Here are examples from The Age of Earthquakes' new Glossary for 'the Extreme Present'.
It "is a gorgeous example from the golden age of map making," said Paul Cohen of Richard B. Arkway, New York City map dealers.
As an example: from the earliest age, children in schools are required to learn two languages - English as a common language for all, as well as one of three "mother tongues" of the most predominant ethnic backgrounds in Singapore.
& Schneider, J. Human and climatic impact on the environment as derived from colluvial, uvial and lacustrine archives – examples from the Bronze Age to the Migration period, Ger- many.
Wright, an author of fiction and non-fiction works, uses the fallen civilisations of Easter Island, Sumer, Rome, and Maya, as well as examples from the Stone Age, to see what conditions led to the downfall of those societies.
These changes can be illustrated by two examples from the Metal Ages in western central Europe.
Good examples from the middle ages are Ibn Battuta's Rahlat in Arabic and Nasser Khosrow's Safarnameh in Persian.
After spending four years in the corps, he became a leading bookbinding expert, specializing in examples from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and in literary and musical autograph manuscripts.
Advanced techniques were also known: glassblowing, for example, dates from the Augustan age.
Councillor Rodney Chambers, leader of Medway Council, added: "Chatham's Dockyard and its defences have an unrivalled and illustrious history and is the world's most complete example of an historic dockyard from the age of sail and early age of steam.
