Days That Changed the World by Hywel Williams delivers a compelling exploration of the single days that reshaped civilizations, altered empires, and redefined humanity’s future. Covering nearly 2,500 years, from 28 September 480 BC to 11 September 2001, this authoritative work brings together 50 pivotal moments that changed the direction of world history forever.
Each chapter focuses on one defining day, presenting the events, the people involved, and the immediate and lasting consequences that followed. The book highlights the power of a single moment to transform politics, religion, science, exploration, warfare, and society itself. From the assassination of Julius Caesar and the Crucifixion of Christ to the launch of revolutionary ideas and technologies, these stories reveal how history is often shaped in an instant.
Included are landmark events such as the First Crusade, Columbus making landfall in the Americas, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and Captain Cook’s Endeavour setting sail from Plymouth. The narrative continues through the fall of the Bastille, Einstein unveiling the Theory of Relativity, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the devastation of Hiroshima, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the fall of the Berlin Wall, culminating with the events of 11 September 2001.
Written with clarity and energy, Days That Changed the World provides essential historical context while keeping the focus on the dramatic impact of each day. It is designed for readers who want a broad, engaging, and accessible overview of world history through its most defining moments.
This book stands as a concise yet powerful record of how 50 individual days shaped the political, cultural, scientific, and social foundations of the modern world.
Book Author: Hywel Williams
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