In A Short History of the World, H. G. Wells writes the tale of human history from the early earth to the period immediately after World War I. First published in 1922, the book was intended "to meet the needs of the busy general reader, too driven to study the maps and time charts of that Outline in detail, who wishes to refresh and repair his faded or fragmentary conceptions of the great adventure of mankind."

The first edition had around 400 pages, with about 200 illustrations, including 21 maps. Later editions were published with updated accounts of world events.

Albert Einstein recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilization.The book summaries 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 Civilization. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.

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This section covers Chapters XXXVII. - XLVIII.


XXXVII. 0:17 THE TEACHING OF JESUS
XXXVIII. 10:36 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY
XXXIX. 16:52 THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST
XL. 24:39 THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
XLI. 33:27 THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES
XLII. 40:55 THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA
XLIII. 44:31 MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM
XLIV. 50:29 THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS
XLV. 56:14 THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM
XLVI. 1:09:34 THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION
XLVII. 1:25:10 RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM
XLVIII. 1:39:52 THE MONGOL CONQUESTS


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