The Big Book of History Answers 2016
From the makers of 'History Revealed'
English | PDF | 116 pages | 37 mb
CONTENTS
THE ANCIENT WORLD ..................14
When were the first coins made? Why did Romans build straight roads? What’s the oldest chat-up line?
FOOD & DRINK .....................................24
Why is a fry-up called a ‘full English’? Who invented champagne? Where did banofee pie come from?
BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH ......34
Has Britain’s weather always been bad? Where is Cromwell’s head? How old is the national anthem?
FAMOUS PEOPLE ..............................44
Did Abraham Lincoln get elected because of his beard? Did Lord Byron really have a pet bear?
FASHION & STYLE .............................52
When were sunglasses first worn? Who invented wellies? Why did the Scots start wearing kilts?
HOW WE USED TO LIVE ............70
When did schools become compulsory? How old is the toilet seat? Who got the first speeding ticket?
MEDIEVAL TIMES ...............................88
Has there ever been an English pope? What were the worst medieval torture methods?
KINGS & QUEENS ...............................80
Who was our most lecherous king? Did Queen Victoria have a nickname? Was Ethelred unready?
THE TWO WORLD WARS ..........60
What was the Battle of the Bulge? What exactly was shell shock? Did Monty really have a double?
SPORT & CULTURE ...........................96
Who turned down The Beatles? When did women become Olympians? What’s the oldest song?
WONDERS OF THE WORLD
GREAT SPHINX ..........12
One of the largest and oldest monolithic statues in the world
GREAT WALL OF CHINA.........................22
The unfeasibly long barrier that took two millennia to build
AL KHAZNEH .............32
The temple of the ancient carved city of Petra in Jordan
TAJ MAHAL ...............42
Northern India’s marvellous marbled mausoleum
MACHU PICCHU ........50
The lost city of the Inca, hidden between two Peruvian peaks
EASTER ISLAND ......58
The extraordinary statues in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
CHICHÉN ITZÁ ..........68
The sun-worshipping temple of the Mayan city in southern Mexico
ANGKOR WAT ...........78
This 12th-century Hindu temple is a gem of Cambodian architecture
ST BASIL’S CATHEDRAL ................86
The massed domes that dominate Moscow’s Red Square
ACROPOLIS ................94
Athens’ greatest monument is a symbol of great civilisation
COLOSSEUM ............ 104
The ultimate Roman playground
