A Short History of the World
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | Page | |
| A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD | ||
| I. | THE WORLD IN SPACE | 1 |
| II. | THE WORLD IN TIME | 5 |
| III. | THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE | 11 |
| IV. | THE AGE OF FISHES | 16 |
| V. | THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS | 21 |
| VI. | THE AGE OF REPTILES | 26 |
| VII. | THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS | 31 |
| VIII. | THE AGE OF MAMMALS | 37 |
| IX. | MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN | 43 |
| X. | THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN | 48 |
| XI. | THE FIRST TRUE MEN | 53 |
| XII. | PRIMITIVE THOUGHT | 60 |
| XIII. | THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION | 65 |
| XIV. | PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS | 71 |
| XV. | SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING | 77 |
| XVI. | PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES | 84 |
| XVII. | THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES | 91 |
| XVIII. | EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA | 96 |
| XIX. | THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS | 104 |
| XX. | THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I | 109 |
| XXI. | THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS | 115 |
| XXII. | PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA | 122 |
| XXIII. | THE GREEKS | 127 |
| XXIV. | THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS | 134 |
| XXV. | THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE | 139 |
| XXVI. | THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT | 145 |
| XXVII. | THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA | 150 |
| XXVIII. | THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA | 156 |
| XXIX. | KING ASOKA | 163 |
| XXX. | CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE | 167 |
| XXXI. | ROME COMES INTO HISTORY | 174 |
| XXXII. | ROME AND CARTHAGE | 180 |
| XXXIII. | THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 185 |
| XXXIV. | BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA | 196 |
| XXXV. | THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE | 201 |
| XXXVI. | RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE | 208 |
| XXXVII. | THE TEACHING OF JESUS | 214 |
| XXXVIII. | THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY | 222 |
| XXXIX. | THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST | 227 |
| XL. | THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE | 233 |
| XLI. | THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES | 238 |
| XLII. | THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA | 245 |
| XLIII. | MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM | 248 |
| XLIV. | THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS | 253 |
| XLV. | THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM | 258 |
| XLVI. | THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION | 267 |
| XLVII. | RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM | 277 |
| XLVIII. | THE MONGOL CONQUESTS | 287 |
| XLIX. | THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS | 294 |
| L. | THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH | 304 |
| LI. | THE EMPEROR CHARLES V | 309 |
| LII. | THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE | 318 |
| LIII. | THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS | 329 |
| LIV. | THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | 335 |
| LV. | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE | 341 |
| LVI. | THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON | 349 |
| LVII. | THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE | 355 |
| LVIII. | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | 365 |
| LIX. | THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS | 370 |
| LX. | THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES | 382 |
| LXI. | THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE | 390 |
| LXII. | THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY | 393 |
| LXIII. | EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN | 399 |
| LXIV. | THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 | 405 |
| LXV. | THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18 | 409 |
| LXVI. | THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA | 415 |
| LXVII. | THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD | 421 |
| CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 429 | |
| INDEX | 439 |