Today I have received the book that I mentioned last week in this thread:
Abenteuer der Weltgeschichte (Adventures of the world's history).
It's a book made by Richard Unglik, apparently a French Playmofan. Read more about Richard and the creation of the book
here. It is a book by, as Timotheos described it, an author who has sold his ideas to a publisher but you can't just make a book without Playmobil's permission (read more about that on the link above).
The book shows some very nice dioramas from the stoneage to today. It also explains the history of the world with the pictures as important companions.
The cover of my German copy is different from the French one (See attachment).
Alltogether a very good book but unfortunately only available in German and French