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Originally published by Andromeda Oxford Ltd., 1998.

"An Andromeda book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references, index, and timelines.

Outline of world history -- The world AD 800 -- The world AD 1000 -- The world AD 1279 -- The world AD 1492 -- The spread of the world religions AD 600-1500 -- Europe -- The rise of the Carolingian empire 600-814 -- Viking age Europe 793-1050 -- Feudal Europe 1050-1300 -- Religion in medieval Europe 800-1300 -- War, revolt and plague in 14th-century Europe 1300-1400 -- The economy of medieval Europe 1000-1500 -- Renaissance Europe 1400-1492 -- The Middle East -- The great Arab conquests 632-750 -- The Arab world divided 750-1037 -- The Byzantine empire 610-1204 -- The medieval Turkish empires 1038-1492 -- The Crusades 1096-1291 -- Africa -- Africa 600-1500 -- Central, South and East Asia -- Medieval India 600-1500 -- Sui and Tang China 589-907 -- Song China 907-1279 -- The creation of the Mongol empire 1204-1260 -- The breakup of the Mongol empire 1260-1502 -- Medieval Japan and Korea 600-1500 -- The kingdoms of southeast Asia 600-1500 -- The Americas -- Native cultures of North America 600-1500 -- Toltecs and Aztecs 800-1520 -- The Andean civilizations to the fall of the Incas 700-1533.