內容簡介

《世界簡史》的作者H.G.威爾斯精力過人,一生創作的作品逾百部,早年曾以《時間機器》、《隱身人》等一批現代科幻小說名噪文壇。1920年,威爾斯又寫出近100萬言、里程碑式的歷史巨著《世界史綱》,旨在「向具有一般智力的人展示,如果文明要想延續下去,政治、社會和經濟組織發展成為世界性聯盟是不可避免的」。《世界簡史》便是這部煌煌大作的簡明讀本。

威爾斯比同時代的許多著作更早地擺脫了民族主義乃至歐洲中心論的褊狹,他關注的是整個人類文明的遺產,包括文化、思想、宗教、藝術等,這是人類歷史進程中真正有價值的東西。威爾斯文采飛揚,他還將達爾文進化論的觀點引入歷史研究領域,形成融通東西,縱觀古今的宏大構思,因而,本書自問世以來一直是青年人學習英語、增益歷史知識的典范讀本。
 

目錄

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
XIX.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 USEUM 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 NAN』S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
XXXVI.RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
XXXVII.THE TEACHING OF JESUS
XXVIII.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 ON 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 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
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