CONTENTSCHAPTERPageA SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLDI.THE WORLD IN SPACE1II.THE WORLD IN TIME5III.THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE11IV.THE AGE OF FISHES16V.THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS21VI.THE AGE OF REPTILES26VII.THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS31VIII.THE AGE OF MAMMALS37IX.MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN43X.THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN48XI.THE FIRST TRUE MEN53XII.PRIMITIVE THOUGHT60XIII.THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION65XIV.PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS71XV.SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING77XVI.PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES84XVII.THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES91XVIII.EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA96XIX.THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS104XX.THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I109XXI.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS115XXII.PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA122XXIII.THE GREEKS127XXIV.THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS134XXV.THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE139XXVI.THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT145XXVII.THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA150XXVIII.THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA156XXIX.KING ASOKA163XXX.CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE167XXXI.ROME COMES INTO HISTORY174XXXII.ROME AND CARTHAGE180XXXIII.THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE185XXXIV.BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA196XXXV.THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE201XXXVI.RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE208XXXVII.THE TEACHING OF JESUS214XXXVIII.THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY222XXXIX.THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST227XL.THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE233XLI.THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES238XLII.THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA245XLIII.MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM248XLIV.THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS253XLV.THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM258XLVI.THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION267XLVII.RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM277XLVIII.THE MONGOL CONQUESTS287XLIX.THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS294L.THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH304LI.THE EMPEROR CHARLES V309LII.THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE318LIII.THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS329LIV.THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE335LV.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE341LVI.THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON349LVII.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE355LVIII.THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION365LIX.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS370LX.THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES382LXI.THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE390LXII.THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY393LXIII.EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN399LXIV.THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914405LXV.THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18409LXVI.THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA415LXVII.THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD421CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE429INDEX439