A Short History of the World


Lu par Kristine Bekere

(4.3 stars; 28 reviews)

A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History. The book summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth, reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation.The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922. In 1934 Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilisation. - Summary adopted from Wikipedia (13 hr 51 min)

Chapitres

The World in Space 6:11 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The World in Time 6:14 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Beginnings of Life 6:12 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of Fishes 9:07 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of the Coal Swamps 9:39 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of Reptiles 8:59 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The First Birds and the First Mammals 10:08 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of Mammals 9:17 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Monkeys, Apes and Sub-Men 9:13 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Neanderthaler And the Rhodesian Man 9:11 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The First True Men 9:51 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Primitive Thought 10:18 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Beginnings of Cultivation 10:21 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Primitive Neolithic Civilizations 10:56 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Sumeria, Early Egypt And Writing 10:01 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Primitive Nomadic Peoples 9:21 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The First Sea-Going Peoples 11:07 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Egypt, Babylon And Assyria 14:50 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Primitive Aryans 10:37 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I 9:11 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Early History of the Jews 12:08 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Priests and Prophets in Judea 9:58 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Greeks 12:24 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Wars of the Greeks and Persians 9:24 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Splendour of Greece 8:16 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Empire of Alexander the Great 9:47 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Museum and Library at Alexandria 12:16 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Life of Gautama Buddha 12:15 Lu par Kristine Bekere
King Asoka 4:45 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Confucius and Lao Tse 12:10 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Rome Comes into History 11:53 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Rome and Carthage 9:39 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Growth of the Roman Empire 25:10 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Between Rome and China 10:30 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Common Man’s Life Under the Early Roman Empire 13:56 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Religious Developments Under the Roman Empire 14:39 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Teaching of Jesus 13:42 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Development of Doctrinal Christianity 8:35 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Barbarians Break the Empire into East and West 10:24 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Huns and the End of the Western Empire 12:38 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires 10:05 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Dynasties of Suy And Tang in China 4:46 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Muhammad and Islam 8:14 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Great Days of the Arabs 8:02 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Development of Latin Christendom 17:38 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion 20:38 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism 20:32 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Mongol Conquests 10:57 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans 21:06 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Reformation of the Latin Church 9:11 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Emperor Charles V 20:03 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republi… 24:41 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas 11:23 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The American War of Independence 12:04 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France 18:22 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Uneasy Peace in Europe that Followed the Fall of Napoleon 10:11 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Development of Material Knowledge 20:57 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Industrial Revolution 10:25 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas 27:47 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Expansion of the United States 18:37 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe 4:14 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The New Overseas Empires of the Steamship and Railway 13:22 Lu par Kristine Bekere
European Aggression in Asia, and the Rise of Japan 11:58 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The British Empire in 1914 4:58 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Age of Armament in Europe, and the Great War of 1914-18 10:43 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Revolution and Famine in Russia 11:28 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The Political and Social Reconstruction of the World 14:37 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Chronological table 29:36 Lu par Kristine Bekere

Critiques


(3 stars)

Interesting scientific narrative read by heavy Russian accented female voice

A great summary of human history


(4 stars)

HG Wells is one of the greatest thinkers of recent times. This book is a remarkable account and he focuses on key events with perceptive analysis, however it does make for a long audio book so stamina is required! Thank you Kristine, I found your accent delightful and no impediment to my understanding.


(3.5 stars)

An interesting book (though a very English perspective in view of the title) and Wells is a great writer. The mispronunciation of some words and place names was occasionally jarring, but otherwise very well read.


(5 stars)

Interesting perspective! The accent of the reader makes it difficult to understand at times.


(5 stars)

an excellent summary of world history