Sapiens: a brief History of Humankind

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Document Outline

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• 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