100 Major Events That Influenced World Civilization (Part 1)

This book includes the birth of the world's cultural communication media - the invention of alphabetic writing in 4000 BC, the beginning of civilization in the Mesopotamia - the emergence of the Sumerian city-state in 3500 BC, the first of the "Seven Wonders of the World" - the pyramids built in ancient Egypt around 3000 BC, etc.