Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Table of contents
- Timeline of History
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