Contents
Introduction by Dermot Quinn
Preface
Introduction
I. The Glacial Age and the Beginnings of Human Life in Europe
II. Later Palæolithic Culture and the Religion of the Hunter
III. The Dawn of the Neolithic Age and the Rise of the Peasant Culture in Europe
IV. Asia and the Origins of the Higher Civilisation
V. Neolithic Culture and the Religion of the Peasant
VI. The City State and the Development of the Sumerian Culture
VII. The Archaic Culture in Egypt and the Development of the Great State
VIII. The Dawn of the Higher Civilisation in Europe: Crete and the Ægean Culture
IX. The Origins of the Megalithic Culture and Its Expansion in Western Europe
X. Spain and the Later Development of the Megalithic Culture in Western Europe
XI. The Warrior Peoples and the Decline of the Archaic Civilisation
XII. The Nordic Culture and the Origins of the Warrior Peoples in Europe
XIII. The Age of Empire in the Near East: Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria
XIV. The Bronze Age in Central Europe and the Formation of the Indo-European Peoples
XV. The Mycenæan Culture of Greece and the Age of the Invasions
XVI. Italy and the Beginnings of the Iron Age in Europe
Bibliography
Chronological Tables
Index of Names
Index of Subjects