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When Oxford published J.M. Robert's History of the World in 1994, it was immediately acclaimed as a classic. Writing in the Observer, A.J.P. Taylor called it "a stupendous achievement...the unrivalled world history of our day." The Christian Science Monitor greeted it as a "landmark... read more
First Sentence
"History is a word which traditionally means two different things: what happened, and a true account of what happened."
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Prehistory.
Chapter 2: The Early Civilizations.
Chapter 3: Foundations of our World—Greece.
Chapter 4: The Roman World.
Chapter 5: Contests of Civilizations.
Chapter 6: Worlds Apart: The Great Asian Tradition.
Chapter 7: The Making of Europe.
Chapter 8: Discovery and Confrontation.
Chapter 9: Early Modern Times.
Chapter 10: World History in the Making.
Chapter 11: The Great Acceleration.
Chapter 12: The European World Order.
Chapter 13: The Latest Age: The Long Run.
Chapter 14: The Latest Age: Upheaval.
Chapter 15: The Latest Age: An Era of Unrest.
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