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Ranging through history from ancient Babylonia to the space age,
Great Documents of the World focuses on the law
codes, credos, declarations, and manifestoes that have served as
milestones in the development of the human spirit and which have
shaped and marked our thinking. A unique design concept brings together reproductions of the original documents, when available, with transcriptions of the text. Illustrations from each period are included,along with discussions of the documents' background, interpretation, and historical effect.
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Great Documents
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Specifications:8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. 21 x 27 cm 192 pages Richly illustrated |
Contents:The Code of Hammurabi, ca. 1700 b.c. The Ten Commandments, ca. 1300 b.c. The Laws of Solon, ca. 590 b.c. Buddha: Truth and Enlightenment, ca. 500 b.c. The Great Wisdom of Confucius, ca. 480 b.c. Platon's Vision of the State, ca. 375 b.c. The Tao of Laot-se, ca. 300 b.c. The Sermon on the Mount, ca. 25 The Epistle to the Romans, ca. 57–58 Corpus Iuri Civili, ca. 529/533 The Koran of Mohammed, ca. 650 The Magna Charta, 1215 Nicholas of Cusa: De Pace Fidei, 1453 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: De Dignitate Hominis, 1496 Martin Luther's Protest, 1517 Grotius on International Order, 1625 The Piece of Westfalen, 1648 The Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 |
The United States Constitution, 1787 Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789 Kant's Peace Manifesto, 1795 The Code Napoléon, 1804 The Communist Manifesto, 1848 Gandhi: The Power of Non-violence, 1920 The Atlantic Charter, 1941 Scientist's Warning: The Franck Report, 1945 The Charter of the United Nations, 1945 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Voice of the Third World: Frantz Fanon, 1961 John XXIII: Pacem in Terris, 1963 The World Trade Organization (WTO), 1994 Statut of Rome, 2002 Chronology of the Documents Bibliography Picture credits Index
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