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Title World History
Author Hutton Webster
Year 1921
Publisher D.C. Heath & Co., Publishers
Location Boston
Source pdf
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CONTENTS

  PAGE
List of Illustrations xi
List of Maps xv
List of Plates xviii
Suggestions for Further Study xx
CHAPTER
I. Prehistoric Times  
  1. Introductory 1
  2. Man's Place in Nature 2
  3. The Old Stone Age 8
  4. The New Stone Age 12
  5. The Age of Metals 15
  6. Races of Man 17
  7. Languages of Man 21
  8. Writing and the Alphabet 23
II. The Ancient Orient  
  9. The Lands of the Near East 29
  10. The Peoples of the Near East 32
  11. Social Conditions 40
  12. Economic Conditions 44
  13. Commerce and Commercial Routes 46
  14. Law and Morality 49
  15. Religion 52
  16. Literature and Art 55
  17. Science 58
  18. Orient and Occident 62
III. Greece  
  19. The Lands of the West 65
  20. The Mediterranean Basin 68
  21. The Ægeans 71
  22. The Greeks 73
  23. The Greek City-States 79
  24. Colonial Expansion of Greece 82
  25. The Persian Wars, 499-479 B.C. 84
  26. Athens, 469-431 B.C. 89
  27. Athenian Culture 93
  28. Decline of the Greek City-States, 431-338 B.C. 97
  29. Alexander the Great, and the Conquest of Persia 101
  30. The Hellenistic Age 105
IV. ROME  
  31. Italian Peoples 112
  32. The Romans 115
  33. The Roman City-State 119
  34. Expansion of Rome over Italy, 509(?)-264 B.C. 121
  35. Expansion of Rome Beyond Italy, 264-133 B.C. 123
  36. Rome the Mistress of the Mediterranean Basin 129
  37 Decline of the Roman City-State, 133-31 B.C. 132
  38. The Early Empire, 31 B.C.-284 A.D. 138
  39. The World under Roman Rule 144
  40. Christianity in the Roman World 149
  41. The Later Empire, 284-476 A.D. 153
V. THE MIDDLE AGES  
  42. The Germans 157
  43. The Holy Roman Empire 161
  44. The Northmen and the Normans 166
  45. Feudalism 169
  46. The Byzantine Empire 176
  47. The Arabas and Islam, 622-1058 180
  48. The Crusades, 1095-1291 187
  49. Mongolian Peoples in Europe to 1453 190
  50. National States during the Later Middle Ages 194
VI. MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION  
  51. The Church 203
  52. The Clergy 207
  53. The Papacy 211
  54. Country Life 214
  55. Serfdom 219
  56. City Life 221
  57. Civic Industry 225
  58. Civic Trade 228
  59. Cathedrals and Universities 231
  60. National Lanuages during the Later Middle Ages 236
VII. THE RENAISSANCE  
  61. Revival of Learning and Art in Italy 240
  62. Revival of Learning and Art beyond Italy 245
  63. Geographical Discovery 248
  64. Colonial Empires 253
  65. The Old World and the New 255
  66. The Protestant Reformation 257
  67. The Protestant Sects 263
  68. The Catholic Counter Reformation 266
  69. The Religious Wars 269
  70. The European State System 278
VIII. THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES IN EUROPE  
  71. Absolutism and the Divine Right of Kings 281
  72. The Struggle against Stuart Absolutism in England 282
  73. The Restoration and the "Glorious Revolution" 291
  74. Absolutism of Louis XIV in France, 1643-1715 295
  75. Russia under Peter the Great, 1689-1725 302
  76. Russia under Catherine II, 1762-1796 307
  77. Austria and Maria Theresa, 1740-1780 309
  78. Prussia and Frederick the Great, 1740-1786 310
  79. The Partitions of Poland, 1772-1795 314
IX. COMMERCE AND COLONIES DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES  
  80. Mercantilism and Trading Companies 320
  81. The Dutch Colonial Empire 322
  82. Rivalry of France and England in India (to 1763) 325
  83. Rivalry of France and England in North America 328
  84. The American Revolution, 1776-1783 334
  85. Formation of the United States 341
  86. Progress of Geographical Discovery 342
X. THE OLD RÉGIME  
  87. Reform 346
  88. The Privileged Classes 347
  89. The Unprivileged Classes 349
  90. The Church 351
  91. Liberal Ideas of Industry and Commerce; the Economists 354
  92. The Scientists 355
  93. Liberal Ideas of Religion and Politics; the English Philosophers 357
  94. The French Philosophers 359
  95. The Enlightened Despots 362
XI. THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC ERA, 1789-1815  
  96. Eve of the French Revolution 366
  97. The Estates-General, 1789 370
  98. Outbreak of the French Revolution 373
  99. The National Assembly, 1789-1791 376
  100. The First French Republic, 1792 379
  101. The National Convention, 1792-1795 384
  102. The Directory and Napoleon, 1795-1799 387
  103. The Consulate, 1799-1804 390
  104. The First French Empire, 1804 393
  105. Napoleon at War with Europe, 1805-1807 394
  106. Napoleon's Reorganization of Europe 397
  107. The Continental System 398
  108. Revolt of the Nations, 1808-1814 400
  109. Downfall of Napoleon, 1814-1815 404
  110. "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" 407
XII. THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN EUROPE, 1815-1848  
  111. Modern Democracy 410
  112. The Congress of Vienna 413
  113. Restoration of the Dynasties 413
  114. Territorial Readjustments 415
  115. "Metternichismus" and the Concert of Europe 419
  116. France and the "July Revolution," 1830 424
  117. The "July Revolution" in Europe 426
  118. The "February Revolution" and the Second French Republic, 1848 432
  119. The "February Revolution" in Europe 435
XIII. THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN EUROPE, 1848-1871  
  120. Modern Nationalism 440
  121. Napoleon III and the Second French Empire 442
  122. Disunited Italy 447
  123. Victor Emmanuel II and Cavour 450
  124. United Italy, 1859-1870 452
  125. Disunited Germany 456
  126. William I and Bismark 459
  127. United Germany, 1864-1871 461
XIV. THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE  
  128. Parliamentary Reform, 1832 468
  129. Political Democracy, 1832-1867 473
  130. Political Democracy, 1867-1918 477
  131. Government of the United Kingdom 479
  132. The Irish Question 486
  133. The British Empire 490
XV. THE CONTINENTAL COUNTRIES  
  134. The Third French Republic 498
  135. Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium 505
  136. Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden 510
  137. The German Empire, 1871-1918 513
  138. The Dual Monarchy, 1867-1918 519
  139. The Russian Empire 521
  140. The Ottoman Empire and the Balkan States 529
XVI. COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WORLD POLITICS  
  141. Greater Europe 540
  142. The Opening-up of Africa 542
  143. The Partition of Africa 546
  144. The Opening-up and Partition of Asia 550
  145. India 553
  146. China 555
  147. Japan 560
  148. The Opening-up and Partition of Oceania 563
  149. Australia and New Zealand 565
  150. Canada 566
  151. Latin America 568
  152. The United States 573
  153. Close of Geographical Discovery 577
XVII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION  
  154. Modern Industrialism 581
  155. The Great Inventions 583
  156. Effects of the Great Inventions 588
  157. Improvements in Transportation 592
  158. Improved Communications 597
  159. Commerce 600
  160. Agriculture and Land Tenure 605
  161. The Labor Movement 609
  162. Government Regulation of Industry 610
  163. Public Ownership 614
  164. Socialism 616
  165. Poverty and Progress 620
XVIII. MODERN CIVILIZATION  
  166. Internationalism 625
  167. Social Betterment 628
  168. Emancipation of Women and Children 632
  169. Popular Education and the Higher Learning 634
  170. Religious Development 636
  171. Science 641
  172. Literature 644
  173. Music and the Fine Arts 646
XIX. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 1871-1914  
  174. The Triple Alliance 650
  175. The Dual Alliance and the Triple Entente 652
  176. Colonial Problems 656
  177. The Eastern Question 658
  178. Militarism 661
  179. Pan-Germanism 665
XX. THE WORLD WAR, 1914-1918  
  180. Beginning of the War, 1914 669
  181. The Western Front 674
  182. The Eastern Front 680
  183. The Balkan and Italian Fronts 682
  184. The War outside of Europe and on the Sea, 1914-1917 686
  185. Intervention of the United States 690
  186. The Russian Revolution 697
  187. End of the War, 1918 700
XXI. THE WORLD SETTLEMENT, 1919-1921  
  188. The Peace Conference 707
  189. Peace with Germany 710
  190. Peace with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey 713
  191. The New Nations in Central Europe 715
  192. The New Nations in Eastern Europe 717
  193. Democracy and Socialism 719
  194. Economic Reconstruction 723
  195. The League of Nations 725
Appendix — Table of Events and Dates 731
Index and Pronouncing Vocabulary 737