the computer.
Robert Ingpen and Philip Wilkinson explore eighty of the great events of world history. These range from decisive battles to the foundation of religions, from crucial inventions to political pronouncements. For all their diversity they have one thing in common - the have changed the history of the world. Some come from the distant past, such as the death of Julius Ceasar or the formation of the…