VOLUME I FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO ISLAM, Preface, PART ONE. THE CONTINENTAL ERA BOOK I. THB FORMATION OF THB GRBAT STATES FROM THE ORIGINS TO THB XXTH CENTURY BC AND THB FIRST ARYAN INVASION FROM THB XXTH TO THB XVITH CENTURY BC: I The Origins II The First Urban Civilizations III Rise and Fall of the Ancient Empire in Egypt IV The Babylonian Monarchy V The Trade Routes VI Feudalism and the Monarchical Revival in Egypt VII The First Aryan Invasions and the Destruction of the Great States BOOK ll. THE ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LIFE FROM THE XVITH TO THE IXTH CENTURY BC: VIII The New Egyptian Empire IX Egyptian Hegemony X The Period of International Balance XI The Invasion of the Peoples of the Sea and the Downfall of the Great States XII The Phoenicians discover the West BOOK m. THE CONTINENTAL EMPIRES AND THE ATTRACTION OF THE SEA: FROM THB IXTH TO THB VITH CENTURY BC XIII The Assyrian Empire XIV Greek Expansion and the Beginnings of Intercontinental Sea-borne Trade XV The Call of the Sea BOOK VII THE WARS FOR MASTBRY OF THE SEAS. ID AND IIND CENTURIES BC XXXIII Growth of the Roman Power XXXIV Egypt and Rome share the Mastery of the Seas XXXV Economic and Social Evolution in the IIIrd Century BC XXXVI Hellenistic Civilization BOOK VIII. THE TRIUMPH OP ROME. IIND AND IST CENTURIES BC XXXVII Rome gains the Mastery of the Seas XXXVIII Roman Imperialism and the Decline of the Eastern States XXXIX The Egyptian Crisis: From Autarchic State Socialism to Roman Protectorate BOOK IX. THE GREAT ROMAN CRISES. IIND AND IST CENTURIES BC XL From Capitalism to Demagogy XLI From Demagogy to Dictatorship XLII From Dictatorship to Empire BOOK X. THE ASCENDANCY OP WORLD TRADE IN ASIA AND THE SUPREMACY OP CHINA. IIIRD AND IIND CENTURIES BC XLV India, Centre of World Trade Chinese Empire PART THREE. THE ERA OF THE EMPIRES BOOK XI. THE ROMAN EMPIRE UP TO THE CRISIS OP THE 3RD CENTURY AD XLVI The Nationalist and Aristocratic Reaction under Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) XLVII The Conflict between Monarchy and Oligarchy under the Caesars and the Flavians (AD 14--96) :XLVIII The Romanization of the West XLIX The Liberal and Universal Empire of the Antonines (96-192) L From Liberalism to Anarchy (193-235) LI From Anarchy to Authoritarianism (235-305) BOOK XII. THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRB AND THE GERMANIC INVASIONS (4TH AND 5TH CENTURIES) LII Jesus and the Origins of Christianity LIII Constantine and the Triumph of the Church LV The Totalitarian Empire LV The Empire splits into the Continental West and the Maritime East LVI The Germanic Invasions BOOK XLI. THE EMPIRE AFTER THE INVASIONS LVII The Germans in the Empire: From the 1st to the 7th Century AD 4 LVIII Justinian reconquers the Mediterranean LIX In the West, the Church becomes the Successor to the Empire BOOK XIV. THE ASIATIC EMPIRES FROM THE 1ST TO THE 7th CENTURY AD LX Asia up to the Crisis of the 3rd century. The Han Empire and the Sacian Empire LXI The Crisis of the Chinese Empire in the 3rd Century and the Invasion of the Huns LXII The Sassanid Empire and the Downfall of the Sacian Empire LXIII Restoration of the Chinese Empire LXIV The End of the Era of the Empires