H. G. Wells' Short History of The World
The Beginnings of Life, The Age of Mammals, The Neanderthal and the Rhodesian Man, Primitive ThoughtBy H. G. Wells
Length12h 6m
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A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book is summarising the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.
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Publish dateDec 22, 2023
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Table of contents
1H. G. Wells' Short History of The World
36XXXV. THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
2I. THE WORLD IN SPACE
37XXXVI. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
3II. THE WORLD IN TIME
38XXXVII. THE TEACHING OF JESUS
4III. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
39XXXVIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY
5IV. THE AGE OF FISHES
40XXXIX. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST
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6V. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS
41XL. THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
7VI. THE AGE OF REPTILES
42XLI. THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES
8VII. THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS
43XLII. THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA
9VIII. THE AGE OF MAMMALS
44XLIII. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM
10IX. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN
45XLIV. THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS
11X. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN
46XLV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM
12XI. THE FIRST TRUE MEN
47XLVI. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION
13XII. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT
48XLVII. RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM
14XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION
49XLVIII. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
15XIV. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS
50XLIX. THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
16XV. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING
51L. THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH
17XVI. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES
52LI. THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
18XVII. THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES
53LII. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE
19XVIII. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA
54LIII. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS
20XIX. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS
55LIV. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
21XX. THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I
56LV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE
22XXI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS
57LVI. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
23XXII. PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA
58LVII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
24XXIII. THE GREEKS
59LVIII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
25XXIV. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS
60LIX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS
26XXV. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE
61LX. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES
27XXVI. THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
62LXI. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE
28XXVII. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA
63LXII. THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY
29XXVIII. THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA
64LXIII. EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPAN
30XXIX. KING ASOKA
65LXIV. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914
31XXX. CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE
66LXV. THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18
32XXXI. ROME COMES INTO HISTORY
67LXVI. THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA
33XXXII. ROME AND CARTHAGE
68LXVII. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD
34XXXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
69CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
35XXXIV. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA
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