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CONTENTS
CHAPTER Page
I. THE WORLD IN SPACE1
II. THE WORLD IN TIME5
III. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE11
IV. THE AGE OF FISHES16
V. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS21
VI. THE AGE OF REPTILES26
VII. THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS31
VIII. THE AGE OF MAMMALS37
IX. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN43
X. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN48
XI. THE FIRST TRUE MEN53
XII. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT60
XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION65
XIV. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS71
XV. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING77
XVI. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES84
XVII. THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES91
XVIII. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA96
XIX. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS104
XX. THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I109
XXI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS115
XXII. PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA122
XXIII. THE GREEKS127
XXIV. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS134
XXV. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE139
XXVI. THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT145
XXVII. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA150
XXVIII. THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA156
XXIX. KING ASOKA163
XXX. CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE167
XXXI. ROME COMES INTO HISTORY174
XXXII. ROME AND CARTHAGE180
XXXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE185
XXXIV. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA196
XXXV. THE COMMON MAN'S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE201
XXXVI. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE208
XXXVII. THE TEACHING OF JESUS214
XXXVIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY222
XXXIX. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST227
XL. THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE233
XLI. THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES238
XLII. THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA245
XLIII. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM248
XLIV. THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS253
XLV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM258
XLVI. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION267
XLVII. RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM277
XLVIII. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS287
XLIX. THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS294
L. THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH304
LI. THE EMPEROR CHARLES V309
LII. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE318
LIII. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS329
LIV. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE335
LV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE341
LVI. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON349
LVII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE355
LVIII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION365
LIX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS370
LX. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES382
LXI. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE390
LXII. THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY393
LXIII. EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN399
LXIV. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914405
LXV. THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18409
LXVI. THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA415
LXVII. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD421
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE429
INDEX439
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Luminous Spiral Clouds of Matter
2
Nebula seen Edge-on
3
The Great Spiral Nebula
6
A Dark Nebula
7
Another Spiral Nebula
8
Landscape before Life
9
Marine Life in the Cambrian Period
12
Fossil Trilobite
13
Early Palæozoic Fossils of various Species of Lingula
14
Fossilized Footprints of a Labyrinthodont, Cheirotherium
15
Pterichthys Milleri
17
Fossil of Cladoselache
18
Sharks and Ganoids of the Devonian Period
19
A Carboniferous Swamp
22
Skull of a Labyrinthodont, Capitosaurus
23
Skeleton of a Labyrinthodont: The Eryops
24
A Fossil Ichthyosaurus
27
A Pterodactyl
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