Relying on 55 colorful maps and 48 timelines, British scholar John Haywood has organized The New Atlas of World History: Global Events at a Glance (Princeton University Press, $49.50, 252 pp.) to tell the story of world history from the Ice Age up to 2010 at a glance. Each section is accompanied by text that explains what was going on in the world that year as well as colorful timelines that organize events into themes like arts and architecture and religion and philosophy. A glossary at the end supplies thumbnail profiles of "Peoples, Nations and Cultures," as well as reference maps and suggestions for additional reading.
