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100 Events That Shook Our World: A History in Pictures from the Last 100 Years

An engrossing compilation of photographs captures the most important events of the past century in an informative study of the key events and personalities of the modern world, ranging from two World Wars to the moon landing to the horrific events of September 11th.

Subject
history
Themes
art
Setting
world war II
Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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