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The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
By H. G. Wells
Length48h 36m
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Having coined the phrase "the war that will end war," H. G. Wells was disillusioned by the World War I peace settlement. Convinced that humanity needed to awaken to the instability of the world order and remember lessons from the past, the author of numerous science fiction classics set out to write about history. Wells hoped to remind mankind of its common past, provide it with a basis for international patriotism, and guide it to renounce war. The work became immensely popular, earning him world renown and solidifying his reputation as one of the most influential voices of his time. Topics range from the world before man and the first living things to civilizations, religions, wars, and everything in between. Wells truly covers the whole of human history.
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GenreHistory
Length48 hrs 36 mins
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Publish dateApr 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
31XXV SCIENCE AND RELIGION AT ALEXANDRIA[203]
2LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
32XXVI THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM[211]
3BOOK I THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD
33BOOK V THE RISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
4I THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME
34XXVII THE TWO WESTERN REPUBLICS[224]
5II THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS
35XXVIII FROM TIBERIUS GRACCHUS TO THE GOD EMPEROR IN ROME
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6III NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES
36XXIX THE CÆSARS BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD[256]
7IV THE INVASION OF THE DRY LAND BY LIFE
37BOOK VI CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
8V CHANGES IN THE WORLD’S CLIMATE
38XXX THE BEGINNINGS, THE RISE, AND THE DIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANITY
9VI THE AGE OF REPTILES
39XXXI SEVEN CENTURIES IN ASIA (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)
10VII THE AGE OF MAMMALS
40BOOK VI (Continued) CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM (Continued)
11BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN
41XXXII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM[319]
12VIII THE ANCESTRY OF MAN[20]
42XXXIII CHRISTENDOM AND THE CRUSADES
13IX THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE (The Early Palæolithic Age[29])
43BOOK VII THE MONGOL EMPIRES OF THE LAND WAYS AND THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE SEA WAYS
14X THE LATER POSTGLACIAL PALÆOLITHIC MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN (Later Palæolithic Age)
44XXXIV THE GREAT EMPIRE OF JENGIS KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS (The Age of the Land Ways)
15XI NEOLITHIC MAN IN EUROPE[45]
45XXXV THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION[371] (Land Ways Give Place to Sea Ways) (pt. 1)
16XII EARLY THOUGHT[62]
46XXXV THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION[371] (Land Ways Give Place to Sea Ways) (pt. 2)
17XIII THE RACES OF MANKIND
47BOOK VIII THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS
18XIV THE LANGUAGES OF MANKIND
48XXXVI PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS
19BOOK III THE DAWN OF HISTORY
49XXXVII THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE (pt. 1)
20XV THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
50XXXVII THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE (pt. 2)
21XVI THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
51XXXVIII THE CAREER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[448]
22XVII SEA PEOPLES AND TRADING PEOPLES
52XXXIX THE REALITIES AND IMAGINATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[457] (pt. 1)
23XVIII WRITING
53XXXIX THE REALITIES AND IMAGINATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[457] (pt. 2)
24XIX GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS
54XL THE INTERNATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF 1914[489] (pt. 1)
25XX SERFS, SLAVES, SOCIAL CLASSES, AND FREE INDIVIDUALS
55XL THE INTERNATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF 1914[489] (pt. 2)
26BOOK IV JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
56BOOK IX THE NEXT STAGE IN HISTORY: XLI THE POSSIBLE UNIFICATION OF THE WORLD INTO ONE COMMUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND WILL
27XXI THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS[157]
57TIME CHARTS AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
28XXII THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS[169]
58CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
29XXIII GREEK THOUGHT AND LITERATURE[182]
59FOOTNOTES: (pt. 1)
30XXIV THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT[195]
60FOOTNOTES: (pt. 2)
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