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The Story of Mankind

Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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Table of contents

1. Front matter 2. FOREWORD 3. THE SETTING OF THE STAGE 4. OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS 5. PREHISTORIC MAN 6. HIEROGLYPHICS 7. THE NILE VALLEY 8. THE STORY OF EGYPT 9. MESOPOTAMIA 10. THE SUMERIANS 11. MOSES 12. THE PHOENICIANS 13. THE INDO-EUROPEANS 14. THE AEGEAN SEA 15. THE GREEKS 16. THE GREEK CITIES 17. GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT 18. GREEK LIFE 19. THE GREEK THEATRE 20. THE PERSIAN WARS 21. ATHENS vs. SPARTA 22. ALEXANDER THE GREAT 23. ROME AND CARTHAGE 24. THE RISE OF ROME 25. THE ROMAN EMPIRE 26. JOSHUA OF NAZARETH 27. THE FALL OF ROME 28. RISE OF THE CHURCH 29. MOHAMMED 30. CHARLEMAGNE 31. THE NORSEMEN 32. FEUDALISM 33. CHIVALRY 34. POPE vs. EMPEROR 35. THE CRUSADES 36. THE MEDIAEVAL CITY 37. MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT 38. THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD 39. MEDIAEVAL TRADE 40. THE RENAISSANCE 41. THE AGE OF EXPRESSION 42. THE GREAT DISCOVERIES 43. BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS 44. THE REFORMATION 45. RELIGIOUS WARFARE 46. THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION 47. THE BALANCE OF POWER 48. THE RISE OF RUSSIA 49. RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN 50. THE RISE OF PRUSSIA 51. THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM 52. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 53. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 54. NAPOLEON 55. THE HOLY ALLIANCE 56. THE GREAT REACTION 57. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE 58. THE AGE OF THE ENGINE 59. THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION 60. EMANCIPATION 61. THE AGE OF SCIENCE 62. ART 63. COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR 64. A NEW WORLD 65. AS IT EVER SHALL BE 66. CONCERNING THE PICTURES 67. AN HISTORICAL READING LIST FOR CHILDREN

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