1 6 Outlines of European History Mediterranean world, were gradually subdued by the Romans, until Roman power was supreme and practically universal not long after 200 B.C. We have therefore first to trace the career of the Orient, and then to follow civilization as it developed among the Greeks and Romans. QUESTIONS Section i . How did early man learn to do things ? Was there any one to tell him .f* Describe the probable condition of the earliest men. What men have actually been found in a state almost as low as this t Describe their possessions. How long has man existed on earth? At what point can we begin to trace his progress ? Section 2. Describe man's earliest tools. How did he live, and what was Europe then like '^. What do we call this age ? What great change brought it to an end ? Section 3. Where did man then take refuge ? Describe his prog- ress ; his home. What art did he possess ? Section 4. When did the ice withdraw for the last time ? What new treatment of his edged tools did man now discover.? Make a list of his new possessions in this age. What remains and evidences of the existence of towns and communities still survive ? Section 5. What wares did the traders bring into the Late Stone Age settlements of inland Europe? How were they brought across the Mediterranean ? What great people already had ships ? Where did high civilization first arise ?
