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The Super Summary of World History is a very compact history of the world emphasizing western culture and political processes. The Super Summary is for the thinking person. This new history raises exciting questions and puts events into new perspectives to stimulate real thinking about history rather than accepting that the past as set in stone. History isnt just names and dates, but a range of decisions and actions that often turn on the smallest circumstance. The Super Summary analyzes a few events in depth but most are put into their historical framework so the reader discern where and how all of this action escorts us to the present day. If history seems dull, pick up The Super Summary to discover that Western History is alive with controversy and consequence. The book has 544 pages, 76 Figures - 65 of which are maps - a detailed Table of Contents, a time line of essential events, a list of important on-line sources, an extensive index, and 329 footnotes. At the end of key chapters is a list of reading and on-line sources to help the reader expand their knowledge of history. Throughout the text, critical names are in bold, and extremely important events are in bold and italic print.

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Copyright 2010 by Alan Dale Daniel BA MBA JD Library of Congress - photo 1

Copyright 2010 by Alan Dale Daniel, BA, MBA, JD.

Library of Congress Control Number:

2008904529

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978-1-4363-4326-8

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978-1-4363-4325-1

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978-1-4500-6251-0

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Contents

Top Events in History (my opinion)

Prehistory 150,000 BC to 3,500 BC (approximate)

Ten Human Traits

Neolithic RevolutionAgriculture 8,500 BC

Differing Views of History

Books and References:

Ancient History 8000 BC to AD 455

Geography

Security

Sumer and UR

Abraham

Egypt

Mesopotamia

The Bronze Age Collapse

Harappan CivilizationsIndus Valley

The Aryans and Iron Age Civilizations In India

Greece and Rome

The Greeks

Individual Greater than the State

Of Gods and Governments

The Persians Invade Greece

After the PersiansThe Peloponnesian War

Alexander the Great

Rome

The Punic Wars

Cannae

The Army, the Republic, and the Empire

Discussion of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The Need for Protection

Invaders from the Center of the World

Greek Philosophy

Sophists

Of Gods and Men

The Role of Food, Disease, and Administration in Ancient Times

Books and Resources

Books and References on Philosophy

The Dark Ages 455 to 1400

Total Loss Of Roman Culture

Events of the Dark Ages

The Catholic Church

Feudalism

The Guild System

Government During The Dark Ages

The FranksFrance

England

The Viking Raids

The Mongols

Europe Battles Toward the Renaissance

Books and Resources

The Renaissance 1300 to 1500

New Thoughts and New Assumptions

Science and Pseudoscience

The Art of Oil Painting

Books and Resources

The Age of Discovery 1463 to 1522

Native Empires in the Americas

Spanish and English Empires in the Americas

Books and Resources

The EAST

China

The Dynasties (this can get very dull)

Japan

Korea

India

Books and Resources

Africa

Books and Resources

The Middle East and the Fall of Byzantium (The Eastern Roman Empire) 500 to 1453

Islam Turned Back at Tours

Byzantium

The Crusades

Books and Resources

The New World and the Rise of America

Columbus and 1492

Native Americans

The American Revolution 1775 to 1782

Background

Lexington and Concordthe War begins

The Declaration of Independence

Early Defeats and Trentonthe Last Chance

Saratoga

The American Frontier

The Constitution of the United States of America

ProblemsDiscussing the Constitution

Books and Resources

Europe from the Renaissance to 1900

Nation States, Religion, War, and The Armada

Europe Undergoes Vast Change

Science and the Printing Press (The Road to Tomorrow)

The ArtsPainting

Speed of Change

The French Revolution 1789 to 1799

The Impact of Empires

The Industrial Revolution

Art and the Future of Europe

Rise of New Nations in Central Europe

America and the Americas

Latin America

United States of America

The War of 1812

American Growth and Problems

Mexican-American War

The American Civil War 1861 to 1865

Causes

The time line to war:

Casualties

Strategythe North

Strategythe South

The War Begins

Antietam and Emancipation

Gettysburg

Grant and Sherman Destroy the South

Grant

Sherman

Reconstruction of the South

Aftermaththe Impacts of the Civil War

Books and Resources

From the Civil War to 1900

Industrial Expansion

America Becomes an Imperial Power1898

Copying Britain

Books and Resources

1900: The Dividing Line to the Modern World

Industrialism and the Machine Age

Machines

Politics

America

Power of Women

Power of the Press

Power of Religion

Power of Science

Art and Literature

The Power of Change

The First World War 1914 to 1918

Casualties

Financial Costs

Other Costs

Causes of the Great War

The von Schlieffen Plan

Mobilization

Deciding Factors (in order of importance)

The War Begins

Stalemate in the West

the Western Front

The Russian Front

The War at Sea

New Technology

The Eastern Front and Revolution

Other Fronts

Turning Point: The United States of America Enters the War

Aftermath

Some Thoughts on the Great War and the Aftermath

Books and Resources on the Great War

The Interwar Years 1919 to 1939

The Great Depression 1929-1942?

Background

Causes

The Contraction Starts

Hoover and RooseveltThe Twins of Economic Failure

Economic Theories

European Governments under Stress: Fascist and Communist

Japan Taken Over By Militarists

The Future Goes Dark

Books and Resources on the Great Depression and the Rise of the Third Reich

World War II 1939 to 1945

How Many Dead?

Compare 1914 and 1939

Deciding Factors

World War II Begins

The Battle of France

Battle of Britain

Invasion?

The Battle of the Atlantic

Industrial Production

The Crucial Years

North Africa

El Alamein

The USSR

Barbarossa

Japan Enters the War December 7, 1941

Background

Deciding Factors In the Pacific

Pearl Harbor A nd the Japanese Centrifical Offensive

Pearl Harbor

Japans Southern Offensive

Singapore

The Philippines

The Battle of Midway

The South Pacific and Indochina

Guadalcanal

Midpoint in the Second World War Europe: Key Decisions

Axis (mis) Management

Hitler Attacks in the East

War In The Atlantic

North Africa

Sicily and Italy

Planning D-Day

Midpoint in the Second World WarPacific

Tarawa

Marianas and New Guinea

The PhilippinesThe Return of the USA

Hammering Toward VictoryThe Pacific

Battle of Leyte Gulfthe Philippines

Submarine EffortsAxis and the Allies

Hammering Toward VictoryEurope

D-Day and Beyond

Background to D-Day

The Atlantic Wall Breached

The Battle of the Bulge

The Air War Over Europe

The Eastern FrontAfter Stalingrad

The End in Europe

The End in Asia

Battle of Okinawa

Operation Olympic

Truman Uses the A-Bomb

Books and References

The Cold War 1945 to 1989

Truman: Neophyte Cold Warrior

Eisenhower: Careful Cold Warrior

Kennedy: Risk-Taking Cold Warrior

Lyndon B. Johnson: Worthless Cold Warrior

Nixon: Winning Cold Warrior

Carter: Incompetent Cold Warrior

Reagan: Ultimate Cold Warrior

Books and Resources

The Korean War

Background to Invasion

The Red Empires Strike!

Inchon The UN Allies Strike Back

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