THIS SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD is meant to be read straightforwardly almost as a novel is read. It gives in themost general way an account of our present knowledge of history, shorn ofelaborations and complications. It has been amply illustrated and everythinghas been done to make it vivid and clear. From it the reader should be able toget that general view of history which is so necessary a framework for thestudy of a particular period or the history of a particular country. It may befound useful as a preparatory excursion before the reading of the author's muchfuller and more explicit Outline of History is undertaken. But its especial endis to meet the needs of the busy general reader, too driven to study the mapsand time charts of that Outline in detail, who wishes to refresh and repair hisfaded or fragmentary conceptions of the great adventure of mankind. It is notan abstract or condensation of that former work.
PREFACE
Ⅰ.THE WORLD IN SPACE
Ⅱ.THE WORLD IN TIME
Ⅲ.THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
Ⅳ.THE AGE OF FISHES
Ⅴ.THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS
Ⅵ.THE AGE OF REPTILES
Ⅶ.THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS
Ⅷ.THE AGE OF MAMMALS
Ⅸ.MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN
Ⅹ.THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN
Ⅺ.THE FIRST TRUE MEN
Ⅻ.PRIMITIVE THOUGHT
ⅩⅢ.THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION
ⅩⅣ.PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS
ⅩⅤ.SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING
ⅩⅥ.PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES
ⅩⅦ.THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES
ⅩⅧ.EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA
ⅩlⅩ.THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS
ⅩⅩ.THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I
ⅩⅪ.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS
ⅩⅫ.PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA
ⅩⅩⅢ.THE GREEKS
ⅩⅩⅣ.THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS
ⅩⅩⅤ.THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE
ⅩⅩⅥ.THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
ⅩⅩⅦ.THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA
ⅩⅩⅧ.THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA
ⅩⅩⅨ.KING ASOKA
ⅩⅩⅩ.CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE
ⅩⅩⅪ.ROME COMES INTO HISTORY
ⅩⅩⅫ.ROME AND CARTHAGE
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ.THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ.BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ.THE COMMON MAN'S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ.RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ.THE TEACHING OF JESUS
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ.THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST
ⅩL.THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
ⅩLⅠ.THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES
ⅩLⅡ.THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA
ⅩLⅢ.MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM
ⅩLⅣ.THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS
ⅩLⅤ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM
ⅩLⅥ.THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION
ⅩLⅦ.RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM
ⅩLⅧ.THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
ⅩLⅨ.THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
L.THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH
LⅠ.THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
LⅡ.THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS OF GRAND MONARCHY AND
PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE
LⅢ.THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS
LⅣ.THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
LⅤ.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE
LⅥ.THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
LⅦ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE
LⅧ.THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
LⅨ.THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS
LⅩ.THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES
LⅪ.THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE
LⅫ.THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY
LⅩⅢ.EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA,AND THE RISE OF JAPAN
LⅩⅣ.THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914
LⅩⅤ.THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE,AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18
LⅩⅥ.THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA
LⅩⅦ.THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD