100 Events That Shaped World History

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Summary: Information Packed
Review: You don't have to be 9-12 to learn a lot from this little book. I'm 59 and I learned quite a bit. Geared mostly to the techie generation, there were quite a few tidbits of information that I found interesting. Illustrations were good. Worth the read.

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Summary: Don't Be Fooled
Review: _100 Events_ turns out to be, sadly, a pretty shallow overview of world events. Readers anticipating a companion to, say, _The 100 Most Influential People_, will find themselves disappointed.

To its credit, _100 Events_ does include a few events outside the canon of Western history -- the rule of Asoka, the destablization of Iran, and two or three others. But each of the top events that shaped our world is treated so lightly -- a single page, most of which is taken up by an illustration -- that one may well wonder what notice, if any, the author would give to the next 100.