Covering world history from 500 C.E. through the beginning of the 21st century, our guide shows how human knowledge and experience shifted from the regional to global perspective, and covers critical aspects of the past 1500 years, such as: exploration & imperialism; emergence of world powers; global depression and the world wars of the 20th century; emigration/immigration, industrialization, human rights, technology, terrorism—and other issues we still face today, worldwide. Key events, figures and concepts are concisely explained for this grade range, and callout features illustrate colonialism & globalization, as well as the participants/battles of World Wars I & II.