A History of the World

A World History
Author	Endrei Zalán
Original title	A világ történelme
Illustrator	Richard Geiger
Language	Hungarian
Series	Six volumes
Subject	World history
Genre	World history
Publisher	Műintézet és Kiadóvállalat R.-T.
Publication date	1906–1908
Publication place	Hungary

A History of the World, (Hungarian: A világ történelme) edited by Endrei Zalán and illustrated by Richard Geiger, is a six-volume history of the world in Hungarian published between 1906 and 1908.

Background

Written for the general public, the books are Art Nouveau style, large-format, gilded, and bound. Illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white and color images, printed on polished paper by Richard Geiger, and was published by Műintézet és Kiadóvállalat R.-T. in Budapest. The six volumes range from the Ancient East to the present (i.e. the beginning of the 20th century). They cover the period of ancient Greeks, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and the modern age. In each volume, the editor used works by Victor Duruy, Fekten Károly, H. Grimme, Heyck Ödön, Huber Alfonz, and Alfred Nicolas Rambaud.

The series is divided into six volumes, but some parts extend into other volumes, and some parts start in the middle of a volume. This makes it difficult to use the work. There is no reprint of this work.

Volumes

A világ történelme

Volume number	Volume title	Era	Period covered	Pages	Year of publication
Volume I	People of the East Egypt • Ancient Asian • The Age of Egypt's Revival • The People of Israel • Assyria and Babylon • Lydian Kingdom • Medean Empire • Persian Empire • India	Ancient	ca. 3000 BC – 330 BC	750 p.	1906^[1]
Volume II	Classical Peoples Part I – History of the Greek Peoples Greek Mythology • History of the Greeks	Ancient	ca. 1300 BC – 323 BC	560 p.	1906^[1]
Volume III	Classical Peoples Part II – History of the Romans Roman Republic • Roman Empire • Pax Romana • Decline of the Roman Empire	Ancient	753 BC – 337	506 p.	1907^[1]
Volume IV	The Age of Migration and the Crusades The Age of Migration • The Age of the Crusades	Middle Ages	337–1440	604 p.	1908^[1]
Volume V	The Age of Discovery and the Reformation Age of Discovery • The Reformation	Modern history	1440–1789	444 p.	1908^[1]
Volume VI	The Age of the Victory of Human Rights The French Revolution • Napoleon • Great European Changes • The Death of William I	Current age	1789–1888	138 p.	1908^[1]