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Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
CHAPTER I	1
PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY	1
THE ROUGH STONE AGE	1
POLISHED STONE AGE	2
THE AGE OF BRONZE	4
THE IRON AGE	4
CONCLUSIONS	5
FOOTNOTES:	6
CHAPTER II	6
HISTORY	6
SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PEOPLES	7
RACES AND PEOPLES	9
FOOTNOTES:	10
CHAPTER III	10
THE EGYPTIANS	10
THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE	12
THE ARTS	16
FOOTNOTES:	17
CHAPTER IV	18
CHALDEA	18
THE ASSYRIANS	18
THE BABYLONIANS	21
CUSTOMS AND RELIGION	22
ARTS	23
FOOTNOTES:	24
CHAPTER V	24
THE ARYANS	24
PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF THE HINDOOS	25
THE BRAHMANIC SOCIETY	26
BUDDHISM	30
FOOTNOTES:	32
CHAPTER VI	33
THE RELIGION OF ZOROASTER	33
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE	35
FOOTNOTES:	38
CHAPTER VII	38
THE PHOENICIAN PEOPLE	38
PHOENICIAN COMMERCE	41
FOOTNOTES:	43
CHAPTER VIII	43
ORIGIN OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE	43
THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL	45
THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL	46
THE PROPHETS	47
THE JEWISH PEOPLE	48
FOOTNOTES:	50
CHAPTER IX	50
THE PEOPLE	51
THE HELLENES BEYOND SEA	55
FOOTNOTES:	57
CHAPTER X	57
THE HEROES	60
WORSHIP	62
FOOTNOTES:	65
CHAPTER XI	65
THE PEOPLE	65
EDUCATION	66
THE INSTITUTIONS OF SPARTA	68
FOOTNOTES:	70
CHAPTER XII	70
THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE	70
THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE	71
THE GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS	72
PRIVATE LIFE	74
FOOTNOTES:	75
CHAPTER XIII	76
THE PERSIAN WARS	76
STRIFE AMONG THE GREEK STATES	79
FOOTNOTES:	81
CHAPTER XIV	81
ATHENS AT THE TIME OF PERICLES	82
LETTERS	82
THE ARTS	85
FOOTNOTES:	88
CHAPTER XV	88
ASIA BEFORE ALEXANDER	88
CONQUEST OF ASIA BY ALEXANDER	90
THE HELLENES IN THE ORIENT	94
FOOTNOTES:	96
CHAPTER XVI	96
DECADENCE OF THE GREEK CITIES	96
THE ROMAN CONQUEST	99
THE HELLENES IN THE OCCIDENT	100
FOOTNOTES:	102
CHAPTER XVII	102
ANCIENT PEOPLES OF ITALY	102
THE ITALIAN PEOPLE	104
FOOTNOTES:	106
CHAPTER XVIII	107
THE FAMILY	111
FOOTNOTES:	113
CHAPTER XIX	113
FORMATION OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE	113
THE ROMAN PEOPLE	115
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC	117
FOOTNOTES:	119
CHAPTER XX	119
THE ROMAN ARMY	120
CHARACTER OF THE CONQUEST	122
ROMAN WARFARE	126
EFFECTS OF ROMAN CONQUEST	127
FOOTNOTES:	128
CHAPTER XXI	128
THE PROVINCIALS	128
SLAVERY	131
FOOTNOTES:	134
CHAPTER XXII	134
CHANGES IN RELIGION	135
CHANGES IN MANNERS	136
FOOTNOTES:	141
CHAPTER XXIII	141
DECADENCE OF REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS	141
THE REVOLUTION	143
FOOTNOTES:	148
CHAPTER XXIV	148
THE TWELVE CAESARS	149
THE CENTURY OF THE ANTONINES	152
IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION	154
SOCIAL LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE	157
FOOTNOTES:	161
CHAPTER XXV	161
LETTERS	161
THE ARTS	163
THE LAW	166
FOOTNOTES:	169
CHAPTER XXVI	170
ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY	170
THE FIRST CENTURIES OF THE CHURCH	171
THE MONKS OF THE THIRD CENTURY	175
FOOTNOTES:	177
CHAPTER XXVII	177
THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE THIRD CENTURY	177
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LATER EMPIRE	179
THE CHURCH AND THE STATE	181
FOOTNOTES:	185
APPENDIX	185
PREHISTORIC TIMES	185
EGYPT	186
BABYLON AND ASSYRIA	186
INDIA	186
PERSIA	187
THE PHOENICIANS	187
THE HEBREWS	187
GREECE	187
ROME	189
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