A Short History of the WorldFront matterReading editionChapter navigation68 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterI THE WORLD IN SPACEII THE WORLD IN TIMEIII THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFEIV THE AGE OF FISHESV THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPSVI THE AGE OF REPTILESVII THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALSVIII THE AGE OF MAMMALSIX MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MENX THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MANXI THE FIRST TRUE MENXII PRIMITIVE THOUGHTXIII THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATIONXIV PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONSXV SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITINGXVI PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLESXVII THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLESXVIII EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIAXIX THE PRIMITIVE ARYANSXX THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS IXXI THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWSXXII PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEAXXIII THE GREEKSXXIV THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANSXXV THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECEXXVI THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREATXXVII THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIAXXVIII THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHAXXIX KING ASOKAXXX CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSEXXXI ROME COMES INTO HISTORYXXXII ROME AND CARTHAGEXXXIII THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIREXXXIV BETWEEN ROME AND CHINAXXXV THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIREXXXVI RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIREXXXVII THE TEACHING OF JESUSXXXVIII THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITYXXXIX THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WESTXL THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIREXLI THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRESXLII THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINAXLIII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAMXLIV THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABSXLV THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOMXLVI THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINIONXLVII RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISMXLVIII THE MONGOL CONQUESTSXLIX THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANSL THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCHLI THE EMPEROR CHARLES VLII THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPELIII THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEASLIV THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCELV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCELVI THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEONLVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGELVIII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONLIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEASLX THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATESLXI THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPELXII THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAYLXIII EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPANLXIV THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914LXV THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18LXVI THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIALXVII THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLDBeginning of this editionNext chapter →I THE WORLD IN SPACEAll chapters and sections (68)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsI THE WORLD IN SPACEII THE WORLD IN TIMEIII THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFEIV THE AGE OF FISHESV THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPSVI THE AGE OF REPTILESVII THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALSVIII THE AGE OF MAMMALSIX MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MENX THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MANXI THE FIRST TRUE MENXII PRIMITIVE THOUGHTXIII THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATIONXIV PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONSXV SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITINGXVI PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLESXVII THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLESXVIII EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIAXIX THE PRIMITIVE ARYANSXX THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS IXXI THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWSXXII PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEAXXIII THE GREEKSXXIV THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANSXXV THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECEXXVI THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREATXXVII THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIAXXVIII THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHAXXIX KING ASOKAXXX CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSEXXXI ROME COMES INTO HISTORYXXXII ROME AND CARTHAGEXXXIII THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIREXXXIV BETWEEN ROME AND CHINAXXXV THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIREXXXVI RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIREXXXVII THE TEACHING OF JESUSXXXVIII THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITYXXXIX THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WESTXL THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIREXLI THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRESXLII THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINAXLIII MUHAMMAD AND ISLAMXLIV THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABSXLV THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOMXLVI THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINIONXLVII RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISMXLVIII THE MONGOL CONQUESTSXLIX THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANSL THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCHLI THE EMPEROR CHARLES VLII THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPELIII THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEASLIV THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCELV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCELVI THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEONLVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGELVIII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONLIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEASLX THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATESLXI THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPELXII THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAYLXIII EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA AND THE RISE OF JAPANLXIV THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914LXV THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18LXVI THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIALXVII THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLDNew York THE MACMILLAN & COMPANY 1922Copyright 1922I THE WORLD IN SPACE →