1st Edition

A New Outline of World History From the Origins to the Eighteenth Century

426 Pages

by Routledge

426 Pages

by Routledge

426 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 1962, A New Outline of World History is a contemporary and objective introduction to the essentials of world history from the origins to the eighteenth century. It is closely related to geography and climate, people and places live in vivid detail in the narrative, and the author holds that ‘history, at least vicariously, should be enjoyed’. The book is written for the wide... Read more

Preface 1. The Emergence of Man 2. The Settlement of Man: The Archaic Civilizations 3. Bronze Age Empires of the East 4. Bronze Age Europe 5. Iran: India: China 6. Hellas and Alexander 7. Rome 8. Israel: The Rise of Christianity 9. Sassanians: Guptas: The Far East 10. The Expansion of Islam 11. Byzantium: South and East Slavs 12. Western Christendom 13. The Heartland of Asia: China: India 14. Europe in the Later Middle Ages 15. Pre-Columbian America 16. Medieval Africa 17. The Far East and the Pacific 18. The Western Centuries of Genius 19. Mughal India: Iran: The Ottoman Turks 20. Europe in the Eighteenth Century 21. European Expansion Overseas Retrospect Index