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The Story of Mankind

Hendrik van Loon

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon. 65 sections, 13 hr 30 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length
13 hr 30 min
Sections
65
Language
English
Level
Secondary
Read by
Michelle Crandall and Kara Shallenberg
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
story_mankind_0906
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 00 Foreword 8:25
  2. 01 The Setting of the Stage 9:08
  3. 02 Our Earliest Ancestors 5:06
  4. 03 Prehistoric Man 5:24
  5. 04 Hieroglyphics 10:19
  6. 05 The Nile Valley 7:10
  7. 06 The Story of Egypt 4:28
  8. 07 Mesopotamia 2:28
  9. 08 The Sumerians 7:19
  10. 09 Moses 5:10
  11. 10 The Phoenicians 3:13
  12. 11 The Indo-Europeans 4:07
  13. 12 The Aegean Sea 6:35
  14. 13 The Greeks 3:50
  15. 14 The Greek Cities 6:07
  16. 15 Greek Self-Government 5:51
  17. 16 Greek Life 7:41
  18. 17 The Greek Theatre 6:15
  19. 18 The Persian Wars 8:51
  20. 19 Athens vs. Sparta 4:40
  21. 20 Alexander the Great 4:07
  22. 21 A Summary 5:27
  23. 22 Rome and Carthage 23:42
  24. 23 The Rise of Rome 5:27
  25. 24 The Roman Empire 19:19
  26. 25 Joshua of Nazareth 9:07
  27. 26 The Fall of Rome 10:27
  28. 27 Rise of the Church 13:36
  29. 28 Mohammed 11:22
  30. 29 Charlemagne 10:04
  31. 30 The Norsemen 4:30
  32. 31 Feudalism 6:58
  33. 32 Chivalry 5:01
  34. 33 Pope vs. Emperor 12:06
  35. 34 The Crusades 8:54
  36. 35 The Mediaeval City 19:25
  37. 36 Mediaeval Self-Government 9:28
  38. 37 The Mediaeval World 15:03
  39. 38 Mediaeval Trade 12:02
  40. 39 The Renaissance 27:27
  41. 40 The Age of Expression 9:04
  42. 41 The Great Discoveries 27:03
  43. 42 Buddha and Confucius 17:06
  44. 43 The Reformation 22:47
  45. 44 Religious Warfare 28:41
  46. 45 The English Revolution 33:12
  47. 46 The Balance of Power 9:15
  48. 47 The Rise of Russia 13:47
  49. 48 Russia vs Sweden 7:55
  50. 49 The Rise of Prussia 8:46
  51. 50 The Mercantile System 7:15
  52. 51 The American Revolution 13:30
  53. 52 The French Revolution 28:12
  54. 53 Napoleon 24:04
  55. 54 The Holy Alliance 21:45
  56. 55 The Great Reaction 16:30
  57. 56 National Independence 41:24
  58. 57 The Age of the Engine 19:35
  59. 58 The Social Revolution 10:00
  60. 59 Emancipation 15:50
  61. 60 The Age of Science 10:17
  62. 61 Art 28:53
  63. 62 Colonial Expansion and War 18:09
  64. 63 A New World 20:00
  65. 64 As It Shall Ever Be 1:32