Contents

Dedication

Timeline of History

Part One The Cognitive Revolution

1. An Animal of No Significance

2. The Tree of Knowledge

3. A Day in the Life of Adam and Eve

4. The Flood

Part Two The Agricultural Revolution

5. History’s Biggest Fraud

6. Building Pyramids

7. Memory Overload

8. There is No Justice in History

Part Three The Unification of Humankind

9. The Arrow of History

10. The Scent of Money

11. Imperial Visions

12. The Law of Religion

13. The Secret of Success

Part Four The Scientific Revolution

14. The Discovery of Ignorance

15. The Marriage of Science and Empire

16. The Capitalist Creed

17. The Wheels of Industry

18. A Permanent Revolution

19. And They Lived Happily Ever After

20. The End of Homo Sapiens

Afterword: The Animal that Became a God

Notes

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

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