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No matter who you are, there are gaps in your knowledge of world history. Whether they're big ones (when did World War II take place? who were the Sassanids? what nationality was Genghis Khan?) or obscure ones (where did the ancients consider the seat of thought and emotion to be? who tried to find the Fountain of Youth in Florida? did Richard III kill his nephews?), filling those holes can only help your understanding of the big picture.

Reference works are easily the best way to do this. While you could just read every massive historical tome you can find, getting a compendium of information is much more time- and cost-effective, and more likely to yield the information you want. We carry overall guides, lists of resources (All Through the Ages is the best of these), encyclopedias, timelines, atlases, etc., covering both the spectrum of world history and specific periods.

Don't think these have to be strictly school-related books, either—facts have a fascination of their own, and both kiddos and adults can be drawn into a good reference book for hours. Some of these are beautifully illustrated and make excellent coffee table books, while others are hilarious, theme-related, or just plain interesting. Learning ought to be fun, and world history reference books are one of the best ways to make it so.

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	Africa Is Not A Country by Margy Burns Knight unknown from Millbrook Press for 1st-3rd grade in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR) $5.20 (1 in stock)
	Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight from Millbrook Press for 1st-3rd grade in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
	Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight 2^nd edition from Millbrook Press for 1st-3rd grade in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR) $9.34
	Africa's Vanishing Wildlife by Chris & Tilde Stuart 1^st edition from Smithsonian Books for 5th-10th grade in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	All Through the Ages History Through Literature Guide by Christine Miller 3^rd edition from Nothing New Press World History Reference for All grades in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
	Calendar Quest A 5000 Year Trek through Western History with Father Time by Jennifer Johnson Garrity from Brimwood Press for 4th-6th in Tools for Young Historians (Location: BIBWV-TYH)
	Civilisation by Kenneth Clark from HarperCollins for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Color the Western World An Artful Journey Through 5,000 Years of History by Marcia Harris Brim from Brimwood Press for 4th-8th grade in Tools for Young Historians (Location: BIBWV-TYH) $16.15
	Cultural Atlas for Young People: Africa by Jocelyn Murray 3^rd edition from Facts On File African History Reference/Atlas for 4th-8th grade in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR) $29.75
	DK Smithsonian: History Year by Year The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age by Peter Chrisp, Joe Fullman, and Susan Kennedy from DK Publishing for 3rd-10th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
	Explorers & Discoverers - 4 Volume Set From Alexander the Great to Sally Ride from UXL Publishing biographical encyclopedia for 5th-8th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $24.00 (1 in stock)
	Guides to History Plus by Kathryn Stout from Design-A-Study for All grades in Design-A-Study (Location: HSR-DAS) $14.00 $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Guns, Germs, and Steel The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond from W. W. Norton and Co. for Adult in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
	History Helps by Bonnie L. Dettmer from Small Ventures for 4th-6th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (4 in stock)
	History of the World by Plantagent Somerset Fry from DK Publishing for 5th-9th grade in History Encyclopedias & Fact Books (Location: HISRF-ENC) $33.99 $19.20 (1 in stock)
	Imperialism: A History in Documents by Bonnie G. Smith from Oxford University for Adult in Modern History (Location: HISW-MOD) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Kenny Kwiz Question & Answers for Calendar Quest by Kenny Abegglen from Brimwood Press for 4th-6th in Tools for Young Historians (Location: BIBWV-TYH) $13.18
	Kingfisher Young World Encyclopedia by Larousse from Larousse for 4th-6th grade in Encyclopedias (Location: REF-ENC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Last 500 Years by Fiona Chandler, Jane Bingham, Sam Taplin from Usborne for 4th-8th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Let the Authors Speak by Carolyn Hatcher Revised for Kindergarten-12th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
	Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich from Yale University Press for 6th-Adult in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $7.60 (1 in stock)
	Our World in Pictures: The History Book DK Smithsonian from DK Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Oxford Children's History of the World by Neil Grant from Usborne for 4th-8th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Picturesque Tale of Progress - 9 Volumes by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
	Speeches that Changed the World The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments that Made History from Quercus for 6th-Adult in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Story of Clocks and Calendars by Betsy & Giulio Maestro Reprint from HarperCollins for 3rd-8th grade in History of Science & Mathematics (Location: SCI-HIS) $9.99 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, updated by John Merriman from W. W. Norton and Co. for 5th-8th grade 1922 Newbery Medal winner in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon from Garden City Books for 10th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.60 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon from Yesterday's Classics for 5th-8th grade 1922 Newbery Medal winner in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $16.96
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, updated and introduced by Robert Sullivan from W. W. Norton and Co. for 5th-8th grade 1922 Newbery Medal winner in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $35.00 $17.50 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon Black & Gold Updated Edition from LiveRight for 5th-8th grade 1922 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind - 4 Volume Set by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $24.00 (2 in stock)
	Story of Mankind Volume 1 by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
	Story of Mankind Volume 2 A Picturesque Tale of Progress: Conquests 1 & 2 by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind Volume 3 A Picturesque Tale of Progress: New Nations 1 & 2 by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Story of Mankind Volume 4 A Picturesque Tale of Progress: Explorations 1 & 2 by Olive Beaupre Miller from Book House for Children for 3rd-6th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
	Story of Slavery Usborne Young Reading by Sarah Courtauld from Usborne for 2nd-4th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of the World - M. B. Synge Collection by Margaret Bertha Synge from Yesterday's Classics for 4th-8th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $59.30
	Time-Life TimeFrame Set from Time-Life Books for 10th-Adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	Timechart History of the World 6^th edition from Chartwell Books for 4th-Adult in Timeline Resources (Location: HISRF-TIM)
	TimeFrame #01: The Human Dawn from Time-Life Books for 9th-Adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #02: The Rise of Cities from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #03: Age of God-Kings 3000-1500 BC from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.40 (2 in stock)
	TimeFrame #04: Barbarian Tides 1500-600 BC from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #05: A Soaring Spirit 600-400 BC from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #06: Empires Ascendant 400 BC-AD 200 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #07: Empires Besieged AD 200-600 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $1.60 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #08: March of Islam AD 600-800 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $1.60 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #09: Fury of the Northmen AD 800-1000 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #10: Light in the East AD 1000-1100 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #11: The Divine Campaigns AD 1100-1200 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #12: Mongol Conquests AD 1200-1300 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #13: The Age of Calamity AD 1300-1400 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	TimeFrame #14: Voyages of Discovery AD 1400-1500 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #15: The European Emergence AD 1500-1600 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #16: Powers of the Crown AD 1600-1700 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #17: Winds of Revolution AD 1700-1800 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #18: The Pulse of Enterprise AD 1800-1850 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #19: The Colonial Overlords AD 1850-1900 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #20: The World in Arms AD 1900-1925 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #21: Shadow of the Dictators AD 1925-1950 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #22: The Nuclear Age AD 1950-1990 from Time-Life Books for 10th grade-adult in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #23: The Natural World from Time-Life Books in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #24: The Domestic World from Time-Life Books in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	TimeFrame #25: The Enterprise of War from Time-Life Books in Time-Life TimeFrame (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	Timetables of History by Bernard Grun, translator 4^th edition from Touchstone World History Reference for 9th-Adult in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $15.20 (2 in stock)
	Timetables of History by Bernard Grun, translator 3^rd edition from Simon and Schuster World History Reference for 9th-Adult in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS) $7.20 (3 in stock)
	Timetables of History by Bernard Grun, translator 2^nd edition from Simon and Schuster World History Reference for 9th-Adult in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Encyclopedia World History from Ancient to Modern Times by Usborne from Usborne for 4th-7th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $16.80 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Illustrated Atlas of World History by Lisa Miles from Scholastic Inc. for 4th-6th grade in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS) $3.60 (1 in stock)
	Usborne Time Traveler by Tony Allen from Usborne Ancient/Middle Ages History Reference for 3rd-8th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $19.54 $11.20 (2 in stock)
	Ussher's Annals of the World by James Ussher from Master Books in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $28.00 (1 in stock)
	Van Loon's Lives by Hendrik Van Loon from Simon and Schuster for 9th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Western Civilization by Jackson J. Spielvogel 8^th edition from Wadsworth Publishing Company for 7th-12th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
	Western Civilization by Jackson J. Spielvogel 7^th edition from Wadsworth Publishing Company for 7th-12th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
	Western Civilization Combined Volume by Jackson J. Spielvogel 6^th edition from Wadsworth Publishing Company for 7th-12th grade in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century: 200 Events That Shaped the World by Alan Axelrod, Charles Phillips from Adams Media Corp. for 6th-12th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
	World History from Arcturus for 3rd-6th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (2 in stock)
	World History Made Simple Matching History with the Bible by Ruth Beechick from Mott Media Non-fiction for 9th-Adult in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
	World History the Easy Way Volume One Ancient & Medieval Times to A.D.1500 by Charles A. Frazee from Barron's for 4th-8th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)

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