The Handy History Answer Book (Second Edition)

History at your fingertips!

A new era has taken shape, and this fully revised edition records it with over 150 new questions and answers that expand on the 1,000+ covering past millennia. A concise guide to all things historical, Handy History surveys significant people, times, and events worldwide, with a special focus on U.S. history. It is complemented by 125 illustrations and, for those who like their history instant, a chronology of major events.

With obsessive zeal and tight editing, this feast of facts and compelling stories recounts the revolutionary ideas, acts, and inventions that have changed the world. Handy History organizes information in easy-to-use subject sections ranging from politics to war to science to religion to sports, art, and culture. Along the way you'll meet a cast of thousands, including Socrates, an early advocate of the question-and-answer format.

Handy History follows the Celts, Vikings, Normans, Huns, and other ancient tribes, surveys early civilizations including the Greek, Chinese, Roman, Mayan, and Egyptian, exhumes the British Empire, tracks the expansion of the United States, and examines the crash, bang, and clutter of modern life. A resource for learning - for brushing up on the events, terms, and history-makers many of us remember but somehow can't always neatly define - Handy History chronicles big news whenever and wherever it's been made.