A Little History of the World No. 18

It is one of the most important countries in the world today, and this is how it all got started. In 220 BCE a warlord called Shih Huang-ti conquered all the other war lords to unite China under one ruler. It would stay like this for more than 2000 years. Shih-Huang-ti was obsessed with finding a potion for immortality; ironically he died after drinking Mercury, which he thought would make him live for ever. 

A Little History of the World No.15 

So far history has mostly been focused around the Mediterranean Sea. But civilisations were thriving all over the world. To the east, in what we now call India and China great cities were built. These societies had great thinkers too and around this time their ideas about love life and the universe began to spread. You’ll recognise their names: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

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A Little History Of The World No.4

Egypt wasn’t the only great civilisation around this time. The Mayans in Mexico, the Indus Valley civilisation in modern day Pakistan and the Xia Dynasty in China all emerged too.

We are publishing a short-fire history of the world throughout April and possibly beyond, inspired by EH Gombrich’s classic book “A Little History of the World”.

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