A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE WORLD

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD

CHRIS HARMAN

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD

First Published by Bookmarks 1999 Copyright ? Bookmarks Publication Ltd 1999, 2002

This edition published by Verso 2008 Copyright ? Verso 2008 All rights reserved

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ISBN: 978-1-84467-468-8

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Contents

Introduction

Part one: The rise of class societies

Prologue: Before class Chapter 1 The neolithic `revolution' Chapter 2 The first civilisations Chapter 3 The first class divisions Chapter 4 Women's oppression Chapter 5 The first `Dark Ages'

Part two: The ancient world

Chapter 1 Iron and empires Chapter 2 Ancient India Chapter 3 The first Chinese empires Chapter 4 The Greek city states Chapter 5 Rome's rise and fall Chapter 6 The rise of Christianity

Part three: The `Middle Ages'

Chapter 1 The centuries of chaos Chapter 2 China: the rebirth of the empire Chapter 3 Byzantium: the living fossil Chapter 4 The Islamic revolutions

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