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El. knyga: Less Boring History of the World

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  • Išleidimo metai: 04-Oct-2012
  • Leidėjas: Square Peg
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781446444849
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  • Formatas: EPUB+DRM
  • Išleidimo metai: 04-Oct-2012
  • Leidėjas: Square Peg
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781446444849
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Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today.

Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...
A bit ropy on the Renaissance?
In the dark about the Enlightenment?
Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth -- from 15 billion years BC to the present day?

Good.

A Less Boring History of the World tells you everything you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, the Boston Tea Party, Bonaparte, and Bin Laden along the way. Each historical episode is boiled down to edible, bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history -- and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today. Whipping through the chaotic journey of man, past ancient civilisations, the rise of empires, and the fall of bankers, A Less Boring History of the World refreshes your memory and broadens your mind. And, if that's not enough, it will also make you laugh. A lot.

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A history book like no other - an irreverent, rollicking, romp through everything interesting that ever happened on planet earth from 15 million years BC to today.
1 In The Beginning... (15 BILLION-4500 Bc)
PART I The First 14.99 Billion Years
3(13)
A Short Diary of the Big Bang: 15 billion-4.5 billion BC
3(3)
Life on Earth: 3.5 billion BC
6(3)
The Age of the Dinosaurs: 245 million BC
9(4)
The Age of the Mammals: 65 million BC
13(3)
PART II The Evolution of Man
16(11)
Out of the Trees: 3 million BC
16(2)
Neanderthal Man: 300, 000 BC
18(2)
Homo Sapiens (Cro-Magnon): 30, 000 BC
20(1)
The Neolithic Era: 8000 BC
21(6)
2 The First Civilisations (4000-300 BC)
PART I How the World Got Civilised: 4000-1200 BC
27(6)
The First Civilisation
27(4)
An Eye for an Eye and Other Fun Customs
31(2)
PART II The Egyptians: 3000-1090 BC
33(5)
The Rise of Egypt
33(2)
The Decline of Egypt
35(3)
PART III The Age of Small Nations: 1200-800 BC
38(6)
The Phoenicians
38(2)
The Hebrews
40(4)
PART IV The Age of Empires: 800-300 BC
44(5)
The Friendly, Neighbourly Assyrians
44(2)
The Persians
46(3)
PART V Meanwhile, in the rest of the world: 2500-256 BC
49(10)
Ancient India
50(3)
Ancient China
53(2)
The End of the First Civilisations
55(4)
3 Classical Civilisations (300 BC-AD 620)
PART I The Greeks: 3000-30 BC
59(9)
The Trojan War and Other Greek Fantasies
59(1)
The Rise of the Greeks
60(6)
Alexander the Great
66(2)
PART II The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: 753 BC-AD 476
68(11)
The Founding of Rome
68(1)
The Punic Wars
69(2)
The Death of the Republic
71(2)
The First Emperors
73(3)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
76(1)
The Rise and Rise of Christianity
77(2)
PART III Classical China and Irresistible India: 256 BC-AD 618
79(8)
The Classical Chinese
79(3)
The Golden Age of India
82(5)
4 The Middle Ages Outside Europe (AD 500-1600)
PART I The Byzantine Empire and the Rise of Russia: AD 450-1600
87(7)
The Rise of the Byzantines
87(2)
The Fall of the Byzantines
89(2)
The Rise of the Ivans
91(3)
PART II Muslim Empires: AD 600-1500
94(4)
The Rise of Islam
94(2)
The Ottoman Empire
96(2)
PART III The Far East: AD 600-1600
98(6)
The Moguls in India
98(2)
The Tangs, the Songs, the Mongs and the Mings
100(1)
Japan
101(3)
PART IV Africa and the Americas: AD 300-1600
104(9)
The History of Africa
104(1)
The Origins of North America
105(2)
Civilisations of the Americas
107(6)
5 The Middle Ages in Europe (AD 500-1500)
PART I The Dark Ages: AD 500-1000
113(11)
The Holy Roman Empire
113(4)
The Vikings and the Magyars
117(2)
The Anglo-Saxons
119(2)
Fun with Feudalism
121(3)
PART II The Slightly Less Dark Ages: AD 1000-1500
The Black Death
124(2)
The Crusades
126(3)
England Has Real History, Kings etc.
129(7)
The Church
136(5)
6 Europe Has a Renaissance (AD 1500-1763)
PART I The Renaissance and the Reformation: AD 1350-1600
141(9)
The Renaissance
141(2)
The Reformation
143(7)
PART II Countries Take it in Turns to be Top Dog: AD 1500-1750
150(10)
The Golden Age of Spain
150(2)
The Golden Age of France
152(2)
The Golden Age of Oliver Cromwell's Warts
154(6)
PART III Europe Discovers the World: AD 1492-1763
160(11)
The Age of Exploration
160(2)
Empire Hunting
162(3)
Britain Becomes Top Dog
165(6)
7 Revolution, Baby (AD 1700-1815)
PART I The Age of Reason: AD 1700-1800
171(8)
The Scientific Revolution
171(2)
The Enlightenment
173(1)
Enlightened Despots: Prussians and Austrians
174(2)
Enlightened Despots: Russians
176(3)
PART II The Age of Revolution: AD 1763-1815
179(11)
The American Revolution
179(2)
The French Revolution
181(6)
The Napoleonic Era
187(3)
PART III The Industrial Revolution: AD 1750-1820
190(7)
New Inventions
190(1)
Dark, Satanic Yorkshire
191(6)
8 The World Gets Obsessed by Isms (AD 1815 - 1914)
PART I Liberalism in Britain, France and America: AD 1815-1914
197(7)
The Balance of Power After Napoleon
197(1)
Liberalism in Britain
198(2)
Republicanism in France
200(1)
Expansionism in the US
201(3)
PART II Nationalism in Italy, Germany and Russia: AD 1815-1914
204(7)
German Unification
204(3)
The Crimean War
207(1)
Independence in Latin America
208(3)
PART III The Age of Imperialism: AD 1815-1914
211(8)
The Scramble for Africa
211(2)
The Jewel in India's Passage
213(1)
Handing Out the China
214(1)
The US Gets an Empire, too
215(4)
9 The World Attempts to Blow Itself Up (AD 1914-1945)
PART I The First World War: Ad 1914-1918
219(6)
The Causes of the War
219(2)
The Course of the War
221(2)
The Treaty of Versailles
223(2)
PART II The Rise of Dictators: AD 1917-1939
225(8)
The Russian Revolution
225(2)
The Rise of Mussolini
227(2)
The Rise of Japan
229(1)
The Rise of Little Adolf
230(3)
PART III The Second World War: AD 1939-1945
233(10)
The Road to War
233(2)
The War
235(3)
The United Nations
238(5)
10 The End of the World (1945-PRESENT DAY)
PART I Rocky vs Drago: AD 1945-2000
243(7)
The Cold War
243(3)
War in Korea
246(1)
War in Vietnam
246(2)
The Fall of the Soviet Union
248(2)
PART II Independence and Revolution: AD 1945-2000
250(7)
Independence for India
250(1)
Problems in Africa
251(2)
Trouble in Latin America
253(2)
Revolution in China
255(2)
PART III The World Today
257
Israel and the Middle East
257(2)
The First Gulf War
259(1)
Palestinian Terror
260(2)
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
262(1)
The Axis of Evil
263(3)
War in Iraq
266(1)
Financial Armageddon
267(2)
What next?
269
Dave Rear is a writer and lecturer who has spent his life reading, writing, and talking about history. While he hasn't time-travelled yet, it would be a convenient way to make him vanish. He lives in Tokyo with his wife and two kids, who by law are required to read all his books. They also wish he could time-travel.