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|summary=A suitable primer with the headlines of history given in chronological order, but with the emphasis on numeral data.
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How many edible grasses were found in the Fertile Crescent?
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Make no mistake, this book does what it says on the cover. That also goes to say that it is ''not'' A History of the World ''of'' Numbers, or A History of the World's Numbers and what they might mean, as other books provide. This is a primer of the world's history, right from the earliest days of civilisation up to the close of World War Two, in handy bite-sized chunks, where the headline data can be given using a number.
