![]() ![]() He paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations of science of remarkable people and remarkable events, from Confucius to Catherine the Great to Winston Churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Gombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages “All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.” So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. ![]()
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