The illustrated history of the world - Roberts, J. M. John Morris 1928-2003 (Alexandria Time-Life Books, 1998)
V. 1. Prehistory and the first civilizations -- V. 2. Eastern Asia and classical Greece -- V. 3. Rome and the classical West -- V. 4. The age of diverging traditions -- V. 5. The Far East and a new Europe -- V. 6. The making of the European age -- V. 7. The age of revolution -- V. 8. The European empires -- V. 9. Emerging powers -- V. 10. The new global era.