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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. PAGE

2. Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   iii

3. List of Maps ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   x

4. General Introduction: The Races and their Early Migrations. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

5. Part I.

6. ANCIENT HISTORY.

7. Section I.—The Eastern Nations.

8. CHAPTER

9. I.

   India and China.

10. 1.

    India ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    8

11. 2.

    China ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    12

12. II.

    Egypt.

13. 1.

    Political History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    18

14. 2.

    Religion, Arts, and General Culture ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    27

15. III.

    Chaldæa.

16. 1.

    Political History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    40

17. 2.

    Arts and General Culture ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    43

18. IV.

    Assyria.

19. 1.

    Political History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    48

20. 2.

    Religion, Arts, and General Culture ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    52

21. V.

    Babylonia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    58

22. VI.

    The Hebrews ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    63

23. VII.

    The Phœnicians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    70

24. VIII.

    The Persian Empire.

25. 1.

    Political History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    74

26. 2.

    Government, Religion, and Arts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    82

27. Section II.—Grecian History.

28. IX.

    The Land and the People ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    87

29. X.

    The legendary Heroic Age ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    93