The Story of Mankind; A Picturesque Tale of Progress: New Nations Part I and II

Volume 1: Beginnings (536 pages) Part One: (258 pages) I. How People Lived a Long Time Ago II. A Tall Race of Hunters Appears in Europe III. New Ways of Living IV. The Lake Dwellers V. Early Days in Egypt VI. The Two Lands of Egypt VII. The Pyramid Builders VIII. The Age of Too Powerful Nobles IX. Egypt, the First Great Empire X. The Power of Egypt Declines General Summary of This Period Part Two: (278 pages) I. Babylonia, the Land of the Two Rivers II. The Assyrian Empire III. The Chaldean Empire in Babylon IV. Hebrew Wanderers V. Moses and the Conquest of Canaan VI. The United Kingdom of Israel VII. The Divided Kingdoms VIII. The Fall of Jerusalem General Summary of This Period Volume 2: Conquests (544 pages) Part One:(313 pages) I. The Island of Crete II. The Beginnings of Greece III. A Time of Settlement and Growth IV. The Threat of Persian Conquest V. Days of Athenian Empire VI. Alexander Conquers the Eastern World VII. Hellenistic Egypt General Summary of This Period Part Two: (231 pages) I. Rome and the Western World II. Rome Conquers Carthage III. The Roman Republic IV. The Early Roman Empire V. The Story of Christianity VI. Christianity Conquers the Empire General Summary of This Period Volume 3: New Nations (540 pages) Part One: (264 pages) I. The Breaking Up of the Roman Empire II. Barbarians Invade the Western Empire III. The Eastern, or Byzantine Empire IV. A New Power Arises in the East V. The Franks VI. The Medieval Church VII. The Viking Adventurers VIII. Life in the Feudal Age General Summary of the Period Part Two: (276 pages) I. The Glory of the Byzantine Empire II. The Crusades III. Europe After the Crusades IV. United Christian Spain Expels the Moors V. The Development of the English Nation VI. France Becomes an Absolute Monarchy VII. Germany and the Holy Roman Empire VIII. Italian City States and the Renaissance General Summary of the Period Volume 4: Explorations (568 pages) Part One: (308 pages) I. Marco Polo Explores the East II. Genghis Khan Conquers Asia III. Mongol Conquests in Russia and the West IV. The Mongol Conquest of Persia V. The Mongols in China VI. Around Africa to India VII. India, Land of Wealth and Splendor General Summary of This Period Part Two: (260 pages) I. Land in the West II.Ancient America III. The Brilliant Civilization of the Mayas IV. The Conquest of Mexico V. The Indians of the Southwest VI. The Conquest of Peru General Summary of the Period Volume 5: Index (less)