Heroes of history : a brief history of civilization from ancient times to the dawn of the modern age
In the tradition of his bestselling books "The Story of Civilization" and "The Lessons of History, " Pulitzer-prize winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, in a book published 20 years after his death
Nonfiction
348 pages ; 24 cm
9780743226127, 0743226127
47716529
What is civilization?
Confucius and the banished angel
India : from Buddha to Indira Gandhi
From the pyramids to Ikhnaton
Philosophy and poetry in the Old Testament
The road to Pericles
The Golden Age of Athens
From Plato to Alexander
The Roman Republic
The Roman Revolution
The Roman Empire (27 B.C.-A.D. 180)
Nero and Aurelius
The human Christ
The growth of the Church
The Renaissance I : around Leonardo
The Renaissance II : Rome
The Renaissance III : Venetian sunset
The Reformation I : Wyclif and Erasmus
The Reformation II (1517-55) : Luther and the communists
The Catholic Reformation (1517-63)
Shakespeare and Bacon
Includes index