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Index
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface to the 2011 Edition
Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth?
PART I. THE INANIMATE UNIVERSE
1. The First 300,000 Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Space
2. Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexity
3. Origins and History of the Earth
PART II. LIFE ON EARTH
4. The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution
5. The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere
PART III. EARLY HUMAN HISTORY: MANY WORLDS
6. The Evolution of Humans
7. The Beginnings of Human History
PART IV. THE HOLOCENE: FEW WORLDS
8. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture
9. From Power over Nature to Power over People: Cities, States, and “Civilizations”
10. Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian “Civilizations”
PART V. THE MODERN ERA: ONE WORLD
11. Approaching Modernity
12. Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovation
13. Birth of the Modern World
14. The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century
PART VI. PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE
15. Futures
Appendix 1. Dating Techniques, Chronologies, and Timelines
Appendix 2. Chaos and Order
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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