The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Van Loon, Ph.D

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Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944

Title

The Story of Mankind

Credits

Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

754

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/754

Release Date

December 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE STORY OF MANKIND
2. 2.By Hendrik Van Loon, Ph.D.
3. 3.FOREWORD — For Hansje and Willem: — THE STORY OF MANKIND
4. 4.THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
5. 5.OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
6. 6.PREHISTORIC MAN — PREHISTORIC MAN BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIMSELF.
7. 7.HIEROGLYPHICS — THE EGYPTIANS INVENT THE ART OF WRITING AND THE RECORD OF HISTORY BEGINS
8. 8.THE NILE VALLEY — THE BEGINNING OF CIVILISATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE
9. 9.THE STORY OF EGYPT — THE RISE AND FALL OF EGYPT
10. 10.MESOPOTAMIA — MESOPOTAMIA—THE SECOND CENTRE OF EASTERN CIVILISATION
11. 11.THE SUMERIANS
12. 12.MOSES — THE STORY OF MOSES, THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
13. 13.THE PHOENICIANS — THE PHOENICIANS WHO GAVE US OUR ALPHABET
14. 14.THE INDO-EUROPEANS — THE INDO-EUROPEAN PERSIANS CONQUER THE SEMITIC AND THE EGYPTIAN WORLD
15. 15.THE AEGEAN SEA
16. 16.THE GREEKS
17. 17.THE GREEK CITIES — THE GREEK CITIES THAT WERE REALLY STATES
18. 18.GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT
19. 19.GREEK LIFE — HOW THE GREEKS LIVED
20. 20.THE GREEK THEATRE — THE ORIGINS OF THE THEATRE, THE FIRST FORM OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
21. 21.THE PERSIAN WARS
22. 22.ATHENS vs. SPARTA
23. 23.ALEXANDER THE GREAT
24. 24.ROME AND CARTHAGE
25. 25.THE RISE OF ROME — HOW ROME HAPPENED
26. 26.THE ROMAN EMPIRE
27. 27.JOSHUA OF NAZARETH — THE STORY OF JOSHUA OF NAZARETH, WHOM THE GREEKS CALLED JESUS
28. 28.THE FALL OF ROME — THE TWILIGHT OF ROME
29. 29.RISE OF THE CHURCH — HOW ROME BECAME THE CENTRE OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
30. 30.MOHAMMED
31. 31.CHARLEMAGNE
32. 32.THE NORSEMEN
33. 33.FEUDALISM
34. 34.CHIVALRY — CHIVALRY
35. 35.POPE vs. EMPEROR
36. 36.THE CRUSADES
37. 37.THE MEDIAEVAL CITY — WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES SAID THAT "CITY AIR IS FREE AIR"
38. 38.MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
39. 39.THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD
40. 40.MEDIAEVAL TRADE
41. 41.THE RENAISSANCE
42. 42.THE AGE OF EXPRESSION
43. 43.THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
44. 44.BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS — CONCERNING BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
45. 45.THE REFORMATION
46. 46.RELIGIOUS WARFARE — THE AGE OF THE GREAT RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES
47. 47.THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
48. 48.THE BALANCE OF POWER
49. 49.THE RISE OF RUSSIA
50. 50.RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN
51. 51.THE RISE OF PRUSSIA
52. 52.THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
53. 53.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
54. 54.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
55. 55.NAPOLEON — NAPOLEON
56. 56.THE HOLY ALLIANCE
57. 57.THE GREAT REACTION
58. 58.NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
59. 59.THE AGE OF THE ENGINE
60. 60.THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
61. 61.EMANCIPATION
62. 62.THE AGE OF SCIENCE
63. 63.ART — A CHAPTER OF ART
64. 64.COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR
65. 65.A NEW WORLD — THE GREAT WAR WHICH WAS REALLY THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW AND BETTER WORLD
66. 66.AS IT EVER SHALL BE
67. 67.CONCERNING THE PICTURES
68. 68.AN HISTORICAL READING LIST FOR CHILDREN

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