world history - Analogous works
Many works are analogous to World History, in that they discuss "the history of the world" in a unified framework — For example, it was a genre popular in the 19th century with universal history, and with Christian historians going back to at least the 4th century. Other analogous works include:

• Shortly after World War I several popular books were written which dealt with the history of the world, though with a somewhat different approach. These included the children's book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon and the textbook The Outline of History (1918) by H.G. Wells.
• William McNeill's The Rise of the West (1963).
• Marshall Hodgson's writings were a precursor to the modern World History approach.
• Arnold J. Toynbee was a precursor of modern World History with his vast project, A Study of History .

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