A History of the Euclean Peoples

A History of the Euclean Peoples

The title page of the first Estmerish-language edition of A History of the Euclean Peoples, published in 1880
Author	Greger Lange
Country	Geatland
Language	Geatish
Subject	History of Euclea Langean theory
Published	14 August 1877
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	1012 (Estmerish translation)

A History of the Euclean Peoples (Geatish: De eukleiska folkens historia) is a three-volume work by Geatish historian and social theorist Greger Lange. Published in 1877, the work follows the development of Euclean history from the rise of Ancient Piraean city-states in the 8th century B.C. and concludes with the First Soravian Civil War in the 19th century A.D. The work expounds on Lange's theory of historical development, known as Langean theory. Following its publication, A History sold millions of copies and became the most widely-read commentary on Euclean history in the world. It is considered one of the most influential works of social science ever published.

Volume I of A History covers the rise and fall of Ancient Piraean and the Solarian Empire as well as the rise and diffusion of Sotirianity on the Euclean continent. Volume II focuses on post-classical Euclea, known commonly as the Middle Ages, and features extensive discussion of the Verliquoian Empire and the War of the Crescent and the Cross. Volume III concerns itself with modern history, including key events like Amendist Wars, Age of Liberty, Euclean discovery and colonization of the Asterias, and Weranian Unification.

In the years after its publication, A History of the Euclean People became the benchmark text on Euclean history and remained so until the 1970s. The work contains many of the key themes of Lange's theory of history, such as the great man theory, Langean social stratification, the chaos-order spectrum, and collapse syndrome. A History of the Euclean People is the most cited work in history written before 1950, and the most cited work written in the Geatish language.