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Tables of Contents for A Short History of the World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of maps
vii
Preface
ix
PART ONE
From Africa
3
13
When the seas were rising
16
15
The first green revolution
31
14
The dome of night
45
8
Cities of the valleys
53
15
Amazing sea
68
17
Lord of the Yellow, King of the Ganges
85
16
The rise of Rome
101
13
Israel and the anointed one
114
10
After Christ
124
16
The sign of the crescent
140
10
The wild geese cross the mountains
150
9
Towards Polynesia
159
16
PART TWO
Signpost
173
2
The Mongols
175
11
The perils of climate and disease
186
10
New messengers
196
9
Birdcage
205
14
The Inca and the Andes
219
12
Reformation
231
17
Voyage to India
248
9
The New World bears gifts
257
12
The glass eye of science
269
12
Dethroning the harvest
281
18
PART THREE
The fall of a pack of cards
299
15
Beyond the Sahara
314
9
Noble steam
323
17
Will all be equal?
340
16
A globe unwrapped
356
14
The world wars
370
14
The bomb and the moon
384
18
No fruits, no birds
402
13
Epilogue
415
4
Selected sources
419
20
Index
439