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The big history timeline wallbook

Christopher Lloyd - Author

The fold-out layout offers a visual overview of natural history and human civilisations, with a timeline running alongside regional sections. Readers can also explore selected events through newspaper-style articles.

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Imagine taking a trip through the history of everything from the beginning of the universe to the present day! Created in association with the American Museum of Natural History, this unique 'big history' wallbook includes a 6-foot fold-out timeline containing more than 1,000 pictures and captions that tell the story of the history of the world. The timeline is divided into 12 sections covering both natural history as well as the history of human civilizations in each of the world's continents so you can easily compare what was happening across the world at any given moment in time. The Big History Timeline Wallbook also includes an easy-to-read chronicle which reports on more than forty seminal moments from the timeline in the style of a newspaper. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and pocket magnifier. Perfect for 6-14 year olds but equally fascinating for all curious adults too.

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Themes in Context

History presented as a connected timeline

The timeline places natural history and human history across world regions alongside one another, inviting comparisons between events and periods.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: This is an informational structure that foregrounds chronology and comparison, rather than a single-region account.

Talk about: What connections or differences do you notice when you compare events across regions?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

The side-by-side timeline is intended to help readers compare events across regions and periods.

What Deserves Attention

Its subject spans an exceptionally broad sweep of history. A reader may find it helpful to explore one section or selected moment at a time rather than trying to take in the whole timeline at once.

A Conversation Worth Having

Which events seem to overlap across different regions, and what does the timeline help you notice about them?

Reading Approach

Try unfolding the timeline together and choosing a region or period to follow. Then read a related newspaper-style article and use the quiz to revisit what stood out.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

History presented as a connected timeline: The overall selection and framing of events, and how fully different perspectives are represented, are not established.

The Big History Timeline Wallbook: Unfold the History of the Universe--from ... - Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Skipworth - Google Books

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: History presented as a connected timeline

The big history timeline wallbook by Christopher Lloyd | Open Library