A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

Gombrich, A little history of the world, 2nd illustrated. ISBN 9780300108834 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. This review was first published as The entertaining history of our planet a review of E.H. 33 A truly new age 34 Revolution with violence 35 The last conqueror 36 Men and machines 37 Across the seas 38 Two new countries in Europe 39 Sharing out the world 40 The small part of the history of the world that I have lived through myself: as I look back. 5 The One and Only God 6 I C-A-N R-E-A-D 7 Heroes and their weapons 8 An unequal struggle 9 Two small cities in one small land 10 The Enlightened One and his land 11 The great teacher of a great people 12 The greatest adventure of all 13 New wars and new warriors 14 An enemy of history 15 Rulers of the Western world 16 The Good News 17 Life in the empire and at its frontiers 18 The storm 19 The starry night begins 20 There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his Prophet 21 A conqueror who also knows how to govern 22 A struggle to become the lord of Christendom 23 Chivalrous knights 24 Emperors in the age of chivalry 25 Cities and citizens 26 A new age 27 A new world 28 A new faith 29 The Church at war 30 Terrible times 31 A lucky king and an unlucky king 32 Meanwhile, looking eastwards. Gombrich’s text paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations.

Contents: 1 Once upon a time 2 The greatest inventors of all time 3 The land by the Nile 4 Sunday, Monday. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old, vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. Frisches und sauberes Exemplar in gutem Zustand.

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich