This is the ultimate visual survey of Jewish history from the emergence of the Jews in ancient Palestine right up to the present day. One hundred specially commissioned, richly detailed maps, based on the research of scholar and world authority Martin Gilbert, reveal the scope of the Jewish story across the world and over the centuries, while supporting text and carefully selected pictures analyze and explain the nature and extent of the Jewish achievement. The result is an exciting, immediate depiction of the turbulent history of one of the world's most remarkable peoples.