A history of the world is presented through over one hundred different visual timelines, from a chronology of the written word to an ordered listing of the American presidents. "Jam-packed with surprising facts and amazing details, such as the most bloodthirsty pirate of all time and the first crime to be solved by studying fingerprints, Timelines of Everything will take you on a whirlwind journey through an illustrated history of time, from the Big Bang to the modern world."-- Publisher's website.

Includes index. First American edition, 2018.

Prehistory: before 3000 BCE -- The Ancient world: 3000 BCE-500 CE -- The Medieval world: 500-1450 -- The age of exploration: 1450-1750 -- The age of revolution: 1750-1914 -- The modern world: after 1914.