The Story of Civilization

By Will Durant, Ariel Durant

Categories: History

The Story of Civilization is Will and Ariel Durant's eleven-volume history of the world's cultures, published between 1935 and 1975. It begins with the ancient Near East, India and China and moves through Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages. Later volumes cover the Renaissance, the Reformation, the age of reason and the Enlightenment, ending with the age of Napoleon. The Durants weave politics, religion, science, art and daily life into a single narrative written for general readers over four decades.

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