A Short History of the WorldCosimo, Inc., 2005 M12 1 - 476 páginas These first real humans beings we know of in Europe appear already to have belonged to one or other of at least two very distinct races. One of these races was of a very high type indeed; it was tall and big brained. One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man to-day. One of the men's skeletons is over six feet in height. The physical type resembled that of the North American Indian.... They were savages, but savages of a high order. -from "The First True Men" When H. G. Wells published this popular history of planet Earth in 1922, the highest off the surface humans had reached was seven miles, barely 37,000 feet; the best guess at the planet's age was merely "more than" 2 billion years; the beginnings of organic life on Earth were still little understood. But with all the confidence of his immense genius and wide-ranging appreciation for all things scientific, Wells presents a readable, concise survey of the state of knowledge at his time about the planet and human presence upon it. Wells asks that you read this hefty 1922 work-adapted from his two-volume Outline of History, published in 1920-"straightforwardly almost as a novel is read," and indeed, this story of Earth, from its very formation and the first appearance of homo sapiens through the Russian Revolution and the reconstruction after World War I, reads like the most thrilling adventure story ever told. Though it has been factually supplanted by scholarship that came after it, this remains an engaging history, a classic of science fact from one of the fathers of modern science fiction. British author HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946) is best known for his groundbreaking science fiction novels TheTime Machine (1895), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). |
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THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE | 139 |
THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT | 145 |
THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA | 150 |
THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA | 156 |
ROME AND CARTHAGE | 180 |
BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA | 196 |
RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 208 |
THE TEACHING OF JESUS | 214 |
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PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES | 84 |
THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES | 91 |
EGYPT BABYLON AND ASSYRIA | 96 |
THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS | 104 |
THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I | 109 |
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS | 115 |
PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA | 122 |
THE GREEKS | 127 |
THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS | 134 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY | 222 |
THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE | 233 |
THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA | 245 |
THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS | 253 |
THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION | 267 |
RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM | 277 |
THE MONGOL CONQUESTS | 287 |
THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS | 294 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE | 355 |
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | 365 |
THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP | 393 |
EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE | 399 |
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 | 405 |
THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA | 415 |
THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF | 421 |
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Página 218 - But he answered and said unto him that told him , Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Página 219 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Página 219 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Página 219 - And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Página 219 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Página 216 - This doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, and which plays so small a part in the Christian creeds, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.