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The Outline of History (1920)
by H.G. Wells
4377650The Outline of History1920H.G. Wells

THE OUTLINE OF
HISTORY

Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind

BY

H. G. WELLS

WRITTEN WITH THE ADVICE AND EDITORIAL HELP OF

MR. ERNEST BARKER,
SIR H. H. JOHNSTON, SIR E. RAY LANKESTER
AND PROFESSOR GILBERT MURRAY

AND ILLUSTRATED BY

J. F. HORRABIN

Volume I

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1920,

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.


Copyright, 1920,

By H. G. WELLS.


Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1920.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co. — Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

SCHEME OF CONTENTS

  1. BOOK I
  2. THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD
  3. PAGE
  4. Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    3
  5. Chapter II. The Record of the Rocks
  6. § 1.
    The first living things
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    7
  7. § 2.
    How old is the world?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    13
  8. Chapter III. Natural Selection and the Changes of Species
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    16
  9. Chapter IV. The Invasion of the Dry Land by Life
  10. § 1.
    Life and water
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    23
  11. § 2.
    The earliest animals
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    25
  12. Chapter V. Changes in the Worlds's Climate
  13. § 1.
    Why life must change continually
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    29
  14. § 2.
    The sun a steadfast star
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    34
  15. § 3.
    Changes from within the earth
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    35
  16. § 4.
    Life may control change
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    36
  17. Chapter VI. The Age of Reptiles
  18. § 1.
    The age of lowland life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    38
  19. § 2.
    Flying dragons
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    43
  20. § 3.
    The first birds
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    43
  21. § 4.
    An age of hardship and death
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    44
  22. § 5.
    The first appearance of fur and feathers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    47
  23. Chapter VII. The Age of Mammals
  24. § 1.
    A new age of life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    51
  25. § 2.
    Tradition comes into the world
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    52
  26. § 3.
    An age of brain growth
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    56
  27. § 4.
    The world grows hard again
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    57
  28. § 5.
    Chronology of the Ice Age
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    59
  29. BOOK II
  30. THE MAKING OF MEN
  31. Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
  32. § 1.
    Man descended from a walking ape
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    62
  33. § 2.
    First traces of man-like creatures
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    68
  34. § 3.
    The Heidelberg sub-man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    69
  35. § 4.
    The Piltdown sub-man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    70
  36. § 5.
    The riddle of the Piltdown remains
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    72
  37. Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race. (The Early Palæolithic Age)
  38. § 1.
    The world 50,000 years ago
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    75
  39. § 2.
    The daily life of the first men
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    79
  40. § 3.
    The last Palæolithic men
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    84
  41. Chapter X. The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First True Men. (Later Palæolithic Age)
  42. § 1.
    The coming of men like ourselves
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    86
  43. § 2.
    Subdivision of the Later Palæolithic
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    95
  44. § 3.
    The earliest true men were clever savages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    98
  45. § 4.
    Hunters give place to herdsmen
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    101
  46. § 5.
    No sub-men in America
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    102
  47. Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
  48. § 1.
    The age of cultivation begins
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    104
  49. § 2.
    Where did the Neolithic culture arise?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    108
  50. § 3.
    Everyday Neolithic life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    109
  51. § 4.
    How did sowing begin?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    116
  52. § 5.
    Primitive trade
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    118
  53. § 6.
    The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    118
  54. Chapter XII. Early Thought
  55. § 1.
    Primitive philosophy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    122
  56. § 2.
    The Old Man in religion
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    125
  57. § 3.
    Fear and hope in religion
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    126
  58. § 4.
    Stars and seasons
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    127
  59. § 5.
    Story-telling and myth-making
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    129
  60. § 6.
    Complex origins of religion
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    130
  61. Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
  62. § 1.
    Is mankind still differentiating?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    136
  63. § 2.
    The main races of mankind
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    140
  64. § 3.
    Was there an Alpine race?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    142
  65. § 4.
    The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    146
  66. § 5.
    How existing races may be related to each other
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    148
  67. Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
  68. § 1.
    No one primitive language
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    150
  69. § 2.
    The Aryan languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    151
  70. § 3.
    The Semitic languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    153
  71. § 4.
    The Hamitic languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    154
  72. § 5.
    The Ural-Altaic languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    156
  73. § 6.
    The Chinese languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    157
  74. § 7.
    Other language groups
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    157
  75. § 8.
    Submerged and lost languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    161
  76. § 9.
    How languages may be related
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    163
  77. BOOK III
  78. THE DAWN OF HISTORY
  79. Chapter XV. The Aryan-Speaking Peoples in Prehistoric Times
  80. § 1.
    The spreading of the Aryan-speakers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    167
  81. § 2.
    Primitive Aryan life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    169
  82. § 3.
    Early Aryan daily life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    176
  83. Chapter XVI. The First Civilizations
  84. § 1.
    Early cities and early nomads
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    183
  85. § 2a.
    The riddle of the Sumerians
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    188
  86. § 2b.
    The empire of Sargon the First
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    191
  87. § 2c.
    The empire of Hammurabi
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    191
  88. § 2d.
    The Assyrians and their empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    192
  89. § 2e.
    The Chaldean empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    194
  90. § 3.
    The early history of Egypt
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    195
  91. § 4.
    The early civilization of India
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    201
  92. § 5.
    The early history of China
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    201
  93. § 6.
    While the civilizations were growing
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    206
  94. Chapter XVII. Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples
  95. § 1.
    The earliest ships and sailors
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    209
  96. § 2.
    The Ægean cities before history
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    213
  97. § 3.
    The first voyages of exploration
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    217
  98. § 4.
    Early traders
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    218
  99. § 5.
    Early travellers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    220
  100. Chapter XVIII. Writing
  101. § 1.
    Picture writing
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    223
  102. § 2.
    Syllable writing
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    227
  103. § 3.
    Alphabet writing
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    228
  104. § 4.
    The place of writing in human life
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    229
  105. Chapter XIX. Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings
  106. § 1.
    Nomadic and settled religion
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    232
  107. § 2.
    The priest comes into history
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    234
  108. § 3.
    Priests and the stars
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    238
  109. § 4.
    Priests and the dawn of learning
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    240
  110. § 5.
    King against priests
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    241
    1. § 6.
      How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      245
    2. § 7.
      The god-kings of Egypt
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      248
    3. § 8.
      Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      252
    4. Chapter XX. Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals
    5. § 1.
      The common man in ancient times
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      254
    6. § 2.
      The earliest slaves
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      256
    7. § 3.
      The first "independent" persons
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      259
    8. § 4.
      Social classes three thousand years ago
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      262
    9. § 5.
      Classes hardening into castes
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      266
    10. § 6.
      Caste in India
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      268
    11. § 7.
      The system of the Mandarins
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      270
    12. § 8.
      A summary of five thousand years
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      272
    13. BOOK IV
    14. JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
    15. Chapter XXI. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
    16. § 1.
      The place of the Israelites in history
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      277
    17. § 2.
      Saul, David, and Solomon
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      286
    18. § 3.
      The Jews a people of mixed origin
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      292
    19. § 4.
      The importance of the Hebrew prophets
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      294
    20. Chapter XXII. The Greeks and the Persians
    21. § 1.
      The Hellenic peoples
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      298
    22. § 2.
      Distinctive features of the Hellenic civilization
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      304
    23. § 3.
      Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in Greece
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      307
    24. § 4.
      The kingdom of Lydia
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      315
    25. § 5.
      The rise of the Persians in the East
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      316
    26. § 6.
      The story of Crœsus
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      320
    27. § 7.
      Darius invades Russia
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      326
    28. § 8.
      The battle of Marathon
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      332
    29. § 9.
      Thermopylæ and Salamis
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      334
    30. § 10.
      Platæa and Mycale
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      340
    31. Chapter XXIII. Greek Thought and Literature
    32. § 1.
      The Athens of Pericles
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      343
    33. § 2.
      Socrates
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      350
    34. § 3.
      What was the quality of the common Athenians?
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      352
    35. § 4.
      Greek tragedy and comedy
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      354
    36. § 5.
      Plato and the Academy
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      355
    37. § 6.
      Aristotle and the Lyceum
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      357
    38. § 7.
      Philosophy becomes unworldly
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      359
    39. § 8.
      The quality and limitations of Greek thought
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      360
    1. Chapter XXIV. The Career of Alexander the Great
    2. § 1.
      Philip of Macedonia
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      367
    3. § 2.
      The murder of King Philip
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      373
    4. § 3.
      Alexander's first conquests
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      377
    5. § 4.
      The wanderings of Alexander
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      385
    6. § 5.
      Was Alexander indeed great?
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      389
    7. § 6.
      The successors of Alexander
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      395
    8. § 7.
      Pergamum a refuge of culture
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      396
    9. § 8.
      Alexander as a portent of world unity
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      397
    10. Chapter XXV. Science and Religion at Alexandria
    11. § 1.
      The science of Alexandria
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      401
    12. § 2.
      Philosophy of Alexandria
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      410
    13. § 3.
      Alexandria as a factory of religions
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      410
    14. Chapter XXVI. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
    15. § 1.
      The story of Gautama
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      415
    16. § 2.
      Teaching and legend in conflict
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      421
    17. § 3.
      The gospel of Gautama Buddha
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      422
    18. § 4.
      Buddhism and Asoka
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      426
    19. § 5.
      Two great Chinese teachers
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      433
    20. § 6.
      The corruptions of Buddhism
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      438
    21. § 7.
      The present range of Buddhism
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      440
    22. BOOK V
    23. THE RISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
    24. Chapter XXVII. The Two Western Republics
    25. § 1.
      The beginnings of the Latin
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      445
    26. § 2.
      A new sort of state
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      454
    27. § 3.
      The Carthaginian republic of rich men
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      466
    28. § 4.
      The First Punic War
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      467
    29. § 5.
      Cato the Elder and the spirit of Cato
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      471
    30. § 6.
      The Second Punic War
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      475
    31. § 7.
      The Third Punic War
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      480
    32. § 8.
      How the Punic War undermined Roman liberty
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      485
    33. § 9.
      Comparison of the Roman republic with a modern state
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      486
    34. Chapter XXVIII. From Tiberius Gracchus to the God Emperor in Rome
    35. § 1.
      The science of thwarting the common man
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      493
    36. § 2.
      Finance in the Roman state
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      496
    37. § 3.
      The last years of republican politics
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      499
    38. § 4.
      The era of the adventurer generals
      ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      505
  111. § 5.
    Caius Julius Cæsar and his death
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    509
  112. § 6.
    The end of the republic
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    513
  113. § 7.
    Why the Roman republic failed
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    516
  114. Chapter XXIX. The Cæsars between the Sea and the Great Plains of the Old World
  115. § §1.
    A short catalogue of emperors
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    522
  116. § 2.
    Roman civilization at its zenith
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    529
  117. § 3.
    Limitations of the Roman mind
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    539
  118. § 4.
    The stir of the great plains
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    541
  119. § 5.
    The Western (true Roman) Empire crumples up
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    552
  120. § 6.
    The Eastern (revived Hellenic) Empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    560
  121. BOOK VI
  122. CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
  123. Chapter XXX. The Beginnings, the Rise, and the Divisions of Christianity
  124. § 1.
    Judea at the Christian era
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    569
  125. § 2.
    The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    573
  126. § 3.
    The universal religions
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    582
  127. § 4.
    The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    584
  128. § 5.
    Doctrines added to the teachings of Jesus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    586
  129. § 6.
    The struggles and persecutions of Christianity
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    594
  130. § 7.
    Constantine the Great
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    598
  131. § 8.
    The establishment of official Christianity
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    601
  132. § 9.
    The map of Europe, a.d. 500
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    605
  133. § 10.
    The salvation of learning by Christianity
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    609
  134. Chapter XXXI. Seven Centuries in Asia (circa 50 B.C. to A.D. 650)
  135. § 1.
    Justinian the Great
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    614
  136. § 2.
    The Sassanid Empire in Persia
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    616
  137. § 3.
    The decay of Syria under the Sassanids
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    619
  138. § 4.
    The first message from Islam
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    623
  139. § 5.
    Zoroaster and Mani
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    624
  140. § 6.
    Hunnish peoples in Central Asia and India
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    627
  141. § 7.
    The great age of China
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    630
  142. § 8.
    Intellectual fetters of China
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    635
  143. § 9.
    The travels of Yuan Chwang
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    642

SCHEME OF CONTENTS

  1. BOOK VI (Continued)
  2. PAGE
  3. Chapter XXXII. Muhammad and Arab Islam
  4. § 1.
    Arabia before Muhammad
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    1
  5. § 2.
    Life of Muhammad to the Hegira
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    4
  6. § 3.
    Muhammad becomes a fighting prophet
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    8
  7. § 4.
    The teachings of Islam
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    14
  8. § 5.
    The caliphs Abu Bekr and Omar
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    16
  9. § 6.
    The great days of the Omayyads
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    22
  10. § 7.
    The decay of Islam under the Abbasids
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    31
  11. § 8.
    The intellectual life of Arab Islam
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    34
  12. Chapter XXXIII. Christendom and the Crusades
  13. § 1.
    The Western world at its lowest ebb
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    40
  14. § 2.
    The feudal system
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    42
  15. § 3.
    The Frankish kingdom of the Merovingians
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    46
  16. § 4.
    The Christianization of the western barbarians
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    48
  17. § 5.
    Charlemagne becomes emperor of the West
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    54
  18. § 6.
    The personality of Charlemagne
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    59
  19. § 7.
    The French and the Germans become distinct
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    61
  20. § 8.
    The Normans, the Saracens, the Hungarians, and the Seljuk Turks
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    64
  21. § 9.
    How Constantinople appealed to Rome
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    72
  22. § 10.
    The Crusades
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    76
  23. § 11.
    The Crusades a test of Christianity
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    84
  24. § 12.
    The Emperor Frederick II
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    86
  25. § 13.
    Defects and limitations of the papacy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    90
  26. § 14.
    A list of leading Popes
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    96
  27. BOOK VII
  28. THE GREAT MONGOL EMPIRES OF THE LAND WAYS
    AND THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE SEA WAYS
  29. Chapter XXXIV. The Great Empire of Jengis Khan and his Successors
  30. § 1.
    Asia at the end of the twelfth century
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    105
  31. § 2.
    The rise and victories of the Mongols
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    108
  32. § 3.
    The travels of Marco Polo
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    114
  33. § 4.
    The Ottoman Turks, the Turkish Caliph, and Constantinople
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    120
  34. § 5.
    Why the Mongols were not Christianized
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    126
  35. § 5a.
    Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    127
  36. § 5b.
    The Mongols revert to tribalism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    128
  37. § 5c.
    The Kipchak empire and the Tsar of Muscovy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    128
  38. § 5d.
    Timurlane
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    130
  39. § 5e.
    The Mongol empire of India
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    133
  40. § 5f.
    The Mongols and the Gipsies
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    137
  41. Chapter XXXV. The Renascence of Western Civilization
  42. § 1.
    Christianity and popular education
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    139
  43. § 2.
    Europe begins to think for itself
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    148
  44. § 3.
    The Great Plague and the dawn of communism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    153
  45. § 4.
    How paper liberated the human mind
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    158
  46. § 5.
    Protestantism of the princes and Protestantism of the peoples
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    160
  47. § 6.
    The reawakening of science
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    167
  48. § 7.
    The new growth of European towns
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    177
  49. § 8.
    America comes into history
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    184
  50. § 9.
    What Machiavelli thought of the world
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    194
  51. § 10.
    The republic of Switzerland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    198
  52. § 11a.
    The life of the Emperor Charles V
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    199
  53. § 11b.
    Protestants if the prince wills it
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    210
  54. § 11c.
    The intellectual under-tow
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    210
  55. BOOK VIII
  56. THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS
  57. Chapter XXXVI. Princes, Parliaments, and Powers
  58. § 1.
    Princes and foreign policy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    213
  59. § 2.
    The English republic
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    218
  60. § 3.
    The Dutch republic
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    228
  61. § 4.
    The break-up and disorder of Germany
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    232
  62. § 5.
    The splendours of Grand Monarchy in Europe
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    236
  63. § 6.
    The growth of the idea of Great Powers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    243
  64. § 7.
    The crowned republic of Poland and its fate
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    248
  65. § 8.
    The first scramble for empire overseas
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    251
  66. § 9.
    Britain dominates India
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    254
  67. § 10.
    Russia's ride to the Pacific
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    259
  68. § 11.
    What Gibbon thought of the world in 1780
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    262
  69. § 12.
    The social truce draws to an end
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    269
  70. Chapter XXXVII. The New Democratic Republics of America and France
  71. § 1.
    Inconveniences of the Great Power system
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    278
  72. § 2.
    The thirteen colonies before their revolt
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    280
  73. § 3.
    Civil war is forced upon the colonies
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    286
  74. § 4.
    The War of Independence
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    291
  75. § 5.
    The constitution of the United States
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    294
  76. § 6.
    Primitive features of the United States constitution
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    301
  77. § 7.
    Revolutionary ideas in France
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    307
  78. § 8.
    The Revolution of the year 1789
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    311
  79. § 9.
    The French "crowned republic" of '89–'91
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    313
  80. § 10.
    The Revolution of the Jacobins
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    321
  81. § 11.
    The Jacobin republic, 1792–4
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    331
  82. § 12.
    The Directory
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    337
  83. § 13.
    The pause in reconstruction and the dawn of modern Socialism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    339
  84. Chapter XXXVIII. The Career of Napoleon Bonaparte
  85. § 1.
    The Buonaparte family in Corsica
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    348
  86. § 2.
    Bonaparte as a republican general
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    349
  87. § 3.
    Napoleon First Consul, 1799–1804
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    354
  88. § 4.
    Napoleon I Emperor, 1804–1814
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    360
  89. § 5.
    The Hundred Days
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    368
  90. § 6.
    The cult of the Napoleonic
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    373
  91. § 7.
    The map of Europe in 1815
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    377
  92. Chapter XXXIX. The Realities and Imagination of the Nineteenth Century. The Increase of Knowledge and Clear Thinking. The Nationalist Phase
  93. § 1.
    The mechanical revolution
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    384
  94. § 2.
    Relation of the mechanical to the industrial revolution
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    393
  95. § 3.
    The fermentation of ideas, 1848
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    399
  96. § 4.
    The development of the idea of Socialism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    401
  97. § 5.
    Shortcomings of Socialism as a scheme of human society
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    411
  98. § 6.
    How Darwinism affected religious and political ideas
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    416
  99. § 7.
    Mr. Gladstone and the idea of Nationalism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    426
  100. § 8.
    Europe between 1848 and 1878
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    436
  101. § 9.
    The (second) scramble for overseas empires
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    449
  102. § 10.
    The Indian precedent in Asia
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    461
  103. § 11.
    The history of Japan
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    464
  104. § 12.
    Close of the period of overseas expansion
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    469
  105. § 13.
    The British Empire in 1914
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    470
  106. Chapter XL. The International Catastrophe of 1914 and the Close of the Great Power Period
  107. § 1.
    The armed peace before the Great War
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    475
  108. § 2.
    Imperial Germany
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    477
  109. § 3.
    The spirit of Imperialism in Britain and Ireland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    486
  110. § 4.
    Imperialism in France, Italy, and the Balkans
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    499
  111. § 5.
    Russia still a Grand Monarchy in 1914
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    502
  112. § 6.
    The United States and the Imperial idea
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    503
  113. § 7.
    The immediate causes of the Great War
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    508
  114. § 8.
    A summary of the Great War up to 1917
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    513
  115. § 9.
    The Great War from the Russian collapse to the armistice
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    524
  116. § 10.
    The political, economic, and social disorganization caused by the Great War
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    532
  117. § 11.
    President Wilson and the problems of Versailles
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    543
  118. § 12.
    Summary Of the first Covenant of the League of Nations
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    558
  119. § 13.
    A general outline of the treaties of 1919 and 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    562
  120. § 14.
    A forecast of the "next war"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    567
  121. § 15.
    The state of men's minds in 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    572
  122. BOOK IX
  123. THE NEXT STAGE IN HISTORY
  124. Chapter XLI. Man's Coming of Age. The Probable Struggle for the Unification of the World into One Community of Knowledge and Will
  125. § 1.
    The possible unification of men's wills in political matters
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    579
  126. § 2.
    How a Federal World Government may come about
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    583
  127. § 3.
    Some fundamental characteristics of a modern world state
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    586
  128. § 4.
    What this world might be like, were men united in a common peace and justice
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    588
  129. § 5.
    The stages beyond?
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    594
  130. Five Time Charts of the World's Affairs from b.c. 1000 to a.d. 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    599
  131. A Chronological Table from 800 b.c. to a.d. 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    605
  132. Index
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    625

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

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  2. Life in the Early Palæozoic
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    11
  3. Time-chart from Earliest Life to 40,000,000 Years Ago
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    14
  4. Life in the Later Palæozoic Age
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    19
  5. Australian Lung Fish
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    26
  6. Some Reptiles of the Late Palæozoic Age
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    27
  7. Astronomical Variations Affecting Climate
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    33
  8. Some Mesozoic Reptiles
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    40
  9. Later Mesozoic Reptiles
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    42
  10. Pterodactyls and Archæopteryx
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    45
  11. Hesperornis
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    48
  12. Some Oligocene Mammals
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    53
  13. Miocene Mammals
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    58
  14. Time-diagram of the Glacial Ages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    60
  15. Early Pleistocene Animals, Contemporary with Earliest Man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    64
  16. The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    65
  17. The Riddle of the Piltdown Sub-Man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    71
  18. Map of Europe 50,000 Years Ago
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    77
  19. Neanderthal Man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    78
  20. Early Stone Implements
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    81
  21. Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    82
  22. Cro-magnon Man
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    87
  23. Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palæolithic Age
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    89
  24. Reindeer Age Articles
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    90
  25. A Reindeer Age Masterpiece
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    93
  26. Reindeer Age Engravings and Carvings
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    94
  27. Diagram of the Estimated Duration of the True Human Periods
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    97
  28. Neolithic Implements
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    107
  29. Restoration of a Lake Dwelling
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    111
  30. Pottery from Lake Dwellings
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    112
  31. Hut Urns
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    115
  32. A Menhir of the Neolithic Period
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    128
  33. Bronze Age Implements
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    132
  34. Diagram Showing the Duration of the Neolithic Period
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    133
  35. Heads of Australoid Types
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    139
  36. Bushwoman
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    141
  37. Negro Types
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    142
  38. Mongolian Types
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    143
  39. Caucasian Types
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    144
  40. Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    145
  41. The Swastika
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    147
  42. Relationship of Human Races (Diagrammatic Summary)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    149
  43. Possible Development of Languages
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    155
  44. Racial Types (after Champollion)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    163
  45. Combat between Menelaus and Hector
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    176
  46. Archaic Horses and Chariots
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    178
  47. The Cradle of Western Civilization
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    185
  48. Sumerian Warriors in Phalanx
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    189
  49. Assyrian Warrior (temp. Sargon II)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    193
  50. Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    196
  51. The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    202
  52. Boats on Nile about 2500 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    211
  53. Egyptian Ship on Red Sea, 1250 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    212
  54. Ægean Civilization (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    214
  55. A Votary of the Snake Goddess
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    215
  56. American Indian Picture-Writing
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    225
  57. Egyptian Gods—Set, Anubis, Typhon, Bes
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    236
  58. Egyptian Gods—Thoth-lunus, Hathor, Chnemu
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    239
  59. An Assyrian King and His Chief Minister
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    243
  60. Pharaoh Chephren
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    248
  61. Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    249
  62. Pharaoh Akhnaton
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    251
  63. Egyptian Peasants (Pyramid Age)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    257
  64. Brawl among Egyptian Boatmen (Pyramid Age)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    260
  65. Egyptian Social Types (From Tombs)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    261
  66. The Land of the Hebrews
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    280
  67. Aryan-speaking Peoples 1000-500 B.C. (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    301
  68. Hellenic Races 1000-800 B.C. (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    302
  69. Greek Sea Fight, 550 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    303
  70. Rowers in an Athenian Warship, 400 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    306
  71. Scythian Types
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    319
  72. Median and Second Babylonian Empires (in Nebuchadnezzar's Reign)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    321
  73. The Empire of Darius
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    329
  74. Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    333
  75. Athenian Foot-soldier
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    334
  76. Persian Body-guard (from Frieze at Susa)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    338
  77. The World According to Herodotus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    341
  78. Athene of the Parthenon
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    348
  79. Philip of Macedon
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    368
  80. Growth of Macedonia under Philip
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    371
  81. Macedonian Warrior (bas-relief from Pella)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    373
  82. Campaigns of Alexander the Great
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    381
  83. Alexander the Great
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    389
  84. Break-up of Alexander's Empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    393
  85. Seleucus I
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    395
  86. Later State of Alexander's Empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    398
  87. The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    405
  88. The Known World, about 250 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    406
  89. Isis and Horus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    413
  90. Serapis
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    414
  91. The Rise of Buddhism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    419
  92. Hariti
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    428
  93. Chinese Image of Kuan-yin
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    429
  94. The Spread of Buddhism
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    432
  95. Indian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    437
  96. Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    439
  97. The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    446
  98. Early Latium
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    447
  99. Burning the Dead: Etruscan Ceremony
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    449
  100. Statuette of a Gaul
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    450
  101. Roman Power after the Samnite Wars
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    451
  102. Samnite Warriors
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    452
  103. Italy after 275 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    453
  104. Roman Coin Celebrating the Victory over Pyrrhus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    455
  105. Mercury
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    457
  106. Carthaginian Coins
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    468
  107. Roman As
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    471
  108. Rome and its Alliances, 150 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    481
  109. Gladiators
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    489
  110. Roman Power, 50 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    506
  111. Julius Cæsar
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    512
  112. Roman Empire at Death of Augustus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    518
  113. Roman Empire in Time of Trajan
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    524
  114. Asia and Europe: Life of the Period (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    544
  115. Central Asia, 200-100 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    547
  116. Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    555
  117. Eastern Roman Empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    561
  118. Constantinople (Maps to show value of its position)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    563
  119. Galilee
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    571
  120. Map of Europe, 500 A.D.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    608
  121. The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    620
  122. Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    622
  123. Ephthalite Coin
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    629
  124. Chinese Empire, Tang Dynasty
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    633
  125. Yuan Chwang's Route from China to India
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    643

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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  2. Arabia and Adjacent Countries
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    2
  3. The Beginnings of Moslem Power
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    19
  4. The Growth of Moslem Power in 25 Years
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    23
  5. The Moslem Empire
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    25
  6. Europe, 500 A.D.
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    44
  7. Frankish Dominions in the Time of Charles Martel
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    45
  8. England, 640 A.D
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    49
  9. England, 878 A.D
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    52
  10. Europe at the Death of Charlemagne
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    55
  11. France at the Close of the 10th Century
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    65
  12. Empire of Otto the Great
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    68
  13. The Coming of the Seljuks (Map)
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    70
  14. The First Crusade (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    77
  15. Europe and Asia, 1200
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    107
  16. Empire of Jengis Khan, 1227
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    111
  17. Travels of Marco Polo
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    115
  18. Ottoman Empire before 1453
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    123
  19. Ottoman Empire, 1566
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    125
  20. Empire of Timurlane
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    131
  21. Europe at the Fall of Constantinople
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    141
  22. "We have the payne...." John Bull's Speech
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    155
  23. Ignatius of Loyola
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    164
  24. European Trade Routes in the 14th Century
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    183
  25. The Chief Voyages of Exploration up to 1522
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    191
  26. Mexico and Peru
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    192
  27. Switzerland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    198
  28. Europe in the Time of Charles V
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    201
  29. Martin Luther
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    203
  30. Francis I
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    294
  31. Henry VIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    206
  32. Charles V
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    207
  33. Central Europe, 1648
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    233
  34. Louis XIV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    237
  35. The Partitions of Poland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    250
  36. Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    255
  37. Chief Foreign Settlements in India, 17th Century
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    256
  38. India in 1750
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    260
  39. American Colonies, 1760
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    283
  40. Boston in 1775
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    292
  41. The United States in 1790
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    295
  42. The United States Showing Dates of the Chief Territorial Extensions
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    299
  43. Benjamin Franklin
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    303
  44. George Washington
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    304
  45. The Flight to Varennes (Map)
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    322
  46. North Eastern Frontier of France, 1792
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    330
  47. Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    352
  48. Napoleon as Emperor
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    360
  49. Tsar Alexander I
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    362
  50. Napoleon's Empire, 1810
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    365
  51. The Trail of Napoleon
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    369
  52. Europe after the Congress of Vienna
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    379
  53. The Natural Political Map of Europe
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    383
  54. Mr. Gladstone
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    427
  55. Tribal Gods of the 19th Century
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    434
  56. Map of Europe, 1848–1871
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    439
  57. Italy, 1861
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    441
  58. Bismarck
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    443
  59. The Balkans, 1878
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    448
  60. Comparative Maps of Asia under Different Projections
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    450
  61. The British Empire in 1815
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    452
  62. Africa in the Middle of 19th Century
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    458
  63. Africa, 1914
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    459
  64. Japan and the East Coast of Asia
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    468
  65. Overseas Empires of European Powers, 1914
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    474
  66. Emperor William II
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    482
  67. Ireland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    491
  68. The Balkan States, 1913
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    501
  69. The Original German Plan, 1914
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    514
  70. The Western Front, 1915–18
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    517
  71. Time Chart of the Great War, 1914–18
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    528–29
  72. President Wilson
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    551
  73. M. Clemenceau
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    552
  74. Mr. Lloyd George
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    553
  75. Germany after the Peace Treaty, 1919
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    561
  76. The Turkish Treaty, 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    563
  77. The Break-up of Austria-Hungary
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    565
  78. Time-chart 1000 B.C.–300 B.C.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    599
  79. Time-chart 400 B.C.A.D. 300
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    600
  80. Time-chart A.D. 200–A.D. 900
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    601
  81. Time-chart A.D. 800–A.D. 1500
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    602
  82. Time-chart A.D. 1220–A.D. 1920
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    603