《世界简史(英文版)》：THIS SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD is meant tobe read straightforwardly almost as a novel is read. Itgives in the most general way an account of ourpresent knowledge of history, shorn of elaborationsand complications. It has been amply illustrated and everything hasbeen done to make it vivid and clear. From it the reader should be ableto get that general view of history which is so necessary a frameworkfor the study of a particular period or the history of a particular country.It may be found useful as a preparatory excursion before the reading ofthe author's much fuller and more explicit Outline of History, isundertaken. But its especial end is to meet the needs of the busy generalreader, too driven to study the maps and time charts of that Outline indetail, who wishes to refresh and repair his faded or fragmentaryconceptions of the great adventure of mankind. It is not an abstract orcondensation of that former work. Within its aim the Outline admits ofno further condensation. This is a much more generalized History,planned and written afresh. WELLS'S two-volume Outline of History',published in 1920, was the first generalhistory constructed on an evolutionary,sociological and anthropological basis. It wasimmensely popular and set the basis for thisShort History, which Wells created to meetthe needs of the busy general reader, toodriven to study the maps and time charts ofthat Outline in detail, who wishes to refreshand repair his faded or fragmentaryconceptions of the great adventure ofmankind.
H. G. WELLS ,(1866-1946)English novelist, journalist, sociologist, andhistorian, whose science fiction stories have been filmed many times. H.G. Wells's best-known works are The Time Machine (1895), one of the first modem science fiction stories. TheInvisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds(1898). Wells wrote over a hundred of books,about fifty of them novels. Wells also wrote nonfiction. His best-sellingthree-volume work, The Outline of History(1920), began a new era of popularized worldhistory. It received a mixed critical responsefrom professional historians. Many otherauthors followed with Outlines of their own inother subjects. Wells reprised his Outline in1922 with a much shorter popular work, A ShortHistory of the World.
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PREFACE Ⅰ.THE WORLD IN SPACE Ⅱ.THE WORLD IN TIME Ⅲ.THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE Ⅳ.THE AGE OF FISHES Ⅴ.THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS Ⅵ.THE AGE OF REPTILES Ⅶ.THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS Ⅷ.THE AGE OF MAMMALS Ⅸ.MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN Ⅹ.THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN Ⅺ.THE FIRST TRUE MEN Ⅻ.PRIMITIVE THOUGHT ⅩⅢ.THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION ⅩⅣ.PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS ⅩⅤ.SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING ⅩⅥ.PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES ⅩⅦ.THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES ⅩⅧ.EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA ⅩlⅩ.THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS ⅩⅩ.THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I ⅩⅪ.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS ⅩⅫ.PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA ⅩⅩⅢ.THE GREEKS ⅩⅩⅣ.THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS ⅩⅩⅤ.THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE ⅩⅩⅥ.THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ⅩⅩⅦ.THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA ⅩⅩⅧ.THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA ⅩⅩⅨ.KING ASOKA ⅩⅩⅩ.CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE ⅩⅩⅪ.ROME COMES INTO HISTORY ⅩⅩⅫ.ROME AND CARTHAGE ⅩⅩⅩⅢ.THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA ⅩⅩⅩⅤ.THE COMMON MAN'S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE ⅩⅩⅩⅥ.RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE ⅩⅩⅩⅦ.THE TEACHING OF JESUS ⅩⅩⅩⅧ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY ⅩⅩⅩⅨ.THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST ⅩL.THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE ⅩLⅠ.THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES ⅩLⅡ.THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA ⅩLⅢ.MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM ⅩLⅣ.THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS ⅩLⅤ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM ⅩLⅥ.THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION ⅩLⅦ.RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM ⅩLⅧ.THE MONGOL CONQUESTS ⅩLⅨ.THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS L.THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH LⅠ.THE EMPEROR CHARLES V LⅡ.THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE LⅢ.THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS LⅣ.THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE LⅤ.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE LⅥ.THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON LⅦ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE LⅧ.THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION LⅨ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS LⅩ.THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES LⅪ.THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE LⅫ.THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY LⅩⅢ.EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA,AND THE RISE OF JAPAN LⅩⅣ.THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 LⅩⅤ.THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE,AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18 LⅩⅥ.THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA LⅩⅦ.THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD
