世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，编者将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。

本书为其中之一的《人类的故事》分册。

FOREWORD

THE SETTING OF THE STAGE

OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS

PREHISTORIC MAN

HIEROGLYPHICS

THE NILE VALLEY

THE STORY OF EGYPT

MESOPOTAMIA

THE SUMERIANS

MOSES

THE PHOENICIANS

THE INDO-EUROPEANS

THE AEGEAN SEA

THE GREEKS

THE GREEK CITIES

GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT

GREEK LIFE

THE GREEK THEATRE

THE PERSIAN WARS

ATHENS VS. SPARTA

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

A SUMMARY

ROME AND CARTHAGE

THE RISE OF ROME

THE ROMAN EMPIRE

JOSHUA OF NAZARETH

THE FALL OF ROME

RISE OF THE CHURCH

MOHAMMED

CHARLEMAGNE

THE NORSEMEN

FEUDALISM

CHIVALRY

POPE VS. EMPEROR

THE CRUSADES

THE MEDIAEVAL CITY

MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD

MEDIAEVAL TRADE

THE RENAISSANCE

THE AGE OF EXPRESSION

THE GREAT DISCOVERIES

BUDDHAAND CONFUCIUS

THE REFORMATION

RELIGIOUS WARFARE

THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

THE BALANCE OF POWER

THE RISE OF RUSSIA

RUSSIA VS. SWEDEN

THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

NAPOLEON

THE HOLY ALLIANCE

THE GREAT REACTION

NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE

THE AGE OF THE ENGINE

THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION

EMANCIPATION

THE AGE OF SCIENCE

ART

COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR

A NEW WORLD

AS IT EVER SHALL BE