A Short History Of The World

Author : H.G. Wells
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171566170

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A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells Pdf

The Book A Short History Of The World Is Written In A Simple And Straightforward Style And Can Be Read Almost As A Novel Is Read. It Provides An Excellent Introduction For The Students Before They Embark Upon A Study Of The Detailed History Of The World. From It The Reader Is Able Is To Get That General View Of History Which Is So Necessary A Framework For The Study Of A Particular Period Or The History Of A Particular Country.In The Book H.G. Wells Takes The Reader In Easy Stages From The Origin Of The Earth To The Outcome Of The First World War. The Book Combines Admirable Skill In The Compression Of Material And Extraction Of What Matters, With A Sense Of Moral Purpose And Is Evidence Of The Creative Genius Of Wells.Wells Departs From The Traditional Historical Approach By Paying Greater Attention To Developments In Science And Culture Than To Royalties And Religion.

Author : Geoffrey Blainey
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461709862

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A Short History of the World by Geoffrey Blainey Pdf

A superb history of the world's people during the last four million years, beginning before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents. Mr. Blainey explores the development of technology and skills, the rise of major religions, and the role of geography, considering both the larger patterns and the individual nature of history. A delightful read, gracefully written, and full of odd and interesting pieces of information as well as thoughtful comparisons that span both time and space. —William L. O'Neill

Author : John Morris Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : World history
ISBN : 9780195115048

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Chronologically discusses the events of history beginning with the evolution of man and ending with the restructuring of Western Europe in 1993.

Author : E. H. Gombrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300213973

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A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich Pdf

E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789356843288

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A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells Pdf

A Short History of the World is written by English author H. G. Wells. This book, first published in 1922, is an account of human history. The author’s intention was to make it a book which can help readers understand the great adventure of mankind. Significance of this book can be ascertained by the fact that, in 1934, Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilization. The later editions of the book were published with updated accounts of world events. The scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life has been comprehensibly summarized in the book. Starting with its origins, it goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth and the development of humankind. A Short History of the World ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.

Author : Nicholas K. Rauh,Heidi E. Kraus
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442603875

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A Short History of the Ancient World by Nicholas K. Rauh,Heidi E. Kraus Pdf

A Short History of the Ancient World begins with the Bronze Age and ends with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Rather than restricting his analysis to the Greek and Roman experience, Rauh introduces students to ancient Africa, Israel, Egypt, Iran, China, and the Indian subcontinent. To aid students on their journey into the ancient world, Rauh has provided key terms and definitions, "What Have We Learned" review points, and an engaging art program that includes 51 images within the "Art in Focus" and "Materials and Techniques" features. Informative maps, chronologies, and tables also give students a closer look into the rise and fall of these great civilizations. Learning extends beyond the book with UTP's History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com) which includes relevant essay and multiple choice questions. With A Short History of the Ancient World, Rauh has crafted a comprehensive exploration of humanity's most fascinating early civilizations.

Author : Ruth Brocklehurst,Ruth Brook H. Brocklehurst
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1409550222

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Short History of the World by Ruth Brocklehurst,Ruth Brook H. Brocklehurst Pdf

Friends, Romans, citizens of the world - do you want to take a fast-paced trip through time? All of human history is here, from hunter-gatherers in the Ice Age to technological innovators in modern times. With bitesize narrative accounts, lively illustrations, timelines, maps and links to specially selected websites to bring history alive.

Author : Ronald Wright
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 9780887847066

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A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright Pdf

Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems, especially earth, air, and water — the very elements of life. The most urgent questions of the twenty-first century are: where will this growth lead? can it be consolidated or sustained? and what kind of world is our present bequeathing to our future?In his #1 bestseller A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright argues that our modern predicament is as old as civilization, a 10,000-year experiment we have participated in but seldom controlled. Only by understanding the patterns of triumph and disaster that humanity has repeated around the world since the Stone Age can we recognize the experiment's inherent dangers, and, with luck and wisdom, shape its outcome.

Author : James L. Stokesbury
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061854446

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A Short History of World War II by James L. Stokesbury Pdf

A Short History of World War II is essentially a military history, but it reaches from the peace settlements of World War I to the drastically altered postwar world of the late 1940's. Lucidly written and eminently readable, it is factual and accurate enough to satisfy professional historians. A Short History of World War II will appeal equally to the general reader, the veteran who fought in the War, and the student interested in understanding the contemporary political world.

Author : Ruth Brocklehurst,Henry Brook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : World history
ISBN : 079454018X

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A Short History of the World by Ruth Brocklehurst,Henry Brook Pdf

From hunter-gatherers in the Ice Age to technological innovators in modern times, this book provides a short introduction to the world's history. Lively text introduces historical concepts such as civilisation, empires, revolutions, religion and democracy, while bite-size narrative accounts describe the people and events that have shaped our world.

Author : Christopher Lascelles
Publisher : Crux Publishing Limited
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : World history
ISBN : 1909979228

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A Short History of the World by Christopher Lascelles Pdf

A rapid journey through history from the Big Bang through to the 21st century.

Author : Henry Gee
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781250276667

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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee Pdf

The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year "[A]n exuberant romp through evolution, like a modern-day Willy Wonka of genetic space. Gee’s grand tour enthusiastically details the narrative underlying life’s erratic and often whimsical exploration of biological form and function.” —Adrian Woolfson, The Washington Post In the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Simon Winchester—An entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story. In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place—in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor. Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them became different from the raging maelstrom beyond. These havens of order slowly refined the generation of energy, using it to form membrane-bound bubbles that were mostly-faithful copies of their parents—a foamy lather of soap-bubble cells standing as tiny clenched fists, defiant against the lifeless world. Life on this planet has continued in much the same way for millennia, adapting to literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter and thriving, from these humblest beginnings to the thrilling and unlikely story of ourselves. In A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee zips through the last 4.6 billion years with infectious enthusiasm and intellectual rigor. Drawing on the very latest scientific understanding and writing in a clear, accessible style, he tells an enlightening tale of survival and persistence that illuminates the delicate balance within which life has always existed.

Author : Alex Woolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1848589409

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"With over 350 illustrations, timelines and box features, A Short History of the World is a comprehensive and entertaining look at the ways in which man has spent his time on earth. Find out how the great Egyptian dynasties crumbled, how medieval Europe fell prey to the Black Death, how Enlightenment thinkers changed the course of history, and much more." -- Dust jacket.

Author : Jacob F. Field
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789291988

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A Short History of the World in 50 Places by Jacob F. Field Pdf

Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known places in the world. From the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where remains of some of our earliest tool-using ancestors were found, to the CERN laboratory, where revolutionary technologies such as the World Wide Web were developed, each entry shows its influence on not just politics, but on the economy, culture, religion and society, as well as their links to great historical figures such as Alexander the Great, Buddha and Nelson Mandela. The size of the places ranges from small geographical features like a cave in Saudi Arabia where Islam began, to larger areas or regions, like Hollywood. Many entries are cities, such Jerusalem, Amritsar, and Rome, some others are buildings, like Anne Frank's House in the Netherlands or the Confucius Temple in China, and there are even some that are rooms, such as the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles Palace. No place is too big or too small to be included, as long as it has had a significant impact on history.

Author : Sally Coulthard
Publisher : Apollo
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Sheep
ISBN : 1789544211

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A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard Pdf