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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. LIST OF COLORED PICTURES 4. LIST OF HALF TONE PICTURES 5. LIST OF PICTURES AND ANIMATED MAPS 6. THE SETTING OF THE STAGE 7. OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS 8. PREHISTORIC MAN 9. HIEROGLYPHICS 10. THE NILE VALLEY 11. THE STORY OF EGYPT 12. MESOPOTAMIA 13. THE SUMERIANS 14. MOSES 15. THE PHŒNICIANS 16. THE INDO-EUROPEANS 17. THE ÆGEAN SEA 18. THE GREEKS 19. THE GREEK CITIES 20. GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT 21. GREEK LIFE 22. THE GREEK THEATRE 23. THE PERSIAN WARS 24. ATHENS vs. SPARTA 25. ALEXANDER THE GREAT 26. A SUMMARY 27. ROME AND CARTHAGE 28. THE RISE OF ROME 29. THE ROMAN EMPIRE 30. JOSHUA OF NAZARETH 31. THE FALL OF ROME 32. RISE OF THE CHURCH 33. MOHAMMED 34. CHARLEMAGNE 35. THE NORSEMEN 36. FEUDALISM 37. CHIVALRY 38. POPE vs. EMPEROR 39. THE CRUSADES 40. THE MEDIÆVAL CITY 41. MEDIÆVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT 42. THE MEDIÆVAL WORLD 43. MEDIÆVAL TRADE 44. THE RENAISSANCE 45. THE AGE OF EXPRESSION 46. THE GREAT DISCOVERIES 47. BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS 48. THE REFORMATION 49. RELIGIOUS WARFARE 50. THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION 51. THE BALANCE OF POWER 52. THE RISE OF RUSSIA 53. RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN 54. THE RISE OF PRUSSIA 55. THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM 56. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 57. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 58. NAPOLEON 59. THE HOLY ALLIANCE 60. THE GREAT REACTION 61. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE 62. THE AGE OF THE ENGINE 63. THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION 64. EMANCIPATION 65. THE AGE OF SCIENCE 66. ART 67. COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR 68. A NEW WORLD 69. AS IT EVER SHALL BE 70. AN ANIMATED CHRONOLOGY 71. CONCERNING THE PICTURES 72. AN HISTORICAL READING LIST FOR CHILDREN 73. INDEX

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