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Susan Wise Bauer's adult history series — The History of the Ancient World, The History of the Medieval World, The History of the Renaissance World, and The History of the Early Modern World — presents world history as a narrative of rulers, wars, and ideas drawn from primary and secondary sources across all civilizations simultaneously. The series is published by W.W. Norton and is used in classical high school programs as a spine text for a Great Books or integrated humanities sequence. Each volume is extensively footnoted and includes maps and chronological tables. The series is secular, though respectful of religious movements as historical forces.
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- History of the Ancient World
- History of the Medieval World
- History of the Renaissance World
- History of the Early Modern World
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