![]() So the Durants embarked on an encyclopedic survey of all civilization, ancient and modern, Occidental and Oriental.Ĭhapter 1: The Conditions of CivilizationĬhapter 2: The Economic Elements of CivilizationĬhapter 3: The Political Elements of CivilizationĬhapter 4: The Moral Elements of CivilizationĬhapter 5: The Mental Elements of CivilizationĬhronological Chart: Types and Cultures of Prehistoric ManĬhapter 6: The Prehistoric Beginnings of CivilizationĬhronological Table of Near Eastern Historyĥ. This is the classic reference on world history, recognized as the most comprehensive general history ever written, the result of four decades of work by Will and Ariel Durant - a set that The New York Times called "a splendid, broad panorama of hereditary culture in words and images that the layman can fully understand." This series began as an effort to write a history on the nineteenth century, an undertaking that Will Durant realized could only be understood in terms of what had come before. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first volume of the expansive Pulitzer Prize-winning series The Story of Civilization.ĭiscover a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the beginning with an introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization. ![]()
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