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《历史的概要》是1921年的美国非小说类畅销书，1927年由商务印书馆引入中国，译名为《世界史纲》。这是一本饶有兴味的书。威尔斯以文学家的手笔从地球史写到人类史，从人类如何产生写到第一次世界大战如何结束，述来娓娓动听，引人入胜。

赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(1866～1946)，英国著名小说家，尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世，著名的有《时间机器》《隐身人》《星际战争》等。他还是位社会改革家和预言家，一生创作了百多部作品，内容涉及科学、文化、历史、社会、政治等各个领域。

《历史的概要》是1921年的美国非小说类畅销书，1927年由商务印书馆引入中国，译名为《世界史纲》。这是一本饶有兴味的书。威尔斯以文学家的手笔从地球史写到人类史，从人类如何产生写到第一次世界大战如何结束，述来娓娓动听，引人入胜。

INTRODUCTION

1. THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME

2. THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS

3. NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES

4. THE INVASION OF THE DRY LAND BY LIFE

5. THE AGE OF REPTILES

6. THE AGE OF MAMMALS

7. THE ANCESTRY OF MAN

8. THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE

9. THE LATER POSTGLACIAL PALAEOLITHIC MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN

10. NEOLITHIC MAN IN EUROPE

11. EARLY THOUGHT

12. THE RACES OF MANKIND

13. THE LANGUAGES OF MANKIND

14. THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

15. SEA PEOPLES AND TRADING PEOPLES

16. WRITING

17. GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS

18. SERFS, SLAVES, SOCIAL CLASSES, AND FREE INDIVIDUALS

19. THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS

20. THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES

21. THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS

22. GREEK THOUGHT IN RELATION TO HUMAN SOCIETY

23. THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

24. SCIENCE AND RELIGION AT ALEXANDRIA

25. THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM

26. THE TWO WESTERN REPUBLICS

27. FROM TIBERIUS GRACCHUS TO THE GOD-EMPEROR IN ROME

28. THE CAESARS BETWEEN THE SEAAND THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD

29. THE BEGINNINGS, THE RISE, AND THE DMSIONS OF CHRISTIANITY

30. SEVEN CENTURIES IN ASIA

31. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM

32. CHRISTENDOM AND THE CRUSADES

33. THE GREAT EMPIRE OF JENGIS KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS

34. THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

35. PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS

36. THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE

37. THE CAREER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

38. THE REALITIES AND IMAGINATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

39. THE INTERNATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF 1914

40. THE NEXT STAGE OF HISTORY

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