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Colonization:
the Early Growth of Sparta and of Athens. 1. Age of the Tyrants and of
Colonization. 2. The Growth of Sparta. 3. The Growth of Athens. XIII.
The Græco-Persian Wars. XIV. Period of Athenian Supremacy. XV.
The Peloponnesian War: the Spartan and the Theban Supremacy. 1.
The Peloponnesian War. 2. The Spartan and the Theban Supremacy.
XVI. Period of Macedonian Supremacy: Empire of Alexander. XVII.
States formed from the Empire of Alexander. XVIII. Greek
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting. 1. Architecture. 2. Sculpture and
Painting. XIX. Greek Literature. 1. Epic and Lyric Poetry. 2. The
Drama and Dramatists. 3. History and Historians. 4. Oratory. XX.
Greek Philosophy and Science. XXI. Social Life of the Greeks.
SECTION III.--ROMAN HISTORY.
XXII. The Roman Kingdom. XXIII. The Early Roman Republic:
Conquest of Italy. XXIV. The First Punic War. XXV. The Second
Punic War. XXVI. The Third Punic War. XXVII. The Last Century of
the Roman Republic. XXVIII. The Last Century of the Roman
Republic (_concluded_). XXIX. The Roman Empire (from 31 B.C. to
A.D. 180). XXX. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
(A.D. 180-476). XXXI. Roman Civilization. 1. Architecture. 2.
Literature, Philosophy, and Law. 3. Social Life.

PART II.
MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I.--MEDIÆVAL HISTORY.
FIRST PERIOD.--THE DARK AGES. (From the Fall of Rome, A.D.
476, to the Eleventh Century.)
XXXII. Migrations and Settlements of the Teutonic Tribes. XXXIII.
The Conversion of the Barbarians. XXXIV. Fusion of the Latin and
Teutonic Peoples. XXXV. The Roman Empire in the East. XXXVI.
Mohammed and the Saracens. XXXVII. Charlemagne and the
Restoration of the Empire in the West. XXXVIII. The Northmen.
XXXIX. Rise of the Papal Power.
SECOND PERIOD.--THE AGE OF REVIVAL. (From the opening of
the Eleventh Century to the Discovery of America by Columbus, in
1492.)
XL. Feudalism and Chivalry. 1. Feudalism. 2. Chivalry. XLI. The
Norman Conquest of England. XLII. The Crusades. 1. Introductory:
Causes of the Crusades. 2. The First Crusade. 3. The Second Crusade. 4.
The Third Crusade. 5. The Fourth Crusade. 6. Close of the Crusades:
Their Results. XLIII. Supremacy of the Papacy: Decline of its
Temporal Power. XLIV. Conquests of the Turanian Tribes. XLV.
Growth of the Towns: The Italian City-Republics. XLVI. The Revival
of Learning. XLVII. Growth of the Nations: Formation of National
Governments and Literatures. 1. England. 2. France. 3. Spain. 4.
Germany. 5. Russia. 6. Italy. 7. The Northern Countries.
SECTION II. MODERN HISTORY.
INTRODUCTION
THIRD PERIOD.--THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT
REFORMATION. (From the Discovery of America to the Peace of
Westphalia, in 1648.)
XLVIII. The Beginnings of the Reformation under Luther. XLIX. The
Ascendency of Spain. 1. Reign of the Emperor Charles V. 2. Spain
under Philip II. L. The Tudors and the English Reformation. 1.

Introductory. 2. The Reign of Henry VII. 3. England severed from the
Papacy by Henry VIII. 4. Changes in the Creed and Ritual under
Edward VI. 5. Reaction under Mary. 6. Final Establishment of
Protestantism under Elizabeth. LI. The Revolt of the Netherlands: Rise
of the Dutch Republic. LII. The Huguenot Wars in France. LIII. The
Thirty Years' War.
FOURTH PERIOD.--THE ERA OF THE POLITICAL
REVOLUTION. (From the Peace of Westphalia, in 1648, to the present
time.)
LIV. The Ascendency of France under the Absolute Government of
Louis XIV. LV. England under the Stuarts: The English Revolution. 1.
The First Two Stuarts. 2. The Commonwealth. 3. The Restored Stuarts.
4. The Orange-Stuarts. 5. England under the Earlier Hanoverians. LVI.
The Rise of Russia: Peter the Great. LVII. The Rise of Prussia:
Frederick the Great. LVIII. The French Revolution. 1. Causes of the
Revolution: The States-General of 1789. 2. The National, or
Constituent Assembly. 3. The Legislative Assembly. 4. The National
Convention. 5. The Directory. LIX. The Consulate and the First Empire:
France since the Second Restoration. 1. The Consulate and the Empire.
2. France since the Second Restoration. LX. Russia since the Congress
of Vienna. LXI. German Freedom and Unity. LXII. Liberation and
Unification of Italy. LXIII. England since the Congress of Vienna. 1.
Progress towards Democracy. 2. Expansion of the Principle of
Religious Equality. 3. Growth of the British Empire in the East.
CONCLUSION: THE NEW AGE. INDEX, PRONOUNCING
VOCABULARY, AND GLOSSARY

LIST OF COLORED MAPS.
1. Ancient Egypt 2. The Tigris and the Euphrates 3. Lydia, Media, and
Babylonia, c. B.C. 550 4. Greece and the Greek Colonies 5. Greece in
the 5th Century B.C. 6. Dominions and Dependencies of Alexander, c.
B.C. 323 7. Kingdoms of the Successors of Alexander, c. B.C. 300 8.
Italy before the Growth of the Roman Power 9. Mediterranean Lands at

the Beginning of Second Punic War 10. Roman Dominions at the End
of the Mithridatic War, B.C. 64 11. The Roman Empire under Trajan,
A.D. 117 12. Roman Empire divided into Prefectures 13. Europe in