The earth in space and time
The Neanderthal men, an extinct race (the early Palæolithic Age)
The later postglacial Palæolithic men, the first true men (later Palæolithic Age)
Sea peoples and trading peoples
Gods and stars, priests and kings
Serfs, slaves, social classes, and free individuals
The Hebrew scriptures and the prophets
The Aryan-speaking peoples in pre-historic times
The Greeks and the Persians
Greek thought, literature and art
The career of Alexander the Great
Science and religion at Alexandria
The rise and spread of Buddhism
The two western republics
From Tiberius Gracchus to the god emperor in Rome
The Cæsars between the sea and the great plains
The rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Empire
The history of Asia during the decay of the Western and Byzantine Empires
Christendom and the Crusades
The great empire of Jengis Khan and his successors (the age of the land ways)
The renascence of western civilization (land ways give place to sea ways)
Princes, parliaments, and powers
The new democratic republics of America and France
The career of Napoleon Bonaparte
The realities and imaginations of the nineteenth century
The catastrophe of modern imperialism
Twenty years of indecision and its outcome