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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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1 Part I. ANCIENT HISTORY. Section I.—The Eastern Nations. - CHAPTER
I. India and China. 1. India................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 2. China................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 II. Egypt. 1. Political History................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 2. Religion, Arts, and General Culture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 III. Chaldæa. 1. Political History................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 2. Arts and General Culture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 IV. Assyria. 1. Political History................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 2. Religion, Arts, and General Culture................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52 V. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58 VI. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63 VII. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70 VIII. The Persian Empire. 1. Political History................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................74 2. Government, Religion, and Arts................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82 Section II.—Grecian History. IX. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87 X. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93