Short History of the World
H. G. Wells
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Length 13 h 52 min
Chapters 68
First published 1922
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book summarises 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. In 1934 Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilisation. - Summary adopted from Wikipedia
Chapters
1
The World in Space Read by Kristine Bekere 6:11
2
The World in Time Read by Kristine Bekere 6:14
3
The Beginnings of Life Read by Kristine Bekere 6:12
4
The Age of Fishes Read by Kristine Bekere 9:07
5
The Age of the Coal Swamps Read by Kristine Bekere 9:39
6
The Age of Reptiles Read by Kristine Bekere 8:59
7
The First Birds and the First Mammals Read by Kristine Bekere 10:08
8
The Age of Mammals Read by Kristine Bekere 9:17
9
Monkeys, Apes and Sub-Men Read by Kristine Bekere 9:13
10
The Neanderthaler And the Rhodesian Man Read by Kristine Bekere 9:11
11
The First True Men Read by Kristine Bekere 9:51
12
Primitive Thought Read by Kristine Bekere 10:18
13
The Beginnings of Cultivation Read by Kristine Bekere 10:21
14
Primitive Neolithic Civilizations Read by Kristine Bekere 10:56
15
Sumeria, Early Egypt And Writing Read by Kristine Bekere 10:01
16
Primitive Nomadic Peoples Read by Kristine Bekere 9:21
17
The First Sea-Going Peoples Read by Kristine Bekere 11:07
18
Egypt, Babylon And Assyria Read by Kristine Bekere 14:50
19
The Primitive Aryans Read by Kristine Bekere 10:37
20
The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I Read by Kristine Bekere 9:11
21
The Early History of the Jews Read by Kristine Bekere 12:08
22
Priests and Prophets in Judea Read by Kristine Bekere 9:58
23
The Greeks Read by Kristine Bekere 12:24
24
The Wars of the Greeks and Persians Read by Kristine Bekere 9:24
25
The Splendour of Greece Read by Kristine Bekere 8:16
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The Empire of Alexander the Great Read by Kristine Bekere 9:47
27
The Museum and Library at Alexandria Read by Kristine Bekere 12:16
28
The Life of Gautama Buddha Read by Kristine Bekere 12:15
29
King Asoka Read by Kristine Bekere 4:45
30
Confucius and Lao Tse Read by Kristine Bekere 12:10
31
Rome Comes into History Read by Kristine Bekere 11:53
32
Rome and Carthage Read by Kristine Bekere 9:39
33
The Growth of the Roman Empire Read by Kristine Bekere 25:10
34
Between Rome and China Read by Kristine Bekere 10:30
35
The Common Man’s Life Under the Early Roman Empire Read by Kristine Bekere 13:56
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Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire Read by Kristine Bekere 14:39
37
The Teaching of Jesus Read by Kristine Bekere 13:42
38
The Development of Doctrinal Christianity Read by Kristine Bekere 8:35
39
The Barbarians Break the Empire into East and West Read by Kristine Bekere 10:24
40
The Huns and the End of the Western Empire Read by Kristine Bekere 12:38
41
The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires Read by Kristine Bekere 10:05
42
The Dynasties of Suy And Tang in China Read by Kristine Bekere 4:46
43
Muhammad and Islam Read by Kristine Bekere 8:14
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The Great Days of the Arabs Read by Kristine Bekere 8:02
45
The Development of Latin Christendom Read by Kristine Bekere 17:38
46
The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion Read by Kristine Bekere 20:38
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Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism Read by Kristine Bekere 20:32
48
The Mongol Conquests Read by Kristine Bekere 10:57
49
The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans Read by Kristine Bekere 21:06
50
The Reformation of the Latin Church Read by Kristine Bekere 9:11
51
The Emperor Charles V Read by Kristine Bekere 20:03
52
The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republicanism in Europe Read by Kristine Bekere 24:41
53
The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas Read by Kristine Bekere 11:23
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The American War of Independence Read by Kristine Bekere 12:04
55
The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France Read by Kristine Bekere 18:22
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The Uneasy Peace in Europe that Followed the Fall of Napoleon Read by Kristine Bekere 10:11
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The Development of Material Knowledge Read by Kristine Bekere 20:57
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The Industrial Revolution Read by Kristine Bekere 10:25
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The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas Read by Kristine Bekere 27:47
60
The Expansion of the United States Read by Kristine Bekere 18:37
61
The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe Read by Kristine Bekere 4:14
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The New Overseas Empires of the Steamship and Railway Read by Kristine Bekere 13:22
63
European Aggression in Asia, and the Rise of Japan Read by Kristine Bekere 11:58
64
The British Empire in 1914 Read by Kristine Bekere 4:58
65
The Age of Armament in Europe, and the Great War of 1914-18 Read by Kristine Bekere 10:43
66
The Revolution and Famine in Russia Read by Kristine Bekere 11:28
67
The Political and Social Reconstruction of the World Read by Kristine Bekere 14:37
68
Chronological table Read by Kristine Bekere 29:36
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