How did Ancient Egyptians plough the fields? Who patented barbed wire?

How did people eat before forks were invented and who was the first to discover chocolate?

How does rain affect adobe clay? How did the Mongols change their settlements?

Why did Cleopatra use red clay and animal fat? Who is Gideon Sandback?

What are the benefits of the leeches used by physicians and how did the Black Death spread so rapidly?

Why did Romans go to public toilets? Why were amputations so common?

Why did children work in mills? What were syndicates like?

What were Sumerian lessons like? Where was the world’s first university founded?

Why was a man with a red flag required to walk in front of train carriages?

What were the earliest boats made of? Who were the first to use sailing boats?

What was the earliest airplane named? What made Hindenburg so famous?

What is the pot-de-fer and what is the type of the double-edged sword?

Who invented the wheel and what was the first phone message?

All these questions and more are answered in Knowledge Masters: History of the World, which discusses people and events that have changed our world through colorful illustrations and clear text. The first edition of the book was published by Alligator Books Ltd. in English in 2012. It was later translated into Arabic by Salma Nohra and issued by Librairie Stephan. An illustrated Timeline shows developments from pre-history to the present day.