A Short History of the World

by Wells, H. G.

• ISBN13: 9781585092116
• ISBN10: 1585092118
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Book Tree

Summary

Wells had an intense curiosity and used it to investigate and share the entire history of the world in a condensed form. The great science fiction writer who wrote The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man, was fascinated with the real world just as much as his imaginary ones. This book is a testament to his genius and immense knowledge involving the key events of humanity throughout our history. He allows us to witness how we learned, grew, and reached deeper understandings throughout our physical, intellectual, and spiritual evolution. He also reveals that we are still in our infancy and have only just begun an immense and important journey. He shows that we are moving toward new ways of understanding, growth, and wisdom.

Table of Contents

The World in Space	9	(2)
The World in Time	11	(2)
The Beginnings of Life	13	(2)
The Age of Fishes	15	(3)
The Age of the Coal Swamps	18	(3)
The Age of Reptiles	21	(3)
The First Birds and the First Mammals	24	(3)
The Age of Mammals	27	(3)
Monkeys, Apes, and Sub-Men	30	(3)
The Neanderthaler and the Rhodesian Man	33	(5)
The First True Men	38	(3)
Primitive Thought	41	(3)
The Beginnings of Cultivation	44	(4)
Primitive Neolithic Civilisations	48	(5)
Sumeria, Early Egypt and Writing	53	(3)
Primitive Nomadic Peoples	56	(3)
The First Sea-Going Peoples	59	(4)
Egypt, Babylon and Assyria	63	(4)
The Primitive Aryans	67	(4)
The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I	71	(4)
The Early History of the Jews	75	(5)
Priests and Prophets in Judea	80	(3)
The Greeks	83	(4)
The Wars of the Greeks and Persians	87	(3)
The Splendour of Greece	90	(3)
The Empire of Alexander the Great	93	(3)
The Museum and Library at Alexandria	96	(4)
The Life of Gautama Buddha	100	(4)
King Asoka	104	(1)
Confucius and Lao Tse	105	(4)
Rome comes into History	109	(4)
Rome and Carthage	113	(4)
The Growth of the Roman Empire	117	(9)
Between Rome and China	126	(3)
The Common Man's Life under the Early Roman Empire	129	(5)
Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire	134	(5)
The Teaching of Jesus	139	(5)
The Development of Doctrinal Christianity	144	(3)
The Barbarians Break the Empire into East and West	147	(4)
The Huns and the End of the Western Empire	151	(4)
The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires	155	(4)
The Dynasties of Suy and Tang in China	159	(2)
Muhammad and Islam	161	(3)
The Great Days of the Arabs	164	(4)
The Development of Latin Christendom	168	(8)
The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion	176	(7)
Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism	183	(7)
The Mongol Conquests	190	(5)
The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans	195	(7)
The Reformation of the Latin Church	202	(3)
The Emperor Charles V	205	(7)
The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republicanism in Europe	212	(9)
The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas	221	(5)
The American War of Independence	226	(4)
The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France	230	(7)
The Uneasy Peace in Europe that followed the Fall of Napoleon	237	(4)
The Development of Material Knowledge	241	(7)
The Industrial Revolution	248	(3)
The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas	251	(9)
The Expansion of the United States	260	(7)
The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe	267	(2)
The New Overseas Empires of Steamship and Railway	269	(5)
European Aggression in Asia and the Rise of Japan	274	(4)
The British Empire in 1914	278	(2)
The Age of Armament in Europe and the Great War of 1914-18	280	(5)
The New Order in Russia	285	(7)
The League of Nations	292	(4)
The Failure of the League of Nations	296	(11)
The Crisis of Human Adaptation	307	(4)
Chronological Table	311