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Index
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Acknowledgements
Contents
INTRODUCTION
32 EDIBLE GRASSES
700 PICTOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS
60 MINUTES AND 60 SECONDS
82 BLUESTONES AT STONEHENGE
2.5 MILLION STONE BLOCKS OF THE GREAT PYRAMID
30 EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES
25TH DYNASTY
70 DAYS OF MUMMIFICATION
20 TIMES THE SIZE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
24 ANGULAS EQUALS A HASTA
282 LAWS
THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
10,000 CLAY TABLETS
1ST TO PRODUCE IRON
A MAZE OF 1,300 ROOMS
12,000 SHELLFISH
100,000 ORACLE BONES
12 SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
THE 10 LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL
LAND OF THE 7 RIVERS
1.8 MILLION WORDS
40-TON COLOSSAL HEADS
THE 7 HILLS OF ROME
1/5 OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION
2,400-KM ROYAL ROAD
3 LANGUAGES
1 GOD
WOMEN OWN 40 PER CENT OF THE LAND
4 PERIODS OF ANCIENT GREECE
OLYMPIC GAMES EVERY 4 YEARS
ATHENIAN ARMY, 9,000–10,000; PERSIAN ARMY, 20,000–100,000
MALE CITIZENS OVER THE AGE OF 20
500,000–700,000 PAPYRUS ROLLS
3 ORDERS OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE
THE AGE OF 80 (OR THEREABOUTS)
THE 5 CONFUCIAN CLASSICS
8,000 LIFE-SIZE TERRACOTTA FIGURES
HANNIBAL’S 37 ELEPHANTS
1 IN 3 GAULS SLAIN
6,437-KM SILK ROAD
1,000 PACES
THE 4 GOSPELS
A CENTURY EQUALS 100 MEN?
1/8 OF THE ROMAN ARMY
COLLAPSE OF ROME IN JUST 6 DECADES
300,000 DEAD
THE CONCEPT OF 0
CONSTANTINOPLE’S 2 BARRIER WALLS
6 MILLION EUROS
AD 0
5 PILLARS OF ISLAM
X + Y = ?
12 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
2-HULLED CANOE
240 PENNIES
3-LEAVED CLOVER
29.5302 DAYS
JUST 4 BOOKS
600 PYRAMIDS
1 MILLION URBAN DWELLERS IN CHANG’AN
2,490-KM GRAND CANAL
10,000 LEAVES
100 VIKING WARRIORS
10,000 NORMAN SOLDIERS
120 ACRES
26 MILLION STRINGS OF CASH COINS
9 CRUSADES
150,000-MARK RANSOM
30 MILLION KILLED BY MONGOLS
1 IN 200 MEN
9 SACKS OF SEVERED EARS
MARCO MILLIONS
13 BRONZE HEADS
100 YEARS WAR
25 MILLION DEATHS IN EUROPE
2–7 DAYS
12,000 SLAVES IN SILK
1 MILLION PIECES OF POTTERY A YEAR
1.4 MILLION SQUARE KM
63 SHIPS AND 28,000 SAILORS
12 MILLION UNDER THE INCAS
48 CORDS
20 MILES A DAY
20,000 SACRIFICIAL DEATHS
10 GURUS AND 5 KS
3 YEARS TO MAKE THE GUTENBERG BIBLE
HEAD 1/8 OF A MAN’S HEIGHT
95 THESES
6 WIVES OF HENRY VIII
150,000 TUGHRA
2,500 PER CENT PROFIT IN CLOVES
MISCALCULATION OF 15,500 KM
180 MEN CONQUER AN EMPIRE OF 5–10 MILLION
SILVER 15–20 PER CENT OF SPANISH CROWN’S ANNUAL INCOME
PIECES OF 8
50 MILLION TO 5 MILLION
431,286 CHARACTERS
60 PER CENT OF THE WORLD’S CROPS FROM THE AMERICAS
130 SHIPS OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
OTTOMAN ARMY OF 150,000
5TH SAFAVID SHAH
102 PASSENGERS AND 2 DOGS
14TH CHILD
15,000 IN NEW FRANCE
2ND DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE
TOBACCO SOLD AT 500–1,000 PER CENT PROFIT
100 ACRES OF LAND
3,000 GUILDERS FOR 1 TULIP BULB
59 REGICIDES OF CHARLES I
11.5 PER CENT OF POPULATION KILLED
60–70 PER CENT OF EDO DESTROYED
2 CENTURIES OF ISOLATION
13,200 HOUSES AND 140 CHURCHES DESTROYED
45.52-CARAT BLUE DIAMOND
9 BASIC RIGHTS FOR ALL ENGLISHMEN
400,000 A YEAR DIED OF SMALLPOX
12.4 MILLION SLAVES
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY JUST 23
ASHANTI EMPIRE OF 3–5 MILLION
90 PER CENT OF RUSSIA’S GAS AND COAL RESERVES
PRUSSIAN ARMY OF 83,000
THE EMPEROR’S 4 TREASURIES
250 TO 1
TWICE THE COST OF THE TAJ MAHAL
45 KG OF SAUERKRAUT
342 CHESTS OF TEA
55 DELEGATES
13 STRIPES
THE 3 ESTATES
YEAR 1 – 1792
4 KG OF WOOL
SPINNING 1,000 THREADS OF COTTON
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY 18.5 YEARS
778 CONVICTS
250 NATIONS OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
ARMIES OF 250,000
NAPOLEON’S 100 DAYS
5 GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE
4 CENTS AN ACRE
7,000 BRITISH VOLUNTEERS IN LATIN AMERICA
250,000 TONS OF PIG IRON
MARX’S 6 STAGES OF HISTORY
8 NEW NATION STATES IN EUROPE
2.5 PER CENT OF ITALIANS SPEAK ITALIAN
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MIGRATE
1/3 OF IRISH POPULATION DEPENDENT ON LUMPER POTATO
‘54–40 OR FIGHT!’
90,000 NATIVE AMERICANS
21 MILES OF ELECTRIC CABLE
20,000 CHESTS OF OPIUM
20 MILLION LEFT DEAD
1 IN 15 US SERVICEMEN DIE
3,841,000 COTTON BALES
INCOME TAX RAISES 21 PER CENT OF WAR REVENUE
13TH AMENDMENT
133 SLAVES THROWN OVERBOARD
502 PAGES OF DARWIN’S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
40,000 AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES
HEINZ 57
66 SKYSCRAPERS
280 DAIMYO LANDHOLDINGS ABOLISHED
PATENT NO. 174,465
1 PER CENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PER CENT PERSPIRATION
7 EUROPEAN NATIONS CARVE UP AFRICA
26,000 BOER WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED
WHITES GIVEN 90 PER CENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
450 MILLION TAELS OF FINE SILVER
END OF 2,000 YEARS OF IMPERIAL RULE
½ THE POPULATION DENIED THE VOTE
‘WE WANT 8, AND WE WON’T WAIT!’
10 TRAGIC DAYS
8.5 MILLION MILITARY DEATHS
400 MILES OF TRENCHES
¾ OF DEATHS CAUSED BY HEAD WOUNDS
92,000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS CAPTURED
4 MILLION COLONIAL TROOPS
3,870 FRENCH TANKS
$1 MILLION A MINUTE
200,000 PETROGRAD WORKERS STRIKE
INFLUENZA TYPE A (H1N1)
5-YEAR PLANS
1 IN 5 OWN AN AUTOMOBILE
90 MINUTES TO MAKE A CAR
INTERNATIONAL TRADE SLUMPS BY 60 PER CENT
GANDHI’S 24-DAY SALT MARCH
80,000 ON MAO’S LONG MARCH
2 MILLION NAZI PARTY MEMBERS
1 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION JEWISH
40,000 JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE
UP TO 300,000 CIVILIANS MASSACRED
6 PANZER DIVISIONS
ROLLS-ROYCE PV-12 ENGINE WITH 1,030 HORSEPOWER
1 IN 5 BRITISH FIGHTER PILOTS KILLED
1,000 ALLIED BOMBERS IN 1 RAID
INVASION FORCE OF 3.6 MILLION
8 US BATTLESHIPS DESTROYED
20 CIGARETTES A DAY
159 MILLION MILLION MILLION SETTINGS
33,761 SHOT AT BABI YAR RAVINE
1 MILLION JEWS KILLED AT AUSCHWITZ
5 NORMANDY BEACHES
B-29 DROPS ATOMIC BOMB
OVER 50 MILLION LIVES LOST
51 FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
FUTURE NUMBERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WEBSITES
PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
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