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