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pedestal, above a sun 2 Sardonyx
from Elis, a goddess holding up a goat by the horns 3 Rock crystal a
bearded Triton 4 Carnelian, a youth playing a trigonon 5 Chalcedony
from Athens, a Bacchante 6 Sard, a woman reading a manuscript roll,
before her a lyre 7 Carnelian, Theseus 8 Chalcedony, portrait head,
Hellenistic Age 9 Aquamarine, portrait of Julia daughter of the emperor
Titus 10 Chalcedony, portrait head, Hellenistic Age 11 Carnelian, bust
portrait of the Roman emperor Decius 12 Beryl, portrait of Julia
Domna wife of the emperor Septimius Severus 13 Sapphire, head of the
Madonna 14 Carnelian, the judgment of Paris, Renaissance work 15
Rock crystal, Madonna with Jesus and St. Joseph, probably Norman
Sicilian work]

CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF PLATES
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY

CHAPTER
I. THE AGES BEFORE HISTORY.
1. The Study of History 2. Prehistoric Peoples 3. Domestication of
Animals and Plants 4. Writing and the Alphabet 5. Primitive Science
and Art 6. Historic Peoples
II. THE LANDS AND PEOPLES OF THE EAST TO ABOUT 500
B.C.
7. Physical Asia 8. Babylonia and Egypt 9. The Babylonians and the
Egyptians 10. The Phoenicians and the Hebrews 11. The Assyrians 12.
The World Empire of Persia

III. ORIENTAL CIVILIZATION.
13. Social Classes 14. Economic Conditions 15. Commerce and Trade
Routes 16. Law and Morality 17. Religion 18. Literature and Art 19.
Science and Education
IV. THE LANDS OF THE WEST AND THE RISE OF GREECE TO
ABOUT 500 B.C.
20. Physical Europe 21. Greece and the Aegean 22. The Aegean Age
(to about 1100 B.C.) 23. The Homeric Age (about 1100-750 B.C.) 24.
Early Greek Religion 25. Religious Institutions--Oracles and Games 26.
The Greek City-State 27. The Growth of Sparta (to 500 B.C.) 28. The
Growth of Athens (to 500 B.C.) 29. Colonial Expansion of Greece
(about 750-500 B.C.) 30. Bonds of Union among the Greeks
V. THE GREAT AGE OF THE GREEK REPUBLICS TO 362 B.C.
31. The Perils of Hellas 32. Expeditions of Darius against Greece 33.
Xerxes and the Great Persian War 34. Athens under Themistocles,
Aristides, and Cimon 35. Athens under Pericles 36. The Peloponnesian
War, 431-404 B.C. 37. The Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362
B.C. 38. Decline of the City-State
VI. MINGLING OF EAST AND WEST AFTER 359 B.C.
39. Philip and the Rise of Macedonia 40. Demosthenes and the End of
Greek Freedom 41. Alexander the Great 42. Conquest of Persia and the
Far East, 334-323 B.C. 43. The Work of Alexander 44. Hellenistic
Kingdoms and Cities 45. The Hellenistic Age 46. The Graeco-Oriental
World
VII. THE RISE OF ROME TO 264 B.C.
47. Italy and Sicily 48. The Peoples of Italy 49. The Romans 50. Early
Roman Society 51. Roman Religion 52. The Roman City State 53.
Expansion of Rome over Italy, 509 (?)-264 B.C. 54. Italy under Roman
Rule 55. The Roman Army

VIII. THE GREAT AGE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC, 264-31 B.C.
56. The Rivals Rome and Carthage, 264-218 B.C. 57. Hannibal and the
Great Punic War, 218-201 B.C. 58. Roman Supremacy in the West and
in the East, 201-133 B.C. 59. The Mediterranean World under Roman
Rule 60. The Gracchi 61. Marius and Sulla 62. Pompey and Caesar 63.
The Work of Caesar 64. Antony and Octavian 65. The End of an Epoch
IX. THE EARLY EMPIRE: THE WORLD UNDER ROMAN RULE,
31 B.C.-l80 A.D.
66. Augustus, 31 B.C.-l4 A.D. 67. The Successors of Augustus, 14-96
A.D. 68. The "Good Emperors," 96-180 A.D. 69. The Provinces of the
Roman Empire 70. The Roman Law and the Latin Language 71. The
Municipalities of the Roman Empire 72. Economic and Social
Conditions in the First and Second Centuries 73. The Graeco-Roman
World
X. THE LATER EMPIRE: CHRISTIANITY IN THE ROMAN
WORLD, 180-395 A.D.
74. The "Soldier Emperors," 180-284 A.D. 75. The "Absolute
Emperors," 284-395 A.D. 76. Economic and Social Conditions in the
Third and Fourth Centuries 77. The Preparation for Christianity 78.
Rise and Spread of Christianity 79. The Persecutions 80. Triumph of
Christianity 81. Christian Influence on Society
XI. THE GERMANS TO 476 A.D.
82. Germany and the Germans 83. Breaking of the Danube Barrier 84.
Breaking of the Rhine Barrier 85. Inroads of the Huns 86. End of the
Roman Empire in the West, 476 A.D. 87. Germanic Influence on
Society
XII. CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION.
88. The Classical City 89. Education and the Condition of Children 90.
Marriage and the Position of Women 91. The Home and Private Life

92. Amusements 93. Slavery 94. Greek Literature 95. Greek
Philosophy 96. Roman Literature 97. Greek Architecture 98. Greek
Sculpture 99. Roman Architecture and Sculpture 100. Artistic Athens
101. Artistic Rome
XIII. WESTERN EUROPE DURING THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES,
476-962 A.D.
102. The Ostrogoths in Italy, 488-553 A.D. 103. The Lombards in