E. H. Gombrich’s bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not on small detail but on the sweep of human experience, the extent of human achievement, and the depth of its frailty. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind’s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity’s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties.
THE GREATEST INVENTORS OF ALL TIME
TWO SMALL CITIES IN ONE SMALL LAND
THE ENLIGHTENED ONE AND HIS LAND
THE GREAT TEACHER OF A GREAT PEOPLE
LIFE IN THE EMPIRE AND AT ITS FRONTIERS
THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS PROPHET
A CONQUEROR WHO KNOWS HOW TO RULE
A STRUGGLE TO BECOME LORD OF CHRISTENDOM
EMPERORS IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
AN UNLUCKY KING AND A LUCKY KING
MEANWHILE, LOOKING EASTWARDS …
THE SMALL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHICH I HAVE LIVED THROUGH MYSELF: LOOKING BACK