CONTENTS

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[A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD]
I. [THE WORLD IN SPACE] 1
II. [THE WORLD IN TIME] 5
III. [THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE] 11
IV. [THE AGE OF FISHES] 16
V. [THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS] 21
VI. [THE AGE OF REPTILES] 26
VII. [THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS] 31
VIII. [THE AGE OF MAMMALS] 37
IX. [MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN] 43
X. [THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN] 48
XI. [THE FIRST TRUE MEN] 53
XII. [PRIMITIVE THOUGHT] 60
XIII. [THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION] 65
XIV. [PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS] 71
XV. [SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING] 77
XVI. [PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES] 84
XVII. [THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES] 91
XVIII. [EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA] 96
XIX. [THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS] 104
XX. [THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I] 109
XXI. [THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS] 115
XXII. [PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA] 122
XXIII. [THE GREEKS] 127
XXIV. [THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS] 134
XXV. [THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE] 139
XXVI. [THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT] 145
XXVII. [THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA] 150
XXVIII. [THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA] 156
XXIX. [KING ASOKA] 163
XXX. [CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE] 167
XXXI. [ROME COMES INTO HISTORY] 174
XXXII. [ROME AND CARTHAGE] 180
XXXIII. [THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE] 185
XXXIV. [BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA] 196
XXXV. [THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE] 201
XXXVI. [RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE] 208
XXXVII. [THE TEACHING OF JESUS] 214
XXXVIII. [THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY] 222
XXXIX. [THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST] 227
XL. [THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE] 233
XLI. [THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES] 238
XLII. [THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA] 245
XLIII. [MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM] 248
XLIV. [THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS] 253
XLV. [THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM] 258
XLVI. [THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION] 267
XLVII. [RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM] 277
XLVIII. [THE MONGOL CONQUESTS] 287
XLIX. [THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS] 294
L. [THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH] 304
LI. [THE EMPEROR CHARLES V] 309
LII. [THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE] 318
LIII. [THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS] 329
LIV. [THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE] 335
LV. [THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE] 341
LVI. [THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON] 349
LVII. [THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE] 355
LVIII. [THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION] 365
LIX. [THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS] 370
LX. [THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES] 382
LXI. [THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE] 390
LXII. [THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY] 393
LXIII. [EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN] 399
LXIV. [THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914] 405
LXV. [THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18] 409
LXVI. [THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA] 415
LXVII. [THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD] 421
[CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE] 429
[INDEX] 439