FOREWORD＆by Professor Grahame Clark 7
AUTHOR＇S PREFACE 11
1．ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY 13
2．PALAEOLITHIC SAVAGERY 33
3．NEOLITHIC BARBARISM 55
4．THE HIGHER BARBARISM OF THE COPPER AGE 77
5．THE URBAN REVOLUTION IN MESOPOTAMIA 97
6．EARLY BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATION IN EGYPT AND INDIA 121
7．THE EXPANSION OF CIVILIZATION 138
8．THE CULMINATION OF BRONZE AGE CIVILIZATION 159
9．THE EARLY IRON AGE 193
10．GOVERNMENT，RELIGION，AND SCIENCE IN THE IRON AGE 213
11．THE CLIMAX OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION 240
12．THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 270
MAPS 293
INDEX 297