THE SAURIAN AGE | [FRONTISPIECE] |
[FIRST GRAND DIVISION] |
[MAN AND THE UNIVERSE] |
| PAGE |
Editorial Introduction | [1] |
Plan of the HISTORY | [3] |
Plan of First Grand Division | [6] |
A View across the Ages | [7] |
Summary of World History | [60] |
Chronology of 10,000 Years | [61] |
Time-table of the Nations | [74] |
Contemporary Figures in History | [78] |
The Beginning of the Earth | [79] |
Four Periods of the Earth’s Development | [89] |
Geological Clock of the World’s Life | [90] |
How Life became possible on Earth | [91] |
Scene from the Prehistoric World | [Plate facing 96] |
Beginning of Life on the Earth | [99] |
How Man obtained Mastery of the Earth | [108] |
[THE WORLD BEFORE HISTORY] | |
Prehistoric Man attacking Cave Bears | [Plate facing 114] |
The Wonderful Story of Drift Man | [115] |
The Appearance of Man on the Earth | [127] |
Life of Man in the Stone Age | [132] |
Primitive Man in the Past and Present | [145] |
The Home Life of Primitive Folk | [164] |
When History was dawning | [175] |
[THE GREAT STEPS IN MAN’S DEVELOPMENT] | |
The Material Progress of Mankind | [185] |
Beginnings of Commerce | [Plate facing 192] |
The Higher Progress of Mankind | [203] |
[BIRTH OF CIVILISATION AND GROWTH OF RACES] | |
Seven Wonders of Ancient Civilisation | [225] |
Rise of Civilisation in Egypt | [233] |
Rise of Civilisation in Mesopotamia | [259] |
Rise of Civilisation in Europe | [281] |
The Triumph of Race | [299] |
Alphabet of the World’s Races | [311] |
Little Gallery of Races | [313] |
Types of the Chief Races of Mankind | [349] |
Ethnological Chart of the Human Race | [352] |
[MAKING OF NATIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF NATURE] | |
Birth and Growth of Nations | [353] |
Land and Water and Greatness of Peoples | [377] |
Environment and the Life of Nations | [387] |
The Size and Power of Nations | [399] |
The Future History of Man | [404] |
[SECOND GRAND DIVISION] |
[THE FAR EAST] |
Map of the Far East | [406] |
Plan of the Second Grand Division | [408] |
Interest and Importance of the Far East | [409] |
[JAPAN] |
COUNTRY AND PEOPLE | |
Great Dates in Japan | [416] |
The Empire of the Eastern Seas | [417] |
Map of Japan | [432] |
Qualities of the Japanese People | [433] |