The Book of History
A History of all Nations
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT
WITH OVER 8000 ILLUSTRATIONS
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
VISCOUNT BRYCE, P.C.,D.C.L., LL.D.,F.R.S.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
W. M. Flinders Petrie, LL.D., F.R.S
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
Hans F. Helmolt, Ph.D.
EDITOR, GERMAN “HISTORY OF THE WORLD”
Stanley Lane-Poole, M.A., Litt.D.
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
Robert Nisbet Bain
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, BRITISH MUSEUM
Hugo Winckler, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN
Archibald H. Sayce, D.Litt., LL.D.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Alfred Russel Wallace, LL.D., F.R.S.
AUTHOR, “MAN’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE”
Sir William Lee-Warner, K.C.S.I.
MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF INDIA
Holland Thompson, Ph.D.
THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
W. Stewart Wallace, M.A.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Maurice Maeterlinck
ESSAYIST, POET, PHILOSOPHER
Dr. Emile J. Dillon
UNIVERSITY OF ST. PETERSBURG
Arthur Mee
EDITOR, “THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE”
Sir Harry H. Johnston, K.C.B., D.Sc.
LATE COMMISSIONER FOR UGANDA
Johannes Ranke
UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH
K. G. Brandis, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF JENA
And many other Specialists
Volume I
MAN AND THE UNIVERSE
The World before History
The Great Steps in Man’s Development
Birth of Civilisation and the Growth of Races
Making of Nations and the Influence of Nature
JAPAN
The Country and the People
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