A Short History of the World

Name: A Short History of the World
Author: H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells' A Short History of the World is a comprehensive overview of the history of humanity from the Big Bang to the 20th century. Wells begins with the formation of the universe and the emergence of life on Earth, and then moves through the development of human societies, the rise and fall of empires, and the major events of the modern era. He examines the development of science, technology, and culture, and the impact of religion and philosophy on human history. Wells also looks at the effects of war, famine, and disease on the course of history. Throughout the book, Wells emphasizes the importance of understanding the past in order to shape the future.

By H.G. Wells · First published 1922 · Genre: Historical Non-Fiction, Educational, Biography · 60 chapters

Chapter 1: Chronological Table
Chapter 1: The World in Space
Chapter 1: Preface
Chapter 2: The World in Time
Chapter 3: The Beginnings of Life
Chapter 4: The Age of Fishes
Chapter 5: The Age of the Coal Swamps
Chapter 6: The Age of Reptiles
Chapter 7: The First Birds and the First Mammals
Chapter 8: The Age of Mammals
Chapter 9: Monkeys, Apes and Sub-men
Chapter 10: The Neanderthaler and the Rhodesian Man
Chapter 11: The First True Men
Chapter 12: Primitive Thought
Chapter 13: The Beginnings of Cultivation
Chapter 14: Primitive Neolithic Civilizations
Chapter 15: Sumeria, Early Egypt and Writing
Chapter 16: Primitive Nomadic Peoples
Chapter 17: The First Seagoing Peoples
Chapter 18: Egypt, Babylon and Assyria
Chapter 19: The Primitive Aryans
Chapter 20: The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I
Chapter 21: The Early History of the Jews
Chapter 22: Priests and Prophets in Judea
Chapter 23: The Greeks
Chapter 24: The Wars of the Greeks and Persians
Chapter 25: The Splendour of Greece
Chapter 26: The Empire of Alexander the Great
Chapter 27: The Museum and Library at Alexandria
Chapter 28: The Life of Gautama Buddha
Chapter 29: King Asoka
Chapter 30: Confucius and Lao Tse
Chapter 31: Rome Comes Into History
Chapter 32: Rome and Carthage
Chapter 33: The Growth of the Roman Empire
Chapter 34: Between Rome and China
Chapter 35: The Common Man's Life Under the Early Roman Empire
Chapter 36: Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire
Chapter 37: The Teaching of Jesus
Chapter 38: The Development of Doctrinal Christianity
Chapter 39: The Barbarians Break the Empire Into East and West
Chapter 40: The Huns and the End of the Western Empire
Chapter 41: The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires
Chapter 42: The Dynasties of Suy and Tang in China
Chapter 43: Muhammad and Islam
Chapter 44: The Great Days of the Arabs
Chapter 45: The Development of Latin Christendom
Chapter 46: The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion
Chapter 47: Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism
Chapter 48: The Mongol Conquests
Chapter 49: The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans
Chapter 50: The Reformation of the Latin Church
Chapter 51: The Emperor Charles V
Chapter 52: The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republicanism in Europe
Chapter 53: The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas
Chapter 54: The American War of Independence
Chapter 55: The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France
Chapter 56: The Uneasy Peace in Europe That Followed the Fall of Napoleon
Chapter 57: The Development of Material Knowledge
Chapter 58: The Industrial Revolution

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