A Short History of the World

CONTENTS

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	A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
I.	THE WORLD IN SPACE	1
II.	THE WORLD IN TIME	5
III.	THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE	11
IV.	THE AGE OF FISHES	16
V.	THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS	21
VI.	THE AGE OF REPTILES	26
VII.	THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS	31
VIII.	THE AGE OF MAMMALS	37
IX.	MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN	43
X.	THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN	48
XI.	THE FIRST TRUE MEN	53
XII.	PRIMITIVE THOUGHT	60
XIII.	THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION	65
XIV.	PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS	71
XV.	SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING	77
XVI.	PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES	84
XVII.	THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES	91
XVIII.	EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA	96
XIX.	THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS	104
XX.	THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I	109
XXI.	THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS	115
XXII.	PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA	122
XXIII.	THE GREEKS	127
XXIV.	THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS	134
XXV.	THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE	139
XXVI.	THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT	145
XXVII.	THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA	150
XXVIII.	THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA	156
XXIX.	KING ASOKA	163
XXX.	CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE	167
XXXI.	ROME COMES INTO HISTORY	174
XXXII.	ROME AND CARTHAGE	180
XXXIII.	Clyx.com