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THE STORY OF MANKIND

FOREWORD

1 THE SETTING OF THE STAGE

2 OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS

3 PREHISTORIC MAN

4 HIEROGLYPHICS

5 THE NILE VALLEY

6 THE STORY OF EGYPT

7 MESOPOTAMIA

8 THE SUMERIANS

9 MOSES

10 THE PH■ENICIANS

11 THE INDO-EUROPEANS

12 THE ■EGEAN SEA

13 THE GREEKS

14 THE GREEK CITIES

15 GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT

16 GREEK LIFE

17 THE GREEK THEATRE

18 THE PERSIAN WARS

19 ATHENS vs. SPARTA

20 ALEXANDER THE GREAT

21 A SUMMARY

22 ROME AND CARTHAGE

23 THE RISE OF ROME

24 THE ROMAN EMPIRE

25 JOSHUA OF NAZARETH

26 THE FALL OF ROME

27 RISE OF THE CHURCH

28 MOHAMMED

29 CHARLEMAGNE

30 THE NORSEMEN

31 FEUDALISM

32 CHIVALRY

33  POPE vs. EMPEROR

34 THE CRUSADES

35 THE MEDI■EVAL CITY

36 MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

37 THE MEDITEVAL WORLD

38 MEDI■EVAL TRADE

39 THE RENAISSANCE

40 THE AGE OF EXPRESSION

41 THE GREAT DISCOVERIES

42 BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS

43 THE REFORMATION

44 RELIGIOUS WARFARE

45 THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

46 THE BALANCE OF POWER

47 THE RISE OF RUSSIA

48 RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN

49 THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

50 THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM

51 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

52 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

53 NAPOLEON

54 THE HOLY ALLIANCE

55 THE GREAT REACTION

56 NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE

57 THE AGE OF THE ENGINE

58 THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION

59 EMANCIPATION

60 THE AGE OF SCIENCE

61 ART

62 COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR

63 A NEW WORLD

64 AS IT EVER SHALL BE

65 AFTER SEVEN YEARS

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THE STORY OF INVENTION

FOREWORD

1 MAN THE INVENTOR

2 FROM SKIN TO SKY-SCRAPER

3 THE TAMING HAND

4 FROM FOOTTO FLYING-MACHINE

5 THE THPISAMDWOSE VARIED MOUTH

6 THE NOSE

7 THE EAR

8 THE EYE