| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Physical Description |
443 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"Translated by the author, with the help of John Purcell and Haim Watzman"--Title page verso. |
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"First published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 by Kinneret Mora-Bitan, Dvir" ; previously published in a slightly different form in Great Britain in 2014"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
From historian Harari a narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human". |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-428) and index. |
| Contents |
Timeline of history -- The cognitive revolution. An animal of no significance ; The tree of knowledge ; A day in the life of Adam and Eve ; The flood -- The agricultural revolution. History's biggest fraud ; Building pyramids ; Memory overload ; There is no justice in history -- The unification of humankind. The arrow of history ; The scent of money ; Imperial visions ; The law of religion ; The secret of success -- The scientific revolution. The discovery of ignorance ; The marriage of science and empire ; The capitalist creed ; The wheels of industry ; A permanent revolution ; And they lived happily ever after ; The end of Homo Sapiens -- Afterword: The animal that became a god. |
| Subject |
Civilization -- History.
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Human beings -- History.
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World history.
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Chronology, Historical.
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Technology and civilization -- History.
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| Alt Author |
Purcell, John, translator.
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Watzman, Haim, translator.
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Gower, Neil, cartographer.
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| Alternate Title |
Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut. English
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