{"product_id":"2940013275010","title":"THE STORY OF MANKIND","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   1.  THE SETTING OF THE STAGE\u003cbr\u003e   2.  OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS\u003cbr\u003e   3.  PREHISTORIC MAX BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIMSELF\u003cbr\u003e   4.  THE EGYPTIANS INVENT THE ART OF WRITING AND THE RECORD\u003cbr\u003e          OF HISTORY BEGINS\u003cbr\u003e   5.  THE BEGINNING OF CIVILISATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE\u003cbr\u003e   6.  THE RISE AND FALL OF EGYPT\u003cbr\u003e   7.  MESOPOTAMIA, THE SECOND CENTRE OF EASTERN CIVILISATION\u003cbr\u003e   8.  THE SUMERIAN NAIL WRITERS, WHOSE CLAY TABLETS TELL US\u003cbr\u003e          THE STORY OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, THE GREAT SEMITIC\u003cbr\u003e          MELTING-POT\u003cbr\u003e   9.  THE STORY OF MOSES, THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003e   10. THE PHOENICIANS, WHO GAVE US OUR ALPHABET\u003cbr\u003e   11. THE INDO-EUROPEAN PERSIANS CONQUER THE SEMITIC AND THE\u003cbr\u003e          EGYPTIAN WORLD\u003cbr\u003e   12. THE PEOPLE OF THE AEGEAN SEA CARRIED THE CIVILISATION\u003cbr\u003e          OF OLD ASIA INTO THE WILDERNESS OF EUROPE\u003cbr\u003e   13. MEANWHILE THE INDO-EUROPEAN TRIBE OF THE HELLENES WAS\u003cbr\u003e          TAKING POSSESSION OF GREECE\u003cbr\u003e   14. THE GREEK CITIES THAT WERE REALLY STATES\u003cbr\u003e   15. THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO TRY THE DIFFICULT\u003cbr\u003e          EXPERIMENT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003e   16. HOW THE GREEKS LIVED\u003cbr\u003e   17. THE ORIGINS OF THE THEATRE, THE FIRST FORM OF PUBLIC\u003cbr\u003e          AMUSEMENT\u003cbr\u003e   18. HOW THE GREEKS DEFENDED EUROPE AGAINST AN ASIATIC INVASION AND\u003cbr\u003e   DROVE THE PERSIANS BACK ACROSS THE AEGEAN SEA\u003cbr\u003e   19. HOW ATHENS AND SPARTA FOUGHT A LONG AND DISASTROUS WAR\u003cbr\u003e    FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF GREECE\u003cbr\u003e   20. ALEXANDER THE MACEDONIAN ESTABLISHES A GREEK WORLD\u003cbr\u003e   EMPIRE, AND WHAT BECAME OF THIS HIGH AMBITION\u003cbr\u003e   21. A SHORT SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS 1 TO 20\u003cbr\u003e   22. THE SEMITIC COLONY OF CARTHAGE ON THE NORTHERN COAST OF\u003cbr\u003e    AFRICA AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN CITY OF ROME ON THE WEST\u003cbr\u003e    COAST OF ITALY FOUGHT EACH OTHER FOR THE POSSESSION OF\u003cbr\u003e    THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND CARTHAGE WAS DESTROYED\u003cbr\u003e   23. HOW ROME HAPPENED\u003cbr\u003e   24. HOW THE REPUBLIC OF ROME, AFTER CENTURIES OF UNREST AND\u003cbr\u003e    REVOLUTION, BECAME AN EMPIRE\u003cbr\u003e   25. THE STORY OF JOSHUA OF NAZARETH, WHOM THE GREEKS CALLED\u003cbr\u003e    JESUS\u003cbr\u003e   26. THE TWILIGHT OF ROME\u003cbr\u003e   27. HOW ROME BECAME THE CENTRE OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD\u003cbr\u003e   28. AHMED, THE CAMEL DRIVER, WHO BECAME THE PROPHET OF THE\u003cbr\u003e    ARABIAN DESERT, AND WHOSE FOLLOWERS ALMOST CONQUERED\u003cbr\u003e    THE ENTIRE KNOWN WORLD FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF\u003cbr\u003e    ALLAH, THE \"ONLY TRUE GOD\"\u003cbr\u003e   29. HOW CHARLEMAGNE, THE KING OF THE RANKS, CAME TO BEAR\u003cbr\u003e    THE TITLE OF EMPEROR AND TRIED TO REVIVE THE OLD IDEAL\u003cbr\u003e    OF WORLD-EMPIRE\u003cbr\u003e   30. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE TENTH CENTURY PRAYED THE LORD\u003cbr\u003e    TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FURY OF THE NORSEMEN\u003cbr\u003e   31. HOW CENTRAL EUROPE, ATTACKED FROM THREE SIDES, BECAME\u003cbr\u003e    AN ARMED CAMP AND WHY EUROPE WOULD HAVE PERISHED\u003cbr\u003e    WITHOUT THOSE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS AND ADMINISTRATORS\u003cbr\u003e    WHO WERE PART OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003e   32. CHIVALRY\u003cbr\u003e   33. THE STRANGE DOUBLE LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE\u003cbr\u003e    AGES, AND HOW IT LED TO ENDLESS QUARRELS BETWEEN THE\u003cbr\u003e    POPES AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS\u003cbr\u003e   34. BUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT QUARRELS WERE FORGOTTEN WHEN\u003cbr\u003e    THE TURKS TOOK THE HOLY LAND, DESECRATED THE HOLY\u003cbr\u003e    PLACES AND INTERFERED SERIOUSLY WITH THE TRADE FROM\u003cbr\u003e    EAST TO WEST. EUROPE WENT CRUSADING\u003cbr\u003e   35. WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES SAID THAT CITY AIR\u003cbr\u003e    IS FREE AIR\u003cbr\u003e   36. HOW THE PEOPLE OF THE CITIES ASSERTED THEIR RIGHT\u003cbr\u003e    TO BE HEARD IN THE ROYAL COUNCILS OF THEIR COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e   37. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE AGES THOUGHT OF THE\u003cbr\u003e    WORLD IN WHICH THEY HAPPENED TO LIVE\u003cbr\u003e   38. HOW THE CRUSADES ONCE MORE MADE THE MEDITERRANEAN A\u003cbr\u003e    BUSY CENTRE OF TRADE AND HOW THE CITIES OF THE ITALIAN\u003cbr\u003e    PENINSULA BECAME THE GREAT DISTRIBUTING CENTRE FOR THE\u003cbr\u003e    COMMERCE WITH ASIA AND AFRICA\u003cbr\u003e   39. PEOPLE ONCE MORE DARED TO BE HAPPY JUST BECAUSE THEY\u003cbr\u003e    WERE ALIVE. THEY TRIED TO SAVE THE REMAINS OF THE\u003cbr\u003e    OLDER AND MORE AGREEABLE CIVILISATION OF ROME AND\u003cbr\u003e    GREECE AND THEY WERE 80 PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e    THAT THEY SPOKE OF A RENAISSANCE OR RE-BIRTH OF\u003cbr\u003e    CIVILISATION\u003cbr\u003e   40. THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO FEEL THE NEED OF GIVING EXPRESSION\u003cbr\u003e    TO THEIR NEWLY DISCOVERED JOY OF LIVING. THEY EXPRESSED\u003cbr\u003e    THEIR HAPPINESS IN POETRY AND IN SCULPTURE AND\u003cbr\u003e    IN ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING, AND IN THE BOOKS THEY\u003cbr\u003e    PRINTED\u003cbr\u003e   41. BUT NOW THAT PEOPLE HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE BONDS OF\u003cbr\u003e    THEIR NARROW MEDIEVAL LIMITATIONS, THEY HAD TO HAVE\u003cbr\u003e    MORE ROOM FOR THEIR WANDERINGS. THE EUROPEAN WORLD\u003cbr\u003e    HAD GROWN TOO SMALL FOR THEIR AMBITIONS. IT WAS THE\u003cbr\u003e    TIME OF THE GREAT VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY\u003cbr\u003e   42. CONCERNING BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS\u003cbr\u003e   43. THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN RACE IS BEST COMPARED TO A\u003cbr\u003e    GIGANTIC PENDULUM WHICH FOREVER SWINGS FORWARD AND\u003cbr\u003e    BACKWARD. THE RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073643397360,"sku":"2940013275010","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013275010_p0.jpg?v=1763579105","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013275010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}