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The Outline of History

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Life in the Early Palæozoic11

Time-chart from Earliest Life to 40,000,000 Years Ago14

Life in the Later Palæozoic Age19

Australian Lung Fish26

Some Reptiles of the Late Palæozoic Age27

Astronomical Variations Affecting Climate33

Some Mesozoic Reptiles40

Later Mesozoic Reptiles42

Pterodactyls and Archæopteryx45

Hesperornis48

Some Oligocene Mammals53

Miocene Mammals58

Time-diagram of the Glacial Ages60

Early Pleistocene Animals, Contemporary with Earliest Man64

The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus65

The Riddle of the Piltdown Sub-Man71

Map of Europe 50,000 Years Ago77

Neanderthal Man78

Early Stone Implements81

Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age82

Cro-magnon Man87

Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palæolithic Age89

Reindeer Age Articles90

A Reindeer Age Masterpiece93

Reindeer Age Engravings and Carvings94

Diagram of the Estimated Duration of the True Human Periods97

Neolithic Implements107

Restoration of a Lake Dwelling111

Pottery from Lake Dwellings112

Hut Urns115

A Menhir of the Neolithic Period128

Bronze Age Implements132

Diagram Showing the Duration of the Neolithic Period133

Heads of Australoid Types139

Bushwoman141

Negro Types142

Mongolian Types143

Caucasian Types144

Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago145

The Swastika147

Relationship of Human Races (Diagrammatic Summary)149

Possible Development of Languages155

Racial Types (after Champollion)163

Combat between Menelaus and Hector176

Archaic Horses and Chariots178

The Cradle of Western Civilization185

Sumerian Warriors in Phalanx189

Assyrian Warrior (temp. Sargon II)193

Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D.196

The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map)202

Boats on Nile about 2500 B.C.211

Egyptian Ship on Red Sea, 1250 B.C.212

Ægean Civilization (Map)214

A Votary of the Snake Goddess215

American Indian Picture-Writing225

Egyptian Gods—Set, Anubis, Typhon, Bes236

Egyptian Gods—Thoth-lunus, Hathor, Chnemu239

An Assyrian King and His Chief Minister243

Pharaoh Chephren248

Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)249

Pharaoh Akhnaton251

Egyptian Peasants (Pyramid Age)257

Brawl among Egyptian Boatmen (Pyramid Age)260

Egyptian Social Types (From Tombs)261

The Land of the Hebrews280

Aryan-speaking Peoples 1000-500 B.C. (Map)301

Hellenic Races 1000-800 B.C. (Map)302

Greek Sea Fight, 550 B.C.303

Rowers in an Athenian Warship, 400 B.C.306

Scythian Types319

Median and Second Babylonian Empires (in Nebuchadnezzar’s Reign)321

The Empire of Darius329

Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map)333

Athenian Foot-soldier334

Persian Body-guard (from Frieze at Susa)338

The World According to Herodotus341

Athene of the Parthenon348

Philip of Macedon368

Growth of Macedonia under Philip371

Macedonian Warrior (bas-relief from Pella)373

Campaigns of Alexander the Great381

Alexander the Great389

Break-up of Alexander’s Empire393

Seleucus I395

Later State of Alexander’s Empire398

The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C.405

The Known World, about 250 B.C.406

Isis and Horus413

Serapis414

The Rise of Buddhism419

Hariti428

Chinese Image of Kuan-yin429

The Spread of Buddhism432

Indian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva437

Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa439

The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C.446

Early Latium447

Burning the Dead: Etruscan Ceremony449

Statuette of a Gaul450

Roman Power after the Samnite Wars451

Samnite Warriors452

Italy after 275 B.C.453

Roman Coin Celebrating the Victory over Pyrrhus455

Mercury457

Carthaginian Coins468

Roman As471

Rome and its Alliances, 150 B.C.481

Gladiators489

Roman Power, 50 B.C.506

Julius Cæsar512

Roman Empire at Death of Augustus518

Roman Empire in Time of Trajan524

Asia and Europe: Life of the Period (Map)544

Central Asia, 200-100 B.C.547

Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D.555

Eastern Roman Empire561

Constantinople (Maps to show value of its position)563

Galilee571

Map of Europe, 500 A.D.608

The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids620

Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia622

Ephthalite Coin629

Chinese Empire, Tang Dynasty633

Yuan Chwang’s Route from China to India643

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