#Will durant story of civilization ivolume images series
Other, equally long series exist, but they are by multiple authors and therefore lack the single voice (or harmonious duo) of the Durants. Otherwise this is the best general history of the world I've ever seen. Indeed, were this volume excluded, it would be almost fair to retitle the whole The Story of Western Civilization. Given the attention paid the West, this is disproportionately little, reflecting either his ignorance or his prejudice. It attempts to cover both the earliest civilizations and also the history of Asia up to the time of writing.
The first volume, Our Oriental Heritage, Will's work, is the only disappointment. Wells' own, much shorter, attempt at a history of human civilization, their work is remarkable for the attention it pays to culture, domestic life and women in addition to the usual account of literate elites and their doings. I don't know if it's Ariel's influence, but, unlike H.G. Together, they travelled a great deal, visiting many of the places they wrote about in this magisterial eleven volume (twelve if you count a companion volume on historiography which I've yet to read) history of almost everything. Will started the series, the two of them carried it through to "the age of Napolean". Unlike their mediaeval prototypes, however, they wed and appear to have been rather happy. Together, they travelled a great deal, visiting many of the places they wrote about in this magisterial eleven volume (twelve if you count a companion volume on historiogra Will and Ariel Durant, like Abelard and Heloise, were teacher and student, were punished and went on to write together.
Will and Ariel Durant, like Abelard and Heloise, were teacher and student, were punished and went on to write together. The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set. تاریخ پایان The Story of Civilization (11 Volume Set), Will Durant The Story of Civilization (11 Volume Set), Will Durant The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set.
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