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History is thousands of narratives—all somehow connected with one another—that tell the story of human experience. The earliest narratives date back at least 5,500 years, when people began to document events in writing. New chapters have been added continuously since that time. By the turn of the twenty-first century, changes were taking place at such an accelerated rate that the story of humankind had become more complex, and more confusing. This situation poses a challenge, especially for the student who strives to understand history (and hand homework in on time): How is it possible to keep pace with current events and still learn what we need to know about the past?

U•X•L History Fact Finder is a starting point for meeting this challenge. Covering major historical eras, from the prehistoric period into the new millennium, U•X•L History Fact Finder contains 750 of the most commonly asked questions and...