A Short History of the World

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Author

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Credits

Donald F. Behan

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35461

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35461

Release Date

March 2, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD — By H. G. WELLS — New York THE MACMILLAN & COMPANY 1922
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
5. 5.I THE WORLD IN SPACE
6. 6.II THE WORLD IN TIME
7. 7.III THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
8. 8.IV THE AGE OF FISHES
9. 9.V THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS
10. 10.VI THE AGE OF REPTILES
11. 11.VII THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS
12. 12.VIII THE AGE OF MAMMALS
13. 13.IX MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN
14. 14.X THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN
15. 15.XI THE FIRST TRUE MEN
16. 16.XII PRIMITIVE THOUGHT
17. 17.XIII THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION
18. 18.XIV PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS
19. 19.XV SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING
20. 20.XVI PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES
21. 21.XVII THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES
22. 22.XVIII EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA
23. 23.XIX THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS
24. 24.XX THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I
25. 25.XXI THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS
26. 26.XXII PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA
27. 27.XXIII THE GREEKS
28. 28.XXIV THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS
29. 29.XXV THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE
30. 30.XXVI THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
31. 31.XXVII THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA
32. 32.XXVIII THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA
33. 33.XXIX KING ASOKA
34. 34.XXX CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE
35. 35.XXXI ROME COMES INTO HISTORY
36. 36.XXXII ROME AND CARTHAGE
37. 37.XXXIII THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
38. 38.XXXIV BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA
39. 39.XXXV THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
40. 40.XXXVI RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
41. 41.XXXVII THE TEACHING OF JESUS
42. 42.XXXVIII THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY
43. 43.XXXIX THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST
44. 44.XL THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
45. 45.XLI THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES
46. 46.XLII THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA
47. 47.XLIII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM
48. 48.XLIV THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS
49. 49.XLV THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM
50. 50.XLVI THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION
51. 51.XLVII RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM
52. 52.XLVIII THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
53. 53.XLIX THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
54. 54.L THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH
55. 55.LI THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
56. 56.LII THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE
57. 57.LIII THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS
58. 58.LIV THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
59. 59.LV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE
60. 60.LVI THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
61. 61.LVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
62. 62.LVIII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
63. 63.LIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS
64. 64.LX THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES
65. 65.LXI THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE
66. 66.LXII THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY
67. 67.LXIII EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPAN
68. 68.LXIV THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914
69. 69.LXV THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18
70. 70.LXVI THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA
71. 71.LXVII THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE — INDEX

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