A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 7

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Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In tonight’s relaxing read, we cover the philosophies of Buddha, Confucius, and Lao Tse, then swing back to the origins of the Roman Empire, all in less than an hour. Short history indeed!

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0:00.0	Good evening, and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some
0:17.3	sleep.
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1:20.0	Now, let's read and relax.
1:25.0	Find a comfortable spot.
1:30.0	Adjust your volume.
1:34.0	Take a nice deep breath in.
1:40.0	Let it out slowly.
1:44.8	And all. Let it out slowly. And off we go.
1:48.2	Tonight let's relax with a dip into the past, and more from a short history of the world by H.G. Wells,
1:58.8	published in 1922 by the Macmillanin Company, New York.
2:05.0	Let's pick up right where we left off at Chapter 28.
2:11.0	Let's begin.
2:15.0	Chapter 28 The Life of Gotama Buddha.
2:21.0	But now we must go back three centuries in our story to tell of a great teacher who came
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