World History Fast Forward: A Quick Getaway Into the Pages of Time: From the Very Beginning to the End of Everything, and All That Jazz in Between in Just 111 Pages

When did the lights actually turn on in the universe? Why does gold come from obliterated stars? Why was there an environmental catastrophe on Earth already over two and a half billion years ago? When did the common blueprint of humans and houseflies originate? Did humans invent writing to enable bureaucracy? How did antiquity and the Middle Ages end, and how will the Earth and the rest of the universe eventually die?

Nearly 14 billion years ago, the world first saw the light. Since then, a lot has happened. We travel from the beginning to the end through the history of the universe, the Earth, humanity, and all the rest, as far as it seems interesting enough from the personal perspective that shapes this book's narrative.

This book is for those who find that interesting and who would like a few billion years summed up compactly. It is also suitable for showing off with a little knowledge of history.