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Title: The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
Author: Herbert George Wells
Editor: Ernest Barker
H.H. Johnston
E. Ray Lankester
Gilbert Murray
Editor: Ernest Barker
H.H. Johnston
E. Ray Lankester
Gilbert Murray
Release Date: April 12, 2014 [EBook #45368]
Language: English
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VOLUME I
BOOK 1 - THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD
Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time
Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time
Chapter II. The Record of the Rocks
1. The first living things
2. How old is the world?
1. The first living things
2. How old is the world?
Chapter III. Natural Selection and the Changes of Species
Chapter IV. The Invasion of the Dry Land by Life
1. Life and water
2. The earliest animals
1. Life and water
2. The earliest animals
Chapter V. Changes in the World’s Climate
1. Why life must change continually
2. The sun a steadfast star
3. Changes from within the earth
4. Life may control change
1. Why life must change continually
2. The sun a steadfast star
3. Changes from within the earth
4. Life may control change
Chapter VI. The Age of Reptiles
1. The age of lowland life
2. Flying dragons
3. The first birds
4. An age of hardship and death
5. The first appearance of fur and feathers
1. The age of lowland life
2. Flying dragons
3. The first birds
4. An age of hardship and death
5. The first appearance of fur and feathers
Chapter VII. The Age of Mammals
1. A new age of life
2. Tradition comes into the world
3. An age of brain growth
4. The world grows hard again
5. Chronology of the Ice Age
1. A new age of life
2. Tradition comes into the world
3. An age of brain growth
4. The world grows hard again
5. Chronology of the Ice Age
BOOK II - THE MAKING OF MEN
Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
1. Man descended from a walking ape
2. First traces of man-like creatures
3. The Heidelberg sub-man
4. The Piltdown sub-
5. The riddle of the Piltdown remains
Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race.(The Early Palæolithic Age)
1. The world 50,000 years ago
2. The daily life of the first men
3. The last Palæolithic men
Chapter X. The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First True Men.(Later Palæolithic Age)
1. The coming of men like ourselves
2. Subdivision of the Later Palæolithic
3. The earliest true men were clever savages
4. Hunters give place to herdsmen
5. No sub-men in America
Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
1. The age of cultivation begins
2. Where did the Neolithic culture arise?
3. Everyday Neolithic life
4. How did sowing begin?
5. Primitive trade
6. The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley
Chapter XII. Early Thought
1. Primitive philosophy
2. The Old Man in religion
3. Fear and hope in religion
4. Stars and seasons
5. Story-telling and myth-making
6. Complex origins of religion
Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
1. Is mankind still differentiating?
2. The main races of mankind
3. Was there an Alpine race?
4. The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples
5. How existing races may be related to each other
Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
1. No one primitive language
2. The Aryan languages
3. The Semitic languages
4. The Hamitic languages
5. The Ural-Altaic languages
6. The Chinese languages
7. Other language groups
8. Submerged and lost languages
9. How languages may be related
Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
1. Man descended from a walking ape
2. First traces of man-like creatures
3. The Heidelberg sub-man
4. The Piltdown sub-
5. The riddle of the Piltdown remains
Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race.(The Early Palæolithic Age)
1. The world 50,000 years ago
2. The daily life of the first men
3. The last Palæolithic men
Chapter X. The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First True Men.(Later Palæolithic Age)
1. The coming of men like ourselves
2. Subdivision of the Later Palæolithic
3. The earliest true men were clever savages
4. Hunters give place to herdsmen
5. No sub-men in America
Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
1. The age of cultivation begins
2. Where did the Neolithic culture arise?
3. Everyday Neolithic life
4. How did sowing begin?
5. Primitive trade
6. The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley
Chapter XII. Early Thought
1. Primitive philosophy
2. The Old Man in religion
3. Fear and hope in religion
4. Stars and seasons
5. Story-telling and myth-making
6. Complex origins of religion
Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
1. Is mankind still differentiating?
2. The main races of mankind
3. Was there an Alpine race?
4. The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples
5. How existing races may be related to each other
Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
1. No one primitive language
2. The Aryan languages
3. The Semitic languages
4. The Hamitic languages
5. The Ural-Altaic languages
6. The Chinese languages
7. Other language groups
8. Submerged and lost languages
9. How languages may be related
BOOK III - THE DAWN OF HISTORY
Chapter XV. The Aryan-speaking Peoples in Prehistoric Times
1. The spreading of the Aryan-speakers
2. Primitive Aryan life
3. Early Aryan daily life
Chapter XVI. The First Civilizations
1. Early cities and early nomads
2A.The riddle of the Sumerians
2B.The empire of Sargon the First
2C.The empire of Hammurabi
2D.The Assyrians and their empire
2E.The Chaldean empire
3. The early history of Egypt
4. The early civilization of India
5. The early history of China
6. While the civilizations were growing
Chapter XVII. Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples
1. The earliest ships and sailors
2. The Ægean cities before history
3. The first voyages of exploration
4. Early traders
5. Early travellers
Chapter XVIII. Writing
1. Picture writing
2. Syllable writing
3. Alphabet writing
4. The place of writing in human life
Chapter XIX. Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings
1. Nomadic and settled religion
2. The priest comes into history
3. Priests and the stars
4. Priests and the dawn of learning
5. King against priests
6. How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings
7. The god-kings of Egypt
8. Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books
Chapter XX. Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals
1. The common man in ancient times
2. The earliest slaves
3. The first “independent” persons
4. Social classes three thousand years ago
5. Classes hardening into castes
6. Caste in India
7. The system of the Mandarins
8. A summary of five thousand years
Chapter XV. The Aryan-speaking Peoples in Prehistoric Times
1. The spreading of the Aryan-speakers
2. Primitive Aryan life
3. Early Aryan daily life
Chapter XVI. The First Civilizations
1. Early cities and early nomads
2A.The riddle of the Sumerians
2B.The empire of Sargon the First
2C.The empire of Hammurabi
2D.The Assyrians and their empire
2E.The Chaldean empire
3. The early history of Egypt
4. The early civilization of India
5. The early history of China
6. While the civilizations were growing
Chapter XVII. Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples
1. The earliest ships and sailors
2. The Ægean cities before history
3. The first voyages of exploration
4. Early traders
5. Early travellers
Chapter XVIII. Writing
1. Picture writing
2. Syllable writing
3. Alphabet writing
4. The place of writing in human life
Chapter XIX. Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings
1. Nomadic and settled religion
2. The priest comes into history
3. Priests and the stars
4. Priests and the dawn of learning
5. King against priests
6. How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings
7. The god-kings of Egypt
8. Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books
Chapter XX. Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals
1. The common man in ancient times
2. The earliest slaves
3. The first “independent” persons
4. Social classes three thousand years ago
5. Classes hardening into castes
6. Caste in India
7. The system of the Mandarins
8. A summary of five thousand years
BOOK IV - JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
Chapter XXI. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
1. The place of the Israelites in history
2. Saul, David, and Solomon
3. The Jews a people of mixed origin
4. The importance of the Hebrew prophets
Chapter XXII. The Greeks and the Persians
1. The Hellenic peoples
2. Distinctive features of the Hellenic civilization
3. Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in Greece
4. The kingdom of Lydia
5. The rise of the Persians in the East
6. The story of Crœsus
7. Darius invades Russia
8. The battle of Marathon
9. Thermopylæ and Salamis
10. Platæa and Mycale
Chapter XXIII. Greek Thought and Literature
1. The Athens of Pericles
2. Socrates
3. What was the quality of the common Athenians?
4. Greek tragedy and comedy
5. Plato and the Academy
6. Aristotle and the Lyceum
7. Philosophy becomes unworldly
8. The quality and limitations of Greek thought
Chapter XXIV. The Career of Alexander the Great
1. Philip of Macedonia
2. The murder of King Philip
3. Alexander’s first conquests
4. The wanderings of Alexander
5. Was Alexander indeed great?
6. The successors of Alexander
7. Pergamum a refuge of culture
8. Alexander as a portent of world unity
Chapter XXV. Science and Religion at Alexandria
1. The science of Alexandria
2. Philosophy of Alexandria
3. Alexandria as a factory of religions
Chapter XXVI. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
1. The story of Gautama
2. Teaching and legend in conflict
3. The gospel of Gautama Buddha
4. Buddhism and Asoka
5. Two great Chinese teachers
6. The corruptions of Buddhism
7. The present range of Buddhism
Chapter XXI. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
1. The place of the Israelites in history
2. Saul, David, and Solomon
3. The Jews a people of mixed origin
4. The importance of the Hebrew prophets
Chapter XXII. The Greeks and the Persians
1. The Hellenic peoples
2. Distinctive features of the Hellenic civilization
3. Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in Greece
4. The kingdom of Lydia
5. The rise of the Persians in the East
6. The story of Crœsus
7. Darius invades Russia
8. The battle of Marathon
9. Thermopylæ and Salamis
10. Platæa and Mycale
Chapter XXIII. Greek Thought and Literature
1. The Athens of Pericles
2. Socrates
3. What was the quality of the common Athenians?
4. Greek tragedy and comedy
5. Plato and the Academy
6. Aristotle and the Lyceum
7. Philosophy becomes unworldly
8. The quality and limitations of Greek thought
Chapter XXIV. The Career of Alexander the Great
1. Philip of Macedonia
2. The murder of King Philip
3. Alexander’s first conquests
4. The wanderings of Alexander
5. Was Alexander indeed great?
6. The successors of Alexander
7. Pergamum a refuge of culture
8. Alexander as a portent of world unity
Chapter XXV. Science and Religion at Alexandria
1. The science of Alexandria
2. Philosophy of Alexandria
3. Alexandria as a factory of religions
Chapter XXVI. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
1. The story of Gautama
2. Teaching and legend in conflict
3. The gospel of Gautama Buddha
4. Buddhism and Asoka
5. Two great Chinese teachers
6. The corruptions of Buddhism
7. The present range of Buddhism
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