The Story of Mankind
Hendrik Van Loon
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com) (13 hr 30 min)
Chapitres
| Foreward | 8:25 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Setting of the Stage | 9:08 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Our Earliest Ancestors | 5:06 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Prehistoric Man | 5:24 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Hieroglyphics | 10:19 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Nile Valley | 7:10 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Story of Egypt | 4:28 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Mesopotamia | 2:28 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Sumerians | 7:20 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Moses | 5:10 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Phoenicians | 3:13 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Indo-Europeans | 4:07 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Aegean Sea | 6:35 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Greeks | 3:50 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Greek Cities | 6:07 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Greek Self-Government | 5:51 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Greek Life | 7:41 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Greek Theatre | 6:15 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Persian Wars | 8:51 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Athens vs. Sparta | 4:40 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Alexander the Great | 4:07 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| A Summary | 5:28 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Rome and Carthage | 23:42 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Rise of Rome | 5:27 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Roman Empire | 19:20 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Joshua of Nazareth | 9:07 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Fall of Rome | 10:27 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Rise of the Church | 13:36 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Mohammed | 11:22 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Charlemagne | 10:04 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Norsemen | 4:30 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Feudalism | 6:58 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Chivalry | 5:01 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Pope vs. Emperor | 12:06 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Crusades | 8:54 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Mediaeval City | 19:25 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Mediaeval Self-Government | 9:28 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Mediaeval World | 15:03 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Mediaeval Trade | 12:02 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Renaissance | 27:27 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Age of Expression | 9:04 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Great Discoveries | 27:03 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Buddha and Confucius | 17:07 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Reformation | 22:47 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Religious Warfare | 28:41 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The English Revolution | 33:12 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Balance of Power | 9:15 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Rise of Russia | 13:47 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Russia vs. Sweden | 7:55 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Rise of Prussia | 8:46 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Mercantile System | 7:15 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The American Revolution | 13:30 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The French Revolution | 28:12 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Napoleon | 24:04 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Holy Alliance | 21:45 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Great Reaction | 16:30 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| National Independence | 41:24 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| The Age of the Engine | 19:35 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Social Revolution | 10:00 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Emancipation | 15:50 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Age of Science | 10:17 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| Art | 28:54 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Colonial Expansion and War | 18:09 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
| A New World | 20:00 | Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| As It Ever Shall Be | 1:32 | Lu par Michelle Crandall |
Critiques
A Not to Be Missed Book--Or Left Behind, Even 'When Worlds Collide'
forprogress
The two readers do a wonderful job of conveying van Loon's warm and humanistic history of mankind for children of all ages. The book The Story of Mankind was featured as one of the few books thought worthy of being salvaged from an earth about to be destroyed by colliding planets in the George Pal sci-fi classic 'When Worlds Collide', for good reason. Many of the lessons that van Loon conveys from the dawn of time to the Modern World (I know he vehemently disagrees with the latter term, since he considers man only a little removed from the cave, is used for reference purpose only). I find his discussion of the circumstances surrounding The French Revolution and The Ship of State at the end, particularly edifying. I personally enjoyed his discussion of the Marquis de Condorcet who he brings up in both time periods. As well as his use of Irony and Pity at the end to be our assessors and judges for a humanist society. This makes a good bed timing hearing for all those whose historical knowledge may be sketchy at spots (again for children of all ages), bravo to the two readers! Sorry, it took so long for someone to applaud their great selection choice and very pleasant and inviting, humanistic, family-friendly reading.
missing 12 chapters
Cindy’s
Thank you for recording this book. However, it’s missing the last 12 chapters.
good book well read
Thiago Coelho
I must also congratulate the heroic efforts to describe the illustrations
Hussain Burhan
loved most of the book untill it came to Mohammed the author is obviously a baisd chritian and im suprized how ignorant he is calling muslims "Mohammedian" and doesn't even use respectful words towards the prophet and when he says that his religion didn't contribute to anything like railroads and stuff that couldn't be further from the truth study the islamic golden ages you will know how much muslims have contributed to science for example algebra, algorythms the very scientific methods even the gravity was Discovered by muslims way before isaac newton so he is clearly very wrong about muslims and the religion of islam
excellent book and very much well read!! thank you very much!
A LibriVox Listener
APPLAUD !
A LibriVox Listener
Well done - I listened to this over again and enjoyed the narrators as much as I did the book.
concise and to the point, provided the reader is clear this pret
Bridget Laurence
Bob Jones
poor speaking and noisy background by Michelle