Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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Contents (vii) Timeline of History (ix) I. The Cognitive Revolution (1) 1. An Animal of No Significance (3) 2. The Tree of Knowledge (22) 3. A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve (45) 4. The Flood (70) II. The Agricultural Revolution (85) 5. History's Biggest Fraud (87) 6. Building Pyramids (110) 7. Memory Overload (134) 8. There Is No Justice in History (149) III. The Unification of Humankind (179) 9. The Arrow of History (181) 10. The Scent of Money (193) 11. Imperial Visions (210) 12. The Law of Religion (233) 13. The Secret of Success (264) IV. The Scientific Revolution (273) 14. The Discovery of Ignorance (275) 15. The Marriage of Science and Empire (307) 16. The Capitalist Creed (341) 17. The Wheels of Industry (374) 18. A Permanent Revolution (392) 19. And They Lived Happily Ever After (421) 20. The End of Homo Sapiens (445) Afterword: The Animal that Became a God (465) Notes (467) 1. An Animal of No Significance (467) 2. The Tree of Knowledge (467) 3. A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve (468) 4. The Flood (469) 5. History's Biggest Fraud (470) 6. Building Pyramids (471) 7. Memory Overload (472) 8. There Is No Justice in History (472) 10. The Scent of Money (472) 11. Imperial Visions (473) 12. The Law of Religion (474) 13. The Secret of Success (474) 14. The Discovery of Ignorance (474) 15. The Marriage of Science and Empire (475) 16. The Capitalist Creed (476) 17. The Wheels of Industry (476) 18. A Permanent Revolution (477) 19. And They Lived Happily Ever After (478) 20. The End of Homo Sapiens (479) Acknowledgements (481) Image Credits (483) Index (485)