A Short History of the World
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1. Front matter2. I THE WORLD IN SPACE3. II THE WORLD IN TIME4. III THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE5. IV THE AGE OF FISHES6. V THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS7. VI THE AGE OF REPTILES8. VII THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS9. VIII THE AGE OF MAMMALS10. IX MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN11. X THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN12. XI THE FIRST TRUE MEN13. XII PRIMITIVE THOUGHT14. XIII THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION15. XIV PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS16. XV SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING17. XVI PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES18. XVII THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES19. XVIII EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA20. XIX THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS21. XX THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I22. XXI THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS23. XXII PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA24. XXIII THE GREEKS25. XXIV THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS26. XXV THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE27. XXVI THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT28. XXVII THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA29. XXVIII THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA30. XXIX KING ASOKA31. XXX CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE32. XXXI ROME COMES INTO HISTORY33. XXXII ROME AND CARTHAGE34. XXXIII THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE35. XXXIV BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA36. XXXV THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE37. XXXVI RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE38. XXXVII THE TEACHING OF JESUS39. XXXVIII THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY40. XXXIX THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST41. XL THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE42. XLI THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES43. XLII THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA44. XLIII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM45. XLIV THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS46. XLV THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM47. XLVI THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION48. XLVII RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM49. XLVIII THE MONGOL CONQUESTS50. XLIX THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS51. L THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH52. LI THE EMPEROR CHARLES V53. LII THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE54. LIII THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS55. LIV THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE56. LV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE57. LVI THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON58. LVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE59. LVIII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION60. LIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS61. LX THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES62. LXI THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE63. LXII THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY64. LXIII EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPAN65. LXIV THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 191466. LXV THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1867. LXVI THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA68. LXVII THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD