Rev. ed. of: History of mankind / [International Commission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind]. 1963-1969.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 1. Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization / edited by S.J. De Laet ; co-edited by A.H. Dani, J.L. Lorenzo, R.B. Nunoo -- v. 2. From the third millennium to the seventh century B.C. / edited by A.H. Dani, J.-P. Mohen -- v. 3. From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. / edited by Joachim Herrmann, Erik Zürcher -- v. 4. From the seventh to the sixteenth century / edited by M.A. al-Bakhit, L. Bazin, S.M. Cissoko ; co-edited by M.S. Asimov ... [et al.] -- v. 5. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century -- v. 6. The nineteenth century / edited by Peter Mathias, Nikolaï Todorov ; co-edited by G. Carrera Damas ... [et al.] -- The twentieth century / edited by Sarvepalli Gopal, Sergei L. Tikhvinsky ; co-edited by I.A. Abu-Lughod ... [et al.].