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UNIT ONE．THE WORLD OF LONG AGO 11

1 How Early Man Worked to Keep Alive 13

UNIT TWO．EARLY GOVERNMENTS THAT HELPED PEOPLE TO LIVE IN GROUPS 33

2 Egypt：A Land Made by a River 34

3 Babylonia：A Land between Rivers 51

4 Two Lands by the Sea 64

UNIT THREE．THE GREEKS WHO LOVED BEAUTY AND FREEDOM 83

5 The City-States of Greece 84

6 Athens Became an Empire 103

7 The Downfall of Athens and the Days of Alexander 117

UNIT FOUR．THE ROMANS TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING＆BY LAW 133

8 The Roman Republic 134

9 Rome Conquered the Mediterranean World 147

10 The Two Caesars 158

11 The Fall of the Roman Empire 177

UNIT FIVE．THE MIDDLE AGES-WHEN FEUDAL GOVERNMENT AND NEW WAYS OF LIVING DEVELOPED IN EUROPE 193

12 What Two Religions Did for Us 194

13 The Story of Charlemagne 211

14 The Northmen，or Vikings 222

15 How People Lived during the Middle Ages 231

16 The Crusades，or Holy Wars 250

17 Towns and Trade 259

18 The New Learning 275

UNIT SIX．THE BEGINNING OF MODERN NATIONS 291

19 How the English Built a Strong Nation 293

20 Democracy Grew in England 308

21 Nations of Europe 323

UNIT SEVEN．COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST-CHINA，JAPAN，AND INDIA 347

22 China：A Land of Farms 348

23 Japan：Land of the Rising Sun 367

24 India：A Land of Villages 377

UNIT EIGHT．LANDS BEYOND THE ATLANTIC 391

25 Indians：The First People in the Americas 393

UNIT NINE．NATIONS BUILT COLONIAL EMPIRES 413

26 Nations Grew into Empires 415

27 Nations Lost Their Colonies 427

28 The World＇s Treasure Chest Today 434

INDEX 439