Absolutely everything!: a history of Earth, dinosaurs, rulers, robots and other things too numerous to mention

Nothing to something (13.8 billion-450 million years ago)

Land ho! (470 mya-252 mya)

Dinosaurs (252 mya-5 mya)

Hands free (5 mya-65,000 years ago)

You and me (200,000 years ago-5000 BCE)

Civilization begins (5000-1500 BCE)

Meanwhile, in Asia (3000-200 BCE)

Rise and fall (1400 BCE-476 CE)

Meanwhile, in the Americas (1500 BCE-1530 CE)

Invention connection (570-1279 CE)

Medieval misery (476-1526 CE)

Going global (1415-1621)

Revolutions all around (1543-1905)

World at war (1845-1945)

To be continued (1945-present).

ForewordChapter 1Nothing to Something13.8 billion-450 million years agoThe beginning of the universe, life and everythingChapter 2Land Ahoy480 million-252 million years agoCreatures wriggle out of the seas and forests cover the landChapter 3Dinosaurs to Apes252 million-6 million years agoTerrible lizards and what comes afterChapter 4Hands Free5 million-12,000 years agoWalking apes to migrating humansChapter 5Seeds of Change38,000 BCE to 2000 BCEFarming, writing and tradeChapter 6Cities and Civilizations Everywhere3300 BCE to 1200 BCEComplex societies emerge around the worldChapter 7The Rise of Religions30,000 years ago to 100 CESpiritual life bloomsChapter 8New Ideas Abound1400 BCE to 200 BCEDemocracy, Science, and PhilosophyChapter 9Christianity and Islam Make their Mark30-1000 CECultures collide and fuse, building the world we know todayChapter 10Ingenuity800-1280 CEInventions, Climate and the Struggle for PowerChapter 11The Global Middle Ages1220-1521Rich cultures around the worldChapter 12Colonialism takes off1415-1621One person's miracle is another's disasterChapter 13Revolutions All Around1543-1905Science, Freedom and RobotsChapter 14World at War1845-1945When everyone was fighting everyone elseChapter 15 Marching Towards the Millennium1945-2000The Cold War, Human Rights, and the Dawn of the Digital AgeChapter 16To Be Continued.2000-the presentPlastics, viruses and finding our way to a bright future