The Outline of History, Volume 1: Prehistory to the Roman Republic (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Excerpt: ... XXVII THE TWO WESTERN REPUBLICS1 § 1. The Beginnings of the Latins. § 2. A New Sort of State. § 3. The Carthaginian Republic of Rich Men. § 4. The First Punic War. § 5. Cato the Elder and the Spirit of Cato. § 6. The Second Punic War. § 7. The Third Punic War. § 8. How the Punic War Undermined Roman Liberty. § 9. Comparison of the Roman Republic with a Modern State. IT is now necessary to take up the history of the two great republics of the Western Mediterranean, Rome and Carthage, and to tell how Rome succeeded in maintaining for some centuries an empire even greater than that achieved by the conquests of Alexander. But this new empire was, as we shall try to make clear, a political structure differing very profoundly in its nature from any of the great Oriental empires that had preceded it. Great changes in the texture of human society and in the conditions of social interrelations had been going on for some centuries. The flexibility and transferability of money was becoming a power and, like all powers in inexpert hands, a danger in human affairs. It was altering the relations of rich men to the state and to their poorer fellow citizens. This new empire, the Roman empire, unlike all the preceding empires, was not the creation of a great conqueror. No Sargon, no Thothmes, no Nebuchadnezzar, no Cyrus nor Alexander nor Chandragupta, was its fountain head. It was made by a republic. It grew by a kind of necessity through new concentrating and unifying forces that were steadily gathering power in human affairs. 1 A very convenient handbook for this and the next two chapters is Matheson's Skeleton Outline of Roman History. But first it is necessary to give some idea of the state of affaire in Italy in the centuries immediately preceding th...

the First Comprehensive History Of The World, the Outline Of History Is A Vibrant Synthesis Of Real History, Told In A Sweeping, Panoramic Style, As If It Were Fiction. H. G. Wells Removes Nationalism From The Equation, Creating The Premier Worldview Of History, Told From A Global Rather Than A Local Point Of View.

with the Outline Of History Wells Started A Craze That Lasted Throughout The 1920s For Copycat Outlines On Every Conceivable Subject. Coming Right After The Carnage Of World War I, The outline Was Neither Unduly Pessimistic And Cynical About The Human Condition Nor Pollyannaish About Humanity's Future. Instead, It Offered An Account Of The Development Of The World's Civilizations Up To The Present, Showing Its Readers That An Enlightened Future Depended On A Clear, Unprejudiced View Of The Past.

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h. G. Wells Is Most Famous For Being One Of The Godfathers Of Science Fiction. His Masterpieces Include the Time Machine, The Island Of Dr. Moreau, And the War Of The Worlds. Born In 1866 In The Small Town Of Bromley, England, To An Impoverished Family, Wells Never Forgot The Hardships Of His Origin And Wrote With The Common Man In Mind.

The first comprehensive history of the world, The Outline of History is a vibrant synthesis of real history, told in a sweeping, panoramic style, as if it were fiction. H. G. Wells removes nationalism from the equation, creating the premier worldview of history, told from a global rather than a local point of view. With The Outline of History Wells started a craze that lasted throughout the 1920s for copycat "outlines" on every conceivable subject. Coming right after the carnage of World War I, the Outline was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanitys future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the worlds civilizations up to the present, showing its readers that an enlightened future depended on a clear, unprejudiced view of the past. The first comprehensive history of the world, "The Outline of History" is a vibrant synthesis of real history, told in a sweeping panoramic style, as if it were a work of fiction. H.G. Wells further removes nationalism from the equation, creating the premier worldview of history, told from a global rather than a local point of view. -- From publisher's description Ben shu shang su ren lei wen ming de kai duan, xia zhi di er ci shi jie da zhan . jiang gu ai ji, gu xi la, gu luo ma, ying guo, mei guo, fa guo deng chao ji da guo de qi luo xing shuai you tiao bu wen di zhan xian zai dou zhe mian qian.