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Description edit
In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant here traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Luther: Add a description of this character.
- Leonardo
- Lorenzo
- Caesar Borgia
- Alexander
- Francis Bacon
- Charles
- John
- Paul Iii
- Peter
- Clement Vii
- David
- Raphael
- Matthew
- Pico
- Martin
- Abelard
- James
- Machiavelli
- Henry Viii
- Virgil
- Mary
- Julius
- Cicero
- Piero
- Antony
- Adrian
- Horace
- Vasari
- Cornelia
- Huss
- Teresa
- Aristotle
- Mona Lisa
- Ikhnaton
- Trajan
- Michelangelo
- Julia
- Ferrara
- Amon
- Pericles
- Cleopatra
Setting & Locations edit
- Rome
- Italy
- Athens
- Germany
- Florence
- Europe
- England
- Greece
- Egypt
- Spain
- Jerusalem
- Venice
- France
- India
- Paris
- Carthage
- Gaul
- Titian
- Solon
- Asia
- Attica
- Sparta
- Babylon
- Avignon
- Near East
- Curia
- Israel
- Palestine
- Persia
- Wittenberg
- London
- Naples
- Mainz
- Giorgione
- China
- Judea
- Boccaccio
- Islam
- Lodovico
- Prague
- Stratford
- Augsburg
- Hungary
- Sicily
- Sanhedrin
- Temple
- Switzerland
- Bohemia
- Vatican
- Euripides
First Sentence edit
Human history is a fragment of biology.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Will Durant (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743226127
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743226127
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 909
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Culture
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › History & Surveys
- Books › History › Historical Study › History of Ideas
- Books › History › Ancient › Early Civilization
- Books › History › Historical Study › Civilization & Culture
- Books › History › World
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