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A Short History of the WorldH. G. Wells

A Short History of the World

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Original author: H. G. Wells

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"A Short History of the World" by H. G. Wells is a historical account published in 1922. Drawing from his fuller work "The Outline of History," Wells condenses humanity's grand adventure for busy readers. The book traces Earth's origins through the development of life, early civilizations, and human thought, concluding with World War I and the League of Nations. Albert Einstein later recommended it as essential reading for understanding civilization's progress.

A Short History of the World, by H. G. Wells. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #35461.

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75 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,420 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The World in Space814 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The World in Time962 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The Beginnings of Life950 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: The Age of Fishes1,235 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Age of the Coal Swamps1,283 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The Age of Reptiles1,183 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The First Birds and the First Mammals1,310 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Age of Mammals1,153 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Monkeys, Apes and Sub-Men1,247 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Neanderthaler and the Rhodesian Man1,230 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: The First True Men1,381 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Primitive Thought1,404 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: The Beginnings of Cultivation1,397 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Primitive Neolithic Civilizations1,402 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: Sumeria, Early Egypt and Writing1,360 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: Primitive Nomadic Peoples1,265 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: The First Seagoing Peoples1,429 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: Egypt, Babylon and Assyria1,918 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: The Primitive Aryans1,358 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I1,159 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: The Early History of the Jews1,575 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Priests and Prophets in Judea1,301 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: The Greeks1,589 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: The Wars of the Greeks and Persians1,184 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: The Splendour of Greece1,081 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: The Empire of Alexander the Great1,219 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: The Museum and Library at Alexandria1,562 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: The Life of Gautama Buddha1,679 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXIX: King Asoka656 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXX: Confucius and Lao Tse1,602 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXXI: Rome Comes Into History1,574 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXXII: Rome and Carthage1,225 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXXIII: The Growth of the Roman Empire3,342 words
  35. 35.Chapter XXXIV: Between Rome and China1,456 words
  36. 36.Chapter XXXV: The Common Man’s Life Under the Early Roman Empire1,901 words
  37. 37.Chapter XXXVI: Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire1,904 words
  38. 38.Chapter XXXVII: The Teaching of Jesus2,023 words
  1. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: The Development of Doctrinal Christianity1,138 words
  2. 40.Chapter XXXIX: The Barbarians Break the Empire Into East and West1,380 words
  3. 41.Chapter XL: The Huns and the End of the Western Empire1,579 words
  4. 42.Chapter XLI: The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires1,353 words
  5. 43.Chapter XLII: The Dynasties of Suy and Tang in China630 words
  6. 44.Chapter XLIII: Muhammad and Islam1,097 words
  7. 45.Chapter XLIV: The Great Days of the Arabs995 words
  8. 46.Chapter XLV: The Development of Latin Christendom2,466 words
  9. 47.Chapter XLVI: The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion2,827 words
  10. 48.Chapter XLVII: Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism2,779 words
  11. 49.Chapter XLVIII: The Mongol Conquests1,388 words
  12. 50.Chapter XLIX: The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans2,827 words
  13. 51.Chapter L: The Reformation of the Latin Church1,213 words
  14. 52.Chapter LI: The Emperor Charles V2,738 words
  15. 53.Chapter LII3,125 words
  16. 54.Chapter LIII: The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas1,509 words
  17. 55.Chapter LIV: The American War of Independence1,550 words
  18. 56.Chapter LV: The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France2,435 words
  19. 57.Chapter LVI: The Uneasy Peace in Europe That Followed the Fall of Napoleon1,268 words
  20. 58.Chapter LVII: The Development of Material Knowledge2,836 words
  21. 59.Chapter LVIII: The Industrial Revolution1,369 words
  22. 60.Chapter LIX: The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas3,582 words
  23. 61.Chapter LX: The Expansion of the United States2,468 words
  24. 62.Chapter LXI: The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe461 words
  25. 63.Chapter LXII: The New Overseas Empires of Steamship and Railway1,761 words
  26. 64.Chapter LXIII: European Aggression in Asia and the Rise of Japan1,548 words
  27. 65.Chapter LXIV: The British Empire in 1914620 words
  28. 66.Chapter LXV: The Age of Armament in Europe, and the Great War of 1914-181,466 words
  29. 67.Chapter LXVI: The Revolution and Famine in Russia1,534 words
  30. 68.Chapter LXVII: The Political and Social Reconstruction of the World5,172 words
  31. 69.Chapter C: Cabul, 148555 words
  32. 70.Chapter D: Dacia, 195, 200, 203, 227, 2361,124 words
  33. 71.Chapter I: Iberians, 71, 92428 words
  34. 72.Chapter L: Labyrinth, Cretan, 127228 words
  35. 73.Chapter M: Macao, 3292,288 words
  36. 74.Chapter V: Valens, Emperor, 229240 words
  37. 75.Chapter X: Xavier, Francis, 40045 words