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The Times Atlas of World History is a landmark historical reference work first published in 1978 by Times Books Limited, containing approximately 600 full-color maps spanning from 3,000 BCE to 1975, organized into seven chronological sections covering early human civilization through modern times; it was created by Barry Winckelmann and edited by Oxford historian Geoffrey Barraclough, with contributions from around 100 leading historians worldwide, and has been revised through nine editions up to 2015, maintaining its position as a critically acclaimed resource for understanding major world historical processes and events.