Much as we may want to have a firm grasp of history, it can be difficult to quickly absorb everything we want to know about several millennia of key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and concepts. Each page of this crash course in history contains a "cheat sheet," which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks. From second-wave feminism to Stalinism, the invention of the car to the Battle of the Somme, every key event, character, or turning point is expressed in succinct and lively text, with helpful infographics.