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First Sentence
"About 14 billion years ago, matter, energy, time and space came into being in what is known as the Big Bang."
Table of Contents
Part One.
The Cognitive Revolution
1.
An Animal of No Significance
Page 3
2.
The Tree of Knowledge
Page 22
3.
A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve
Page 45
4.
The Flood
Page 70
Part Two.
The Agricultural Revolution
5.
History's Biggest Fraud
Page 87
6.
Building Pyramids
Page 110
7.
Memory Overload
Page 134
8.
There Is No Justice in History
Page 149
Part Three.
The Unification of Humankind
9.
The Arrow of History
Page 181
10.
The Scent of Money
Page 193
11.
Imperial Visions
Page 210
12.
The Law of Religion
Page 233
13.
The Secret of Success
Page 264
Part Four.
The Scientific Revolution
14.
The Discovery of Ignorance
Page 275
15.
The Marriage of Science and Empire
Page 307
16.
The Capitalist Creed
Page 341
17.
The Wheels of Industri
Page 374
18.
A Permanent Revolution
Page 392
19.
And They Lived Happily Ever After
Page 421
20.
The End of Homo Sapiens
Page 445
Afterword: The Animal that Became a God
Page 465
Notes
Page 467
Acknowledgements
Page 481
Image Credits
Page 483
Index
Page 485
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