The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 01
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Contents
- Contributors, and Editorial Revisers
- Key to the Authorities
- Book I. History, Historians, and the Writing of Histories
- Book II. A Glimpse Into the Prehistoric Period
- Egypt as a World Influence a Characterisation of Egyptian History
- Egyptian History in Outline a Preliminary Survey Comprising a Cursory View of the Sources of Egyptian History, the Sweep of Events, and a Table of Chronology
- Chapter I. The Egyptian Race and Its Origin
- Chapter II. The Old Memphis Kingdom
- Chapter III. The Old Theban Kingdom
- Chapter IV. The Restoration
- Chapter V. The Xixth Dynasty
- Chapter VI. The Finding of the Royal Mummies
- Chapter VII. The Period of Decay [XIXth-XXVth Dynasties: ca. 1285-655 B.C.]
- Chapter VIII. The Closing Scenes
- Chapter IX. Manners and Customs of the Egyptians
- Chapter X. The Egyptian Religion
- Chapter XI. Egyptian Culture
- Chapter XII. Concluding Summary of Egyptian History
- Appendix A. Classical Traditions
- Appendix B. The Problem of Egyptian Chronology
- Brief Reference-List of Authorities by Chapters
- A General Bibliography of Egyptian History Based on the Works Quoted, Cited, or Editorially Consulted in the Preparation of the Present History, with Critical and Biographical Notes
- The Relations of Babylonia with Other Semitic Countries
- Mesopotamian History in Outline a Preliminary Survey Comprising a Cursory View of the Sources of Mesopotamian History and of the Sweep of Events, and a Table of Chronology
- Chapter I. Land and People
- Chapter II. Old Babylonian History
- Chapter III. The Rise of Assyria
- Chapter IV. Four Generations of Assyrian Greatness (722-626 B.C.)
- Chapter V. The Decline and Fall of Assyria
- Chapter VI. Renascence and Fall of Babylon
- Chapter VII. Manners and Customs of Babylonia-Assyria
- Chapter VIII. The Religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- Chapter IX. Babylonian and Assyrian Culture
- Appendix A. Classical Traditions
- Appendix B. Excavations in Mesopotamia, and Their Results
- Brief Reference-List of Authorities by Chapters
- A General Bibliography of Mesopotamian History Based on the Works Quoted, Cited, or Editorially Consulted in the Preparation of the Present History, with Critical and Biographical Notes