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The Story of Mankind

by Hendrik Willem van Loon

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  1. 1Dedication — Foreword
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3The Setting of the Stage
  4. 4Our Earliest Ancestors
  5. 5Prehistoric Man
  6. 6Hieroglyphics
  7. 7The Nile Valley
  8. 8The Story of Egypt
  9. 9Mesopotamia
  10. 10The Sumerians
  11. 11Moses
  12. 12The Phoenicians
  13. 13The Indo-Europeans
  14. 14The Aegean Sea
  15. 15The Greeks
  16. 16The Greek Cities
  17. 17Greek Self-Government
  18. 18Greek Life
  19. 19The Greek Theatre
  20. 20The Persian Wars
  21. 21Athens vs. Sparta
  22. 22Alexander the Great
  23. 23Rome and Carthage
  24. 24The Rise of Rome
  25. 25The Roman Empire
  26. 26Joshua of Nazareth
  27. 27The Fall of Rome
  28. 28Rise of the Church
  29. 29Mohammed
  30. 30Charlemagne
  31. 31The Norsemen
  32. 32Feudalism
  33. 33Chivalry
  34. 34Pope vs. Emperor
  35. 35The Crusades
  36. 36The Mediaeval City
  37. 37Mediaeval Self-Government
  38. 38The Mediaeval World
  39. 39Mediaeval Trade
  40. 40The Renaissance
  41. 41The Age of Expression
  42. 42The Great Discoveries
  43. 43Buddha and Confucius Concerning Buddha and Confucius
  44. 44The Reformation
  45. 45Religious Warfare
  46. 46The English Revolution
  47. 47The Balance of Power
  48. 48The Rise of Russia
  49. 49Russia vs. Sweden
  50. 50The Rise of Prussia
  51. 51The Mercantile System
  52. 52The American Revolution
  53. 53The French Revolution
  54. 54Napoleon
  55. 55The Holy Alliance
  56. 56The Great Reaction
  57. 57National Independence
  58. 58The Age of the Engine
  59. 59The Social Revolution
  60. 60Emancipation
  61. 61The Age of Science
  62. 62Art
  63. 63Colonial Expansion and War
  64. 64A New World
  65. 65As It Ever Shall Be
  66. 66Concerning the Pictures

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