The Story of Mankind

by Henrik Willem van Loon

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Table of Contents

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Preface

The Setting of the Stage

Our Earliest Ancestors

Prehistoric Man Begins to Make Things for Himself

Hieroglyphics - The Egyptians Invent the Art of Write and the Record of History Begins

The Beginning of Civilisation in the Valley of the Nile

The Rise and Fall of Egypt

Mesopotamia - The Second Centre of Eastern Civilisation

The Sumerians

The Story of Moses, the Leader of the Jewish People

The Phoenicians Who Gave Us Our Alphabet

The Indo-European Persians Conquer the Semitic and the Egyptian World

The Aegean Sea

The Greeks

The Greek Cities That Were Really States

Greek Self-Government

How the Greeks Lived

The Greek Theatre, The First Form of Public Amusement

The Persian Wars

Athens vs. Sparta

Alexander the Great

Rome and Carthage

The Rise of Rome: How Rome Happened

The Roman Empire

The Story of Joshua of Nazarath, Whom the Greeks Called Jesus

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

A Chapter of Art

Colonial Expansion and War

A New World: The Great War

As It Ever Shall Be

An Historical Reading List for Children

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