A History of the World

A History of the World provides the reader with an overview of history from a scientific perspective, beginning with humankind's first experiences and ending with the events of 1945, with some commentary on the current state of the world. A distillation of the primary work of others, the book provides the reader with a larger view of history and offers general conclusions based on current scholarly research. Of special focus are belief systems, mythology, and human psychology, as well as the relationships between languages and their classification.