History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it´s rare to find the whole lot in one book … until now. The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks pulls it all together, from the world´s earliest civilizations in 3500 BC to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean War, to name a few. Here´s your chance to introduce yourself to the full spectrum of world history, and discover just how the modern world came to be.