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