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
2LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
3BOOK I THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD
4I THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME
5II THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS
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6III NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES
7IV THE INVASION OF THE DRY LAND BY LIFE
8V CHANGES IN THE WORLD’S CLIMATE
9VI THE AGE OF REPTILES
10VII THE AGE OF MAMMALS
11BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN
12VIII THE ANCESTRY OF MAN[20]
13IX THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE (The Early Palæolithic Age[29])
14X THE LATER POSTGLACIAL PALÆOLITHIC MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN (Later Palæolithic Age)
15XI NEOLITHIC MAN IN EUROPE[45]
16XII EARLY THOUGHT[62]
17XIII THE RACES OF MANKIND
18XIV THE LANGUAGES OF MANKIND
19BOOK III THE DAWN OF HISTORY
20XV THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
21XVI THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
22XVII SEA PEOPLES AND TRADING PEOPLES
23XVIII WRITING
24XIX GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS
25XX SERFS, SLAVES, SOCIAL CLASSES, AND FREE INDIVIDUALS
26BOOK IV JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
27XXI THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS[157]
28XXII THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS[169]
29XXIII GREEK THOUGHT AND LITERATURE[182]
30XXIV THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT[195]
31XXV SCIENCE AND RELIGION AT ALEXANDRIA[203]
32XXVI THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM[211]
33BOOK V THE RISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
34XXVII THE TWO WESTERN REPUBLICS[224]
35XXVIII FROM TIBERIUS GRACCHUS TO THE GOD EMPEROR IN ROME
36XXIX THE CÆSARS BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD[256]
37BOOK VI CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
38XXX THE BEGINNINGS, THE RISE, AND THE DIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANITY
39XXXI SEVEN CENTURIES IN ASIA (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)
40BOOK VI (Continued) CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM (Continued)
41XXXII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM[319]
42XXXIII CHRISTENDOM AND THE CRUSADES
43BOOK VII THE MONGOL EMPIRES OF THE LAND WAYS AND THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE SEA WAYS
44XXXIV THE GREAT EMPIRE OF JENGIS KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS (The Age of the Land Ways)
45XXXV THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION[371] (Land Ways Give Place to Sea Ways) (pt. 1)
46XXXV THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION[371] (Land Ways Give Place to Sea Ways) (pt. 2)
47BOOK VIII THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS
48XXXVI PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS
49XXXVII THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE (pt. 1)
50XXXVII THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE (pt. 2)
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