Days Before history (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Illustrated EditionBy Henry Hall
Length3h 42m
About this audiobook
Days Before History is a lucid introduction to the prehistoric world: the long human past before written records, reconstructed through tools, bones, burial sites, cave art, and early settlements. Written in an expository yet imaginative style, the book belongs to the early twentieth-century tradition of popular archaeology, translating specialist discoveries about the Stone Age, the rise of agriculture, and the beginnings of social life into an accessible narrative of human development. Henry Hall writes from within the intellectual atmosphere that made archaeology a modern historical discipline. His interest in material evidence, ancient cultures, and the deep antiquity of humankind reflects a period when scholars were newly synthesizing geology, anthropology, and excavation reports into broad accounts of civilization's origins. Such a background helps explain the book's confidence in artifacts as witnesses to lives otherwise lost to silence. Readers interested in prehistory, archaeology, or the foundations of human culture will find Days Before History both instructive and evocative. Though shaped by its era, it remains valuable as a thoughtful account of how scholars first made the unwritten past intelligible to general readers.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length3 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 24, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Discovering the Past: 14 History Books Adapted for Children
18Chapter the Sixteenth
2Preface
19Chapter the Seventeenth
3Chapter the First
20Chapter the Eighteenth
4Chapter the Second
21Chapter the Nineteenth
5Chapter the Third
22Chapter the Twentieth
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6Chapter the Fourth
23Chapter the Twenty-first
7Chapter the Fifth
24Chapter the Twenty-second
8Chapter the Sixth
25Chapter the Twenty-third
9Chapter the Seventh
26Chapter the Twenty-fourth
10Chapter the Eighth
27Chapter the Twenty-fifth
11Chapter the Ninth
28Chapter the Twenty-sixth
12Chapter the Tenth
29Chapter the Twenty-seventh
13Chapter the Eleventh
30Chapter the Twenty-eighth
14Chapter the Twelfth
31Chapter the Twenty-ninth
15Chapter the Thirteenth
32Chapter the Thirtieth
16Chapter the Fourteenth
33Chapter the Thirty-first
17Chapter the Fifteenth
34Memorable Quotes
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