These books comprehensively explore the ingenuity of the human mind through the ages, and the way that ideas and technology have influenced historical events. Stunningly illustrated throughout, and with a clear text, they cover important inventions and ideas from the first stone axe to genetic engineering and the Internet - not forgetting the 2,400,000 years in between! This series provides a perfect introduction to the main events and dates in history, in a sequence which is easily understood.