A Short History of the WorldAtlantic Publishers & Dist, 1996 - 330 من الصفحات The Book A Short History Of The World Is Written In A Simple And Straightforward Style And Can Be Read Almost As A Novel Is Read. It Provides An Excellent Introduction For The Students Before They Embark Upon A Study Of The Detailed History Of The World. From It The Reader Is Able Is To Get That General View Of History Which Is So Necessary A Framework For The Study Of A Particular Period Or The History Of A Particular Country.In The Book H.G. Wells Takes The Reader In Easy Stages From The Origin Of The Earth To The Outcome Of The First World War. The Book Combines Admirable Skill In The Compression Of Material And Extraction Of What Matters, With A Sense Of Moral Purpose And Is Evidence Of The Creative Genius Of Wells.Wells Departs From The Traditional Historical Approach By Paying Greater Attention To Developments In Science And Culture Than To Royalties And Religion. |
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Preface | 3 |
THE WORLD IN SPACE | 5 |
THE WORLD IN TIME | 7 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE | 9 |
THE AGE OF FISHES | 12 |
THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS | 15 |
THE AGE OF REPTILES | 18 |
THE BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS | 21 |
ROME AND CARTHAGE | 116 |
THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 120 |
BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA | 129 |
THE COMMON MANS LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE | 133 |
RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 138 |
THE TEACHING OF JESUS | 143 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL | 148 |
CHRISTIANITY | 149 |
THE AGE OF MAMMALS | 25 |
MONKEYS APES AND SUBMEN | 28 |
THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN | 31 |
THE FIRST TRUE MEN | 36 |
PRIMITIVE THOUGHT | 39 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION | 43 |
PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS | 46 |
SUMERIA EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING | 51 |
PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES | 55 |
THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES | 58 |
EGYPT BABYLON AND ASSYRIA | 62 |
THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS | 67 |
THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I | 70 |
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS | 75 |
PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA | 80 |
THE GREEKS | 84 |
THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS | 88 |
THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE | 91 |
THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT | 94 |
THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA | 97 |
THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA ΙΟΙ | 101 |
KING ASOKA | 106 |
CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE | 107 |
ROME COMES INTO HISTORY | 112 |
THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST | 151 |
THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE | 156 |
THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID | 160 |
EMPIRES | 161 |
THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG | 164 |
CHINA | 165 |
MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM | 166 |
THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS | 169 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN PAPAL CHRISTENDOM | 174 |
THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION | 182 |
RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM | 189 |
THE MONGOL CONQUESTS | 196 |
THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF | 202 |
CHURCH | 209 |
THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS | 220 |
THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS | 229 |
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND | 240 |
THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT | 246 |
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | 258 |
THE RISE OF GERMANY | 279 |
EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA | 287 |
THE NEW ORDER IN RUSSIA | 298 |
THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL | 304 |
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