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History of the World [1] is a compendium written by a collection of noted historians. It was edited by William Nassau Weech, M.A., a former Headmaster of Sedbergh School (and a very early aficionado of downhill skiing who also wrote By Ski in Norway, one of the first British accounts of the sport). First published by Odhams in 1944, History of the World ran to three editions, the second edition in 1959, and the third in 1965. The editor, W.N. Weech, wrote in the Preface:
"This book is designed for the ordinary man or woman, who should have no difficulty in getting through it in a month, though many may prefer to compress their first reading of it into a fortnight."
W.N. Weech's History of the World is notable for bearing comparison with Ernst Gombrich's best-selling Little History of the World, a book that is shorter and is addressed to younger readers. (Gombrich, a Jewish émigré from Vienna, was an art historian better known for his classic work, The Story of Art.) Weech's book is noteworthy, not only for being both thorough and accessible, but also (not unlike Gombrich's) for maintaining a tolerant and measured style, despite being written during the dark days of Nazism.
A contributor at the 2011 Hay Festival cited Weech's book as a remarkable discovery.
Each chapter has a separate author, as follows: There are many authors that have their own ideas
Chapter Titles (of the first edition) Edit
Civilizations of the Near East - E.H. Weech (aka "Bubbles"), the editor's daughter
The Glory of Greece - Roger Roberts (Headmaster of Blundell's School)
The Roman World - Basil Garnon Williams (Classics Master, Marlborough College)
The Story of Persia - W.N. Weech & G.P. Churchill (Teheran Legation & Algiers Consulate)
Mongols, Tartars and Turks - Sir E. Denison Ross (Former Director of School of Oriental Studies, or SOS (Now SOAS))
The Peoples and Religions of India - W.N. Weech & G.A. Rylands, MA
China and Japan - C.M. Winn (Lecturer in Colloquial Chineses, SOS)
Islam and Christendom - G.B. Smith (a former Headmaster of Sedbergh School)
The End of the Middle Ages - Major W.L. McElwee (History Master at Stowe School)
The Beginning of Modern Times - Captain W. Simms (History Master at Sherborne School)
Reason And Revolution - L.J. Cheyney MA
Fifty Years of Progress - Captain Mowatt (History Master at Clayesmore School)
Nationalism and Internationalism - M.C. MacLaughlin (History Tutor at Stowe School)
The Latest Age - Lt-Colonel David Ayerst (Headmaster of King Edward VII School, Lytham)
Epilogue - W.N. Weech
Curiously, the 1944 first edition does not state its publication date. The latest event it records is the Japanese expansion into the Pacific zone after their bombing of Pearl Harbour in December, 1941. The book is printed on poor-quality wartime paper, which is all that was available at that stage of the Second World War. In the Preface, W.N. Weech adds, "I owe a debt of gratitude to my publishers for producing this History of the World in spite of all the present difficulties ...", "present difficulties" presumably being an understatement for the War.
The dust jacket of the first edition has two illustrations on the front and back, with numerous notable names from history. On the front cover are Wellington, Nelson, Lincoln, Napoleon, King William, Henry VIII, Custer, Bismarck, Charlemagne, and unidentified fighters of the RAF, the British Army and Royal Navy and the Afrika Korps. On the back we find Jesus Christ, an Arab (who may be Mohammed), Julius Caesar, Tutankhamen and others, including a Viking, a Mongol, an Assyrian and a Greek.
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Human history (or the history of humanity), also known as the history of the world, is the carefully researched description of humanity's past. It is informed by archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other disciplines; and, for periods since the invention of writing, by recorded history and by secondary sources and studies.
World population, 10,000 BCE – 2,000 CE (vertical population scale is logarithmic)[1]
Humanity's written history was preceded by its prehistory, beginning with the Palaeolithic Era ("Old Stone Age"), followed by the Neolithic Era ("New Stone Age"). The Neolithic saw the Agricultural Revolution begin, between 10,000 and 5000 BCE, in the Near East's Fertile Crescent. During this period, humans began the systematic husbandry of plants and animals.[2] As agriculture advanced, most humans transitioned from a nomadic to a settled lifestyle as farmers in permanent settlements. The relative security and increased productivity provided by farming allowed communities to expand into increasingly larger units, fostered by advances in transportation.
Whether in prehistoric or historic times, people always needed to be near reliable sources of potable water. Settlements developed as early as 4,000 BCE in Iran,[3][4][5][6][7] in Mesopotamia,[8] in the Indus River valley,[9] on the banks of Egypt's Nile River,[10][11] and along China's rivers.[12][13] As farming developed, grain agriculture became more sophisticated and prompted a division of labour to store food between growing seasons. Labour divisions led to the rise of a leisured upper class and the development of cities, which provided the foundation for civilization. The growing complexity of human societies necessitated systems of accounting and writing.
With civilizations flourishing, ancient history ("Antiquity," including the Classical Age,[14] up to about 500 CE[15]) saw the rise and fall of empires. Post-classical history (the "Middle Ages," c. 500–1500 CE,[16]) witnessed the rise of Christianity, the Islamic Golden Age (c. 750 CE – c. 1258 CE), the Timurid and Italian Renaissance (from around 1300 CE). The mid-15th-century introduction of movable-type printing in Europe[17] revolutionized communication and facilitated ever wider dissemination of information, hastening the end of the Middle Ages and ushering in the Scientific Revolution.[18] The Early Modern Period, sometimes referred to as the "European Age and Age of the Islamic Gunpowders",[19] from about 1500 to 1800,[20] included the Age of Enlightenment and the Age of Exploration. By the 18th century, the accumulation of knowledge and technology had reached a critical mass that brought about the Industrial Revolution[21] and began the Late Modern Period, which started around 1800 and has continued through the present.[16]
This scheme of historical periodization (dividing history into Antiquity, Post-Classical, Early Modern, and Late Modern periods) was developed for, and applies best to, the history of the Old World, particularly Europe and the Mediterranean. Outside this region, including ancient China and ancient India, historical timelines unfolded differently. However, by the 18th century, due to extensive world trade and colonization, the histories of most civilizations had become substantially intertwined, a process known as globalization. In the last quarter-millennium, the rates of growth of population, knowledge, technology, communications, commerce, weapons destructiveness, and environmental degradation have greatly accelerated, creating opportunities and perils that now confront the planet's human communities.[22]
Prehistory
Main articles: Prehistory, Human evolution, and Timeline of human prehistory
Early humans
Genetic measurements indicate that the ape lineage which would lead to Homo sapiens diverged from the lineage that would lead to chimpanzees and bonobos, the closest living relatives of modern humans, around 4.6 to 6.2 million years ago.[23] Anatomically modern humans arose in Africa about 300,000 years ago,[24] and reached behavioural modernity about 50,000 years ago.[25]
"Venus of Willensdorf", Austria, c. 26,500 BCE
Modern humans spread rapidly from Africa into the frost-free zones of Europe and Asia around 60,000 years ago.[26] The rapid expansion of humankind to North America and Oceania took place at the climax of the most recent ice age, when temperate regions of today were extremely inhospitable. Yet, humans had colonized nearly all the ice-free parts of the globe by the end of the Ice Age, some 12,000 years ago.[27] Other hominids such as Homo erectus had been using simple wood and stone tools for millennia, but as time progressed, tools became far more refined and complex.