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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Original title:
קיצור תולדות האנושות
Publication year:
2014
Original publication year:
2011
ISBN:
978-0-099-59008-8
Pages:
498
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Table of Contents:
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Part One The Cognitive Revolution
1 An Animal of No Significance
2 The Tree of Knowledge
3 A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
4 The Flood
Part Two The Agricultural Revolution
5 History's Biggest Fraud
6 Building Pyramids
7 Memory Overload
8 There Is No Justice in History
Part Three The Unification of Humankind
9 The Arrow of History
10 The Scent of Money
11 Imperial Visions
12 The Law of Religion
13 The Secret of Success
Part Four The Scientific Revolution
14 The Discovery of Ignorance
15 The Marriage of Science and Empire
16 The Capitalist Creed
17 The Wheels of Industry
18 A Permanent Revolution
19 And They Lived Happily Ever After
20 The End of Homo Sapiens
Afterword: The Animal that Became a God
Notes
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Index
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