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The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindH. G. Wells

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind

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Original author: H. G. Wells

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"The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind" by H. G. Wells is a historical work published in 1920. This ambitious chronicle traces human civilization from Earth's origins to the First World War, exploring humanity's quest for common purpose and the development of free intelligence. Wells examines the cyclical conflicts between nomadic cultures and settled civilizations, rejecting theories of racial superiority while mapping how knowledge and democratic movements shaped society. The work sold over two million copies and profoundly influenced history education worldwide.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, by H. G. Wells. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #45368.

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88 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction2,020 words
  2. 2.Chapter VI: The Age of Reptiles34 words
  3. 3.Chapter VII: The Age of Mammals40 words
  4. 4.Chapter VIII: The Ancestry of Man34 words
  5. 5.Chapter X: The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First42 words
  6. 6.Chapter XI: Neolithic Man in Europe39 words
  7. 7.Chapter XII: Early Thought35 words
  8. 8.Chapter XIII: The Races of Mankind41 words
  9. 9.Chapter XIV: The Languages of Mankind79 words
  10. 10.Chapter XVI: The First Civilizations69 words
  11. 11.Chapter XVII: Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples30 words
  12. 12.Chapter XIX: Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings54 words
  13. 13.Chapter XX: Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals58 words
  14. 14.Chapter XXII: The Greeks and the Persians65 words
  15. 15.Chapter XXIII: Greek Thought and Literature52 words
  16. 16.Chapter XXIV: The Career of Alexander the Great52 words
  17. 17.Chapter XXVI: The Rise and Spread of Buddhism53 words
  18. 18.Chapter XXVII: The Two Western Republics71 words
  19. 19.Chapter XXVIII: From Tiberius Gracchus to the God Emperor56 words
  20. 20.Chapter XXIX: The Cæsars Between the Sea and the Great53 words
  21. 21.Chapter XXX: The Beginnings, the Rise, and the Divisions75 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXXI: Seven Centuries in Asia (circa 50 B.c. to A.d. 650)616 words
  23. 23.Book I: The Making of Our World (1)8,851 words
  24. 24.Book I: The Making of Our World (2)7,423 words
  25. 25.Book II: The Making of Men (1)8,698 words
  26. 26.Book II: The Making of Men (2)8,903 words
  27. 27.Book II: The Making of Men (3)8,761 words
  28. 28.Book II: The Making of Men (4)1,005 words
  29. 29.Book III: The Dawn of History (1)8,851 words
  30. 30.Book III: The Dawn of History (2)8,807 words
  31. 31.Book III: The Dawn of History (3)8,900 words
  32. 32.Book III: The Dawn of History (4)7,029 words
  33. 33.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (1)8,877 words
  34. 34.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (2)8,803 words
  35. 35.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (3)8,782 words
  36. 36.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (4)8,826 words
  37. 37.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (5)8,884 words
  38. 38.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (6)8,800 words
  39. 39.Book IV: Judea, Greece, and India (7)372 words
  40. 40.Book V: The Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (1)8,709 words
  41. 41.Book V: The Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (2)8,817 words
  42. 42.Book V: The Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (3)8,660 words
  43. 43.Book V: The Rise and Collapse of the Roman Empire (4)8,452 words
  44. 44.Chapter XV: , and that, in spite of their profound racial and linguistic4,423 words
  1. 45.Book VI: Christianity and Islam (1)8,792 words
  2. 46.Book VI: Christianity and Islam (2)8,929 words
  3. 47.Book VI: Christianity and Islam (3)8,926 words
  4. 48.Book VI: Christianity and Islam (4)964 words
  5. 49.Chapter XXXII: Muhammad and Arab Islam60 words
  6. 50.Chapter XXXIII: Christendom and the Crusades122 words
  7. 51.Chapter XXXIV: The Great Empire of Jengis Khan and His87 words
  8. 52.Chapter XXXV: The Renascence of Western Civilization106 words
  9. 53.Chapter XXXVI: Princes, Parliaments, and Powers93 words
  10. 54.Chapter XXXVII: The New Democratic Republics of America101 words
  11. 55.Chapter XXXVIII: The Career of Napoleon Bonaparte47 words
  12. 56.Chapter XXXIX: The Realities and Imagination of the Nineteenth115 words
  13. 57.Chapter XL: The International Catastrophe of 1914 and the156 words
  14. 58.Chapter XLI: Man’s Coming of Age. the Probable Struggle438 words
  15. 59.Book VI: (Continued) (1)8,829 words
  16. 60.Book VI: (Continued) (2)8,723 words
  17. 61.Book VI: (Continued) (3)8,787 words
  18. 62.Book VI: (Continued) (4)7,709 words
  19. 63.Book VII (1)8,927 words
  20. 64.Book VII (2)8,771 words
  21. 65.Book VII (3)8,926 words
  22. 66.Book VII (4)7,841 words
  23. 67.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (1)8,776 words
  24. 68.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (2)8,824 words
  25. 69.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (3)8,787 words
  26. 70.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (4)8,833 words
  27. 71.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (5)8,918 words
  28. 72.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (6)8,883 words
  29. 73.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (7)8,741 words
  30. 74.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (8)8,882 words
  31. 75.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (9)8,803 words
  32. 76.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (10)8,856 words
  33. 77.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (11)8,670 words
  34. 78.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (12)8,757 words
  35. 79.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (13)8,923 words
  36. 80.Book VIII: The Age of the Great Powers (14)6,010 words
  37. 81.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (1)8,562 words
  38. 82.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (2)7,574 words
  39. 83.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (3)7,444 words
  40. 84.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (4)7,434 words
  41. 85.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (5)8,041 words
  42. 86.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (6)8,782 words
  43. 87.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (7)8,560 words
  44. 88.Book IX: The Next Stage in History (8)3,512 words