Chronological Encyclopaedia of World History : Ancient, Medieval and Modern (3 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Chronological list of important dates, September 3, 1939-October 18, 1940. I. The Prehistoric Period: 1. Introduction. 2. The palaeolithic period. 3. The post-palaeolithic period. II. Ancient History: 1. Early empires of Africa and Asia. 2. Greece. 3. Rome to 287 B.C. 4. The Hellenistic world. 5. Rome, the middle and later  Republic. 6. The Roman Empire. 7. The Empires of Asia. III. The Middle Ages: 1. The early middle ages. 2. The age of the crusades. 3. The later middle ages. 4. Africa during the middle ages. 5. Asia during the middle ages. 6. Pre-Columbian America. 7. The great discoveries.

Vol. II: IV. The Early Modern Period: 1. Europe and the near east, 1500-1648. 2. Europe and the near east, 1648-1789. 3. Latin America. 4. North America. 5. Africa, 1517-1800. 6. Asia. V. The nineteenth Century: 1. Science and society. 2. The revolutionary and Napoleonic period. 3. Western and Central Europe. 4. Northern and Eastern Europe. 5. The Balkans and the Near East. 6. International relations, 1870-1914.

Vol. III: 7. North America. 8. Latin America. 9. Africa. 10. Asia. 11. The Pacific area. VI. The War and the Post-War Period: 1. The world war. 2. Europe. 3. North America. 4. Latin America. 5. Africa. 6. Asia. 7. Pacific area. Appendices. Index.

"This book is a revised and modernized version of Dr. Karl Ploetz\' famous "Epitome of History", which, when first published in Germany, became so popular that it quickly went into seven editions. It was translated into English with thorough revisions by William H. Tillinghast. The book was a bestseller in quick time and went into twenty-four printings.

The success of the Epitome of History over a period of more than two generation is ample proof of the need for a manual of this kind. In the revised and extended form here presented, it ought to be more valuable than ever. Its use for students of history is obvious enough, but it ought to prove as helpful to many others. Students of history of literature and of art should find a concise guide to political history a great book and all readers of historical novels or biographies should welcome a book of reference of events of the past, to genealogical relationships, and so on.

The publishers are happy to re-publish this new Epitome with the hope that it will find place in all good book-shelves." (jacket)