
Discover how humans created their world from the objects they left behind - from the US Constitution to the first iPhone - in DK's latest history book. From the beginning of human history, the one thing that has defined us is our talent for making things, from basic...

A child's gasmask tells of life in the Second World War, the Colosseum sums up the might of Rome, and a jeweled Faberg egg graphically demonstrates the opulence of imperial Russia. Appreciate world history a different way - through 1000 objects. This fascinating...


From the watch Napoleon used to synchronize with his generals at Waterloo and Chinese David vases believed to be the oldest example of blue and white porcelain to the US Constitution and the Mayan Dresden codex, the oldest book written in the Americas, History of the World in...