A Short History of Civilization

Ægean Africa ancient ancient Egypt animals arch architecture Asia Minor Assyrian Athens Babylonia became bronze building Byzantine Byzantine Empire capital Carthage century A. D. CHAPTER chief China Chinese Christian church civilization Cnossus Confucius conquest court culture developed dynasty early east economic Egypt Egyptian eighteenth emperor England English epic Etruscan Europe European extant feudal France French Gaul German gilds Greek Hellenic Hellenistic Herodotus History Hittites human India Indo-European invaders invented Italian Italy king Kingdom labor land language later Latin literature magic medieval Mediterranean modern Mousterian natural neolithic nomads original painting peasants peninsula perhaps period Persian Persian Empire philosophy poetry political population primitive Ptolemy pyramids region religion religious remains Rigveda Roman Empire Rome sculpture seems Semitic social Spain stone age Sumerian Syria temples tion tombs towns trade translated tribes tury vols walls western writing