Days That Changed the World: The 50 Defining Events of World History

Days That Changed the World (The 50 Defining Events of World History)

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    • I frequently found my mind wandering when he would vomit word salad like this upon me: Wenceslas William von Ruppa formed a provisional government which replaced the Hapsburg administration. And so it went. The ruler, who used the title isapostolos to signify his equality with the Apostles at the end of his life, was a sincere, if bloody, Christian.

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    When his son, the Caesar Crispus, became too popular he had him murdered. He elevated his mother to the rank of Augusta and when that made his wife jealous he showed his filial devotion by murdering the unfortunate Fausta. Genghis could therefore use them to develop a Mongol army run by officers chosen on the basis of their ability rather than their lineage. His writings were then publicly burned in Rome.

    He had raised the most fundamental of all questions: He is the hero therefore not only of the Protestant Reformation but of the voice of the stubborn individual conscience. Once his questioning started, much else was rejected as well: Papal primacy, the infallibility of the councils of the Church, transubstantiation of the blood and wine into the body and blood of Christ, and clerical celibacy were all dumped unceremoniously. The slave population of the US increased from 1,, in to 3,, in and slave-breeding became an important economic activity in the old south. Central and South America accounted for some seventy-five per cent of the total English Quakers had first petitioned parliament to abolish slavery in and their Pennsylvanian brethren had voiced their first formal opposition in West Indian incomes, however vast, were now starting to offend that important political and social force—British respectability.

    Most of the former Spanish colonies in Latin America continued with slavery until the s. The British advance into Africa from onwards therefore combined humanitarian argument with colonial advantage. This introduced a novel ambiguity into imperial policy, especially in the Middle East. The British navy patrolled the Indian ocean and the east African coastline where black Muslim chiefs co-operated with the Arab merchants and traders whose slave trade, centred on Zanzibar, extended across vast distances. African slaves were sent up the Persian gulf to Persia, Turkey and Mesopotamia.

    The trade in Christian Abyssinian slaves was particularly offensive to the British and naval officers often had to enter into local deals with rulers prepared to sell their slavery rights for cash. Aug 10, Tony rated it really liked it Shelves: The 50 Defining Events of World History.

    Most of us can think of defining moments in history. Many of our choices will be picked from our lifetimes, for obvious reasons.

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    When we think about it, though, we will likely choose many of the same days events as chosen by this author. I was glad to encounter them and learn about them. Around each date picked, he manages to provide a look at what happened before the event and what went on afterwards. This is a fascinating way to look at world history. I was also a little taken back at my apparent lack of curiosity of some of his information.

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    For example, I knew that the V-1 and V-2 rockets were used by the Germans in their bombings of England. Jul 14, John Geddie rated it liked it. This was my "Coffee Break" book when I had 5 minutes free here and there. It's broken down into a series of short essays of the "50 Defining Events of World History.

    For more common-education events, the author really does do a very good job analyzing long term effects. Each event had at least one perspective I'd never thought of.

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    Good Book, for enrich our knowledge! To ask other readers questions about Days That Changed the World , please sign up. I could follow events he described if I already had familiarity with them. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Most of the former Spanish colonies in Latin America continued with slavery until the s. As a result 1 July became the worst day in British military history with 57, casualties, including 19, killed, 35, wounded, 2, missing and taken prisoner. Quite difficult to read if you don't have a strong history background.

    Jun 12, Carl rated it liked it. A dull hyperbolic, over-simplified, Euro-centric take on history.

    While some chapters are pretty interesting, most are examples that do not meet the books title. The non-European or neo-European examples feel like token gestures that again do not meet the book's scope. Finally, only two dates are from before 1 CE; nothing world changing happened prior to the Greek defeat of the Persian Empire's advance or Julius Caesar's assassination? Aug 16, Jonty Davies rated it really liked it. I would recommend this book to people who don't want to commit to reading a whole book front to back. This book is broken into 50 stories consisting of nothing but the facts of what happened at these events.

    I enjoyed it thoroughly since the writing style is short and to the point. The author provides detail on the background information and reasoning for the events without going unnecessarily deep. I recommend this for anyone who likes to read historical books without wanting to read an entire I would recommend this book to people who don't want to commit to reading a whole book front to back.

    I recommend this for anyone who likes to read historical books without wanting to read an entire book on one subject. Nov 30, Tom rated it it was ok. The writing is pretty dry and no real rationale is given as to why the given events were chosen over other, similarly influential, events.

    Days That Changed the World: The 50 Defining Events of World History by Hywel Williams

    It also seemed like a three page essay was far too short to do justice for almost any of these historical events. A fantastic book which shows 50 different events which have shaped history.

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    The author describes the event and then provides the background to what lead up to the event and the impact the event had on shaping the world as we know it today. May 07, Dave Kenyon rated it liked it.

    Very interesting subject matter. Not an easy, free-flowing read unfortunately. Quite difficult to read if you don't have a strong history background. May 19, Ian Major rated it really liked it. Just enough about seven pages each to give one an appreciation of how important the event was, without being bogged-down with detail. Very helpful comments on these great events. Jun 26, MsEleanorMae rated it really liked it Shelves: Great little breakdown of so many important events in world history.

    Would read again just gets you thinking and makes me want to read more. May 31, David rated it it was ok Shelves: Full of West European and American History. Jul 30, Roos rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: For those forever glued to their mobile phone, they do well to remember that the inventor of the telephone: In the light of current commemorations of the First World War, people would do well to read the stuff on: After a week-long artillery bombardment the British infantry tried to advance but found that the well-entrenched German forces enjoyed a strategic superiority.

    As a result 1 July became the worst day in British military history with 57, casualties, including 19, killed, 35, wounded, 2, missing and taken prisoner. In September the British, still attempting a breakthrough, deployed the innovation of tank warfare but the heavy rainfall of that October turned the battlefield into a sea of mud…. The scale of the losses at the Somme and Verdun wiped out a generation of the young and the barbarism which had been unleashed haunted all future European generations….

    The first global war had ended in the deaths of 1. Another twenty million had been wounded. European politics in the next twenty years would show that not one of these deaths and injuries had contributed to a resolution of the problems which had consumed the continent in a new and terrible darkness. This unresolved tragedy would continue. The Ottomans get a mention but nowhere is the break up of the Ottoman Empire explained. Among the various arguments about the use of the atom bomb, we rarely hear: His diary entry for 25 July recorded his view that atomic bombs should be used only on military targets, but the written order for the bombing, approved by him on the same day, made no such provision and specified the cities of Hiroshima and of Nagasaki as targets.

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