What Happened in History by V. Gordon Childe is one of the most widely read and popular works to date for understanding world history from prehistorical times to Ancient European civilizations. This book is the continuation of the seminal work, Man Makes Himself. This book covers major aspects covered in history such as the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, emergence and decline of the Roman Empire. This book discusses the progression of human beings from the stone age till the period of civilizations. This book is highly fascinating for students of ancient history and archaeology.
• I. ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY 7
• II. PALAEOLITHIC SAVAGERY 27
• III. NEOLITHIC BARBARISM
• IV. THE HIGHER BARBARISM OF THE COPPER AGE
• V. THE URBAN REVOLUTION IN MESOPOTAMIA
• VI. EARLY BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATION IN EGYPT AND INDIA
• VII. THE EXPANSION OF CIVILIZATION 130
• VIII. THE CULMINATION OF BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATION 151
• IX. THE EARLY IRON AGE 184
• X. GOVERNMENT, RELIGION AND SCIENCE IN THE IRON AGE 204
• XL THE CLIMAX OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION 230
• X.H. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 260
• INDEX 287