The Story of Mankind: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of Mankind, credited to Hendrik van Loon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon. Read by Michelle Crandall and Kara Shallenberg. Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com) Read along and see the original illustrations at mainlesson.com.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of Mankind
• Author credits: Hendrik van Loon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 65
• Listed recording duration: 13:30:16

Catalogue topics

• history
• children
• van Loon
• world history
• short stories

Opening tracks: first 24 of 65

1. 00 Foreword — 8:26
2. 01 The Setting of the Stage — 9:08
3. 02 Our Earliest Ancestors — 5:07
4. 03 Prehistoric Man — 5:24
5. 04 Hieroglyphics — 10:19
6. 05 The Nile Valley — 7:10
7. 06 The Story of Egypt — 4:29
8. 07 Mesopotamia — 2:28
9. 08 The Sumerians — 7:20
10. 09 Moses — 5:11
11. 10 The Phoenicians — 3:13
12. 11 The Indo-Europeans — 4:07
13. 12 The Aegean Sea — 6:36
14. 13 The Greeks — 3:51
15. 14 The Greek Cities — 6:07
16. 15 Greek Self-Government — 5:52
17. 16 Greek Life — 7:42
18. 17 The Greek Theatre — 6:15
19. 18 The Persian Wars — 8:52
20. 19 Athens vs. Sparta — 4:41
21. 20 Alexander the Great — 4:08
22. 21 A Summary — 5:28
23. 22 Rome and Carthage — 23:42
24. 23 The Rise of Rome — 5:27

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