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The Story of Mankind
Hendrik van Loon
World History
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Hendrik van Loon
FOREWORD
THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
PREHISTORIC MAN
HIEROGLYPHICS
THE NILE VALLEY
THE STORY OF EGYPT
MESOPOTAMIA
THE SUMERIANS
MOSES
THE PHOENICIANS
THE INDO-EUROPEANS
THE AEGEAN SEA
THE GREEKS
THE GREEK CITIES
GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT
GREEK LIFE
THE GREEK THEATRE
THE PERSIAN WARS
ATHENS vs. SPARTA
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
A SUMMARY
ROME AND CARTHAGE
THE RISE OF ROME
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
JOSHUA OF NAZARETH
THE FALL OF ROME
RISE OF THE CHURCH
MOHAMMED
CHARLEMAGNE
THE NORSEMEN
FEUDALISM
CHIVALRY
POPE vs. EMPEROR
THE CRUSADES
THE MEDIAEVAL CITY
MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD
MEDIAEVAL TRADE
THE RENAISSANCE
THE AGE OF EXPRESSION
THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
THE REFORMATION
RELIGIOUS WARFARE
THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
THE BALANCE OF POWER
THE RISE OF RUSSIA
RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN
THE RISE OF PRUSSIA
THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
NAPOLEON
THE HOLY ALLIANCE
THE GREAT REACTION
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
THE AGE OF THE ENGINE
THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
EMANCIPATION
THE AGE OF SCIENCE
ART
COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR
A NEW WORLD
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The History of England
CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER II. THE RELIGIOUS CHANGES UNDER HENRY VIII. AND EDWARD VI.
II. THE WAR BETWEEN THE ALLIES
Lucrezia - Eleanora - Isabella
CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815.
CHAPTER XII. EVENTS IN THE EAST INDIES, 1778-1781.-SUFFREN SAILS FROM
THE HURONS.
CHAPTER VII. HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED
THE HURON-IROQUOIS FAMILY.
CHAPTER XI. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS AT THE SUMMIT OF PROSPERITY.
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The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913
Ancient China Simplified
CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815.
CHAPTER II. THE RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION
CHAPTER II. THE RELIGIOUS CHANGES UNDER HENRY VIII. AND EDWARD VI.
CHAPTER IX. THE CHURCH IN IRELAND DURING THE REIGNS OF MARY AND ELIZABETH (1553-1603)
CHAPTER VIII. SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763 - ENGLAND's OVERWHELMING POWER AND CONQUESTS ON THE SEAS, IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, AND EAST AND WEST INDIES. SEA BATTLES: BYNG OFF MINORCA; HAWKE AND CONFLANS; POCOCK AND D'ACHE' IN EAST INDIES.
The Last Days of Absolute Monarchy - The French Revolution
CHAPTER VII. HOW THE COLONIES WERE GOVERNED
CHAPTER VII. ROMAN LITERATURE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE REIGN OF KWANGSU
CHAPTER VIII. GRECIAN PHILOSOPHY.