Download or read book Maps of Time written by David Christian and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-02-23 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the world from the big bang to the present. "Big history" is a new approach to world history that joins the history of the world as a physical entity to human history. David Christian is the leading proponent of this approach to world history.