This plan provides a general scheme for the HISTORY, but is not intended for reference. It does not follow that the exact order of countries here given is maintained throughout the volumes. A full index appears at the end of the work I--MAN AND THE UNIVERSE THE WORLD AND ITS STORY A View Across the Ages: Introduction Summary of the History of the World Chronology of 10,000 Years and Chart of Nations MAKING OF THE EARTH AND THE COMING OF MAN The Beginning of the Earth How Life is Possible on the Earth The Beginning of Life on the Earth How Man Obtained the Mastery of the Earth THE RISE OF MAN AND THE EVE OF HISTORY The World Before History The Great Steps in Man’s Development BIRTH OF CIVILISATION & THE GROWTH OF RACES The Beginnings of Civilisation How Civilisation Came to Europe The Triumph of Race An Alphabet of the World’s Races MAKING OF NATIONS & THE INFLUENCE OF NATURE The Birth and Growth of Nations Influence of Land and Water on National History How Nations are Affected by Their Environment The Size and Power of Nations The Future History of Man II--THE FAR EAST The Interest and Importance of the Far East Japan. Siberia. China. Korea Malaysia Philippines. Malay States. Straits Settlements. Borneo. Sarawak. Sumatra. Java. New Guinea, and other Islands of Malay Archipelago Australia New South Wales. Victoria. Queensland. South Australia. West Australia. Tasmania Oceania New Zealand. Fiji. Pitcairn. Hawaii. Samoa. Tonga and other Islands The Influence of the Pacific Ocean in History III--THE MIDDLE EAST The Importance of the Middle East India. Including Ceylon and the Native States Further India. Siam. Annam. Burma. Tonking. Cochin China. Cambodia. Champa The Influence of the Indian Ocean in History Central Asia. Afghanistan. Baluchistan. Turkestan. Thibet IV--THE NEAR EAST The Ancient Empires of Western Asia Babylonia. Assyria. Elam Early Nations of Western Asia Scythia. Sarmatia. Armenia. Syria. Phœnicia. Israel Western Asia from the Rise of Persia to Mohammed Persia. Asia Minor. Syria. Palestine. Arabia. Mediterranean Islands Western Asia from the Time of Mohammed The Saracen Dominion. The Turkish Empire in Asia. Persia. Arabia V--AFRICA Legacy of Ancient Empires to the Modern World Egypt and the Egyptian Sudan North Africa Tripoli. Tunis. Morocco. Algeria and the French Territories. Sierra Leone. Liberia. Gold Coast. Nigeria. German West Africa. Abyssinia. Somaliland. Erythrea. British East Africa. Zanzibar South Africa Native Races. The Portuguese and Dutch in South Africa. British South Africa: Cape Colony. Natal. Transvaal. Orange River Colony. Rhodesia. Congo Free State. Portuguese East Africa. Angola. German East Africa. German South-West Africa. Madagascar VI--EUROPE 1. EUROPE TO THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Mediterranean Influence in the Making of Europe The Ancient Spirit of Greece and Rome