Covering areas often overlooked by other publications, World eras provides a multicultural approach that directly reflects changing curriculum standards, with a cross-disciplinary overview of world history and a strong emphasis of daily life and social history.Each volume in this set contains in-depth coverage of one era and is organized into ten chapters: World events A Chronology Geography The Arts sculpture, architecture, painting and music communications, transportation and exploration social class systems and the economy focusing on social-economic hierarchy politics, law and the military leisure, recreation and daily life -- housing, clothing, food, education, etc. Each chapter within a volume includes an introductory essay, a timeline, entries on specific topics, events or movements, biographies of prominent individuals, and important publications of the era.