A Short History of the World (Blainey book)

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A Short History of the World
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Author Geoffrey Blainey
SubjectGeneral history
PublisherPenguin Books
Publication date
2000
Media typeHard cover
Pages669
ISBN 0-670-88036-1
OCLC 45755675

A Short History of the World is a general history non-fiction book written by Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey. First published in 2000 by Penguin Books, it describes over 4 million years of history, from before the first people left Africa, through to the current day.

Contents

In 2007 Blainey released an abridged (492 pages) paperback version of the book titled A Very Short History of the World. [1] He also released a double audio CD set of the same name.

Other books of the same title

A book of the same title was written by H. G. Wells in 1920. [2]

British historian John Roberts published A Short History of the World in 1997, as a follow-up to his larger 1994 book History of the World. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Blainey, Geoffrey. A Very Short History of the World ISBN   978-0-14-300559-9
  2. ↑ A Short History of the World Archived October 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine H.G. Wells
  3. ↑ A Short History of the World Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine John M. Roberts

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