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A Little History of the World

A Little History of the World

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.

PREFACE

ONCE UPON A TIME

THE GREATEST INVENTORS OF ALL TIME

THE LAND BY THE NILE

SUNDAY, MONDAY…

THE ONE AND ONLY GOD

I C-A-N R-E-A-D

HEROES AND THEIR WEAPONS

AN UNEQUAL STRUGGLE

TWO SMALL CITIES IN ONE SMALL LAND

THE ENLIGHTENED ONE AND HIS LAND

THE GREAT TEACHER OF A GREAT PEOPLE

THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF ALL

NEW WARS AND NEW WARRIORS

AN ENEMY OF HISTORY

RULERS OF THE WESTERN WORLD

THE GOOD NEWS

LIFE IN THE EMPIRE AND AT ITS FRONTIERS

THE STORM

THE STARRY NIGHT BEGINS

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

CHIVALROUS KNIGHTS

EMPERORS IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY

CITIES AND CITIZENS

A NEW AGE

A NEW WORLD

A NEW FAITH

THE CHURCH AT WAR

TERRIBLE TIMES

AN UNLUCKY KING AND A LUCKY KING

MEANWHILE, LOOKING EASTWARDS …

A TRULY NEW AGE

A VERY VIOLENT REVOLUTION

THE LAST CONQUEROR

MEN AND MACHINES

ACROSS THE SEAS

TWO NEW STATES IN EUROPE

DIVIDING UP THE WORLD

THE SMALL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHICH I HAVE LIVED THROUGH MYSELF: LOOKING BACK

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