The Little Book of History

• Publisher: DK, Penguin Random Hause
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 6000 BCE–500 CE
All the lands have fallen prostrate beneath his sandals for eternity
Attachment is the root of suffering
Administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few
There is nothing impossible to he who will try
If the Qin should ever get his way with the world, then the whole world will end up his prisoner
Thus perish all tyrants
By this sign conquer
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 500–1492
Truth has come and falsehood has vanished
A surge in spirit and an awakening in intelligence
Never before has such a terror appeared in Britain
A man destined to become master of the state
That men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions
I did not tell half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed
Those who until now have been mercenaries for a few coins achieve eternal rewards
Give the sun the blood of enemies to drink
Scarce the tenth person of any sort was left alive
I have worked to discharge heaven’s will
I have newly devised 28 letters
THE EARLY MODERN ERA 1420–1795
As my city falls, I shall fall with it
Following the light of the sun we left the Old World
This line shall be considered as a perpetual mark and bound
The ancients never raised their buildings so high
My conscience is captive to the Word of God
They cherished a great hope and inward zeal
We will cut off his head with the crown upon it
There is no corner where one does not talk of shares
Assemble all the knowledge scattered on the surface of the Earth
I built St. Petersburg as a window to let in the light of Europe
CHANGING SOCIETIES 1776–1914
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
Sire, it’s a revolution
I must make of all the peoples of Europe one people, and of Paris the capital of the world
Let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom without fear. To hesitate is to perish
Life without industry is guilt
You may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know
This enterprise will return immense rewards
Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved
Let us arm. Let us fight for our brothers
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth
America is God’s crucible, the greatest melting pot
Enrich the country, strengthen the military
Deeds not words
THE MODERN WORLD 1914–PRESENT
You often wish you were dead
History will not forgive us if we do not assume power now
Any lack of confidence in the economic future of the United States is foolish
The truth is that men are tired of liberty
In starting and waging a war, it is not right that matters but victory
The Final Solution of the Jewish Question
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom
The name of our state shall be Israel
Ghana, your beloved country, is free forever
We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked
People of the whole world are pointing to the satellite
I have a dream
Scatter the old world, build the new
We shall defend it with our blood and strength, and we shall meet aggression with aggression and evil with evil
The Iron Curtain is swept aside
Create an unbearable situation of total insecurity with no hope of further survival or life
Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack
You affect the world by what you browse
A crisis which began in the mortgage markets of America has brought the world’s financial system close to collapse
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS