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The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
Author: H. G. Wells Genre: Literature
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
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Chapter 24 THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT[195]
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1 Chapter 1 THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME2 Chapter 2 THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS3 Chapter 3 NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES4 Chapter 4 THE INVASION OF THE DRY LAND BY LIFE5 Chapter 5 CHANGES IN THE WORLD'S CLIMATE6 Chapter 6 THE AGE OF REPTILES7 Chapter 7 THE AGE OF MAMMALS8 Chapter 8 THE ANCESTRY OF MAN[20]9 Chapter 9 THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE10 Chapter 10 THE LATER POSTGLACIAL PAL OLITHIC MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN11 Chapter 11 NEOLITHIC MAN IN EUROPE[45]12 Chapter 12 EARLY THOUGHT[62]13 Chapter 13 THE RACES OF MANKIND14 Chapter 14 THE LANGUAGES OF MANKIND15 Chapter 15 THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES16 Chapter 16 THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS17 Chapter 17 SEA PEOPLES AND TRADING PEOPLES18 Chapter 18 WRITING19 Chapter 19 GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS20 Chapter 20 SERFS, SLAVES, SOCIAL CLASSES, AND FREE INDIVIDUALS21 Chapter 21 THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS[157]22 Chapter 22 THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS[169]23 Chapter 23 GREEK THOUGHT AND LITERATURE[182]24 Chapter 24 THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT[195]25 Chapter 25 SCIENCE AND RELIGION AT ALEXANDRIA[203]26 Chapter 26 THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM[211]27 Chapter 27 THE TWO WESTERN REPUBLICS[224]28 Chapter 28 FROM TIBERIUS GRACCHUS TO THE GOD EMPEROR IN ROME29 Chapter 29 THE C SARS BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD[256]30 Chapter 30 THE BEGINNINGS, THE RISE, AND THE DIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANITY31 Chapter 31 SEVEN CENTURIES IN ASIA (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)32 Chapter 32 MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM[319]33 Chapter 33 CHRISTENDOM AND THE CRUSADES34 Chapter 34 THE GREAT EMPIRE OF JENGIS KHAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS35 Chapter 35 THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION[371]36 Chapter 36 PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS37 Chapter 37 THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS OF AMERICA AND FRANCE38 Chapter 38 THE CAREER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[448]39 Chapter 39 THE REALITIES AND IMAGINATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[457]40 Chapter 40 THE INTERNATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF 1914[489]41 Chapter 41 THE POSSIBLE UNIFICATION OF THE WORLD INTO ONE COMMUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND WILL42 Chapter 42 No.4243 Chapter 43 No.4344 Chapter 44 No.4445 Chapter 45 No.4546 Chapter 46 C. B. disagrees with J. L. M. and E. B. in his analysis of the Chinese problem. His sympathies are with the south; with the philosophy of Lao Tse. He writes as follows -