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. mesopotamia8. the sumerians 9. moses 10. the phoenicians11. the indo-europeans12. the aegean sea 13. the greeks 14. the greek cities 15. greek self-government 16. greek life17. the greek theatre18. the persian wars19. athens vs. sparta20. alexander the great 21. a summary 22. rome and carthage23. the rise of rome 24. the roman empire25. joshua of nazareth 26. the fall of rome27. rise of the church28. mohammed29. charlemagne 30. the norsemen31. feudalism 32. chivalry33. pope vs. emperor 34. the crusades 35. the mediaeval city36. mediaeval self-government37. the mediaeval worbd 38. mediaeval trade 39. the renaissance 40. the age of expression 41. the great discoveries 42. buddhaand confucius43. the reformation 44. religious warfare 45. the english revolution46. the balance of power47. the rise of russia48. russia vs. sweden 49. the rise of prussia50. the mercantile system 51. the american revolution 52. the french revolution53. 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. art62. colonial expansion and war 63. a new world 64. as it ever shall be 65. an animated chronology 500,000 b.c.--a.d. 1922