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共 58 段- The Reformation and Wars of Religion
- The Icelanders are a people much smaller than even was Israe
- So, too, river valleys, though still important as highways o
- A few words may suffice as to what Nature has done towards t
- THE STONE AGE: HUNTERS RETURNING FROM THE CHASE
- Because the methods have been so fully explained and illustr
- The desire for new territory, for the propagation of religio
- Wherever and whenever man appeared, the earliest traces show
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- This shows the earth and the moon in their relative sizes; w
- A history without dates must seem very unsatisfactory to a h
- Consider for a moment one of the simplest of these cases. Le
- Partly to the influence of Genesis, partly to the apparent f
- There must also be added an essential to any future discussi
- Every animal species is fitted by its structures and their a
- As we see these newest alluvial deposits being formed, so in
- A number of the most characteristic species of the former se
- Upon his first visit to the relic-beds near Abbeville in the
- Moreover, owing to the want of larger flints, numerous weapo
- The only remains of Drift Man of reliable age are a skull fr
- The horse which was common in the Stone Age was a wild ances
- But the view that is opened up is still wider. The prehistor
- [Illustration: THE HILL OF TROY, IN WHICH IS RECORDED A WOND
- [Illustration: MANKIND’S PROGRESS IN HABITS OF DRESS
- [Illustration: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING: THE LARGEST PRES
- When men thus believe in divinity, if the belief have an act
- The individualisation of the ownership of movable property w
- It also seems probable that states will unite to form politi
- EASTERN INVASION. This civilisation had lasted for a few cen
- HISTORY IN MYTHOLOGY. Of the breakup of this civilisation we
- ROYAL TOMBS. The tombs show that brickwork was familiar on a
- Though the relative age of the beginning of civilisation on
- BUILDING. The old skill and abilities found a wide scope in
- This bas-relief probably formed part of a subject representi
- Crete has largely reinforced this evidence, not only by thro
- In short, we now know that the Phœnicians did not begin to s
- Dr. Archdall Reid, in his essay on race supremacy, explains
- The natural history of man is, in effect, a history of his e
- =Bantus.= One of the two subdivisions of the African Negro
- =Ecuadorians.= White natives of Ecuador, in South America, o
- =Huns.= A nomad race of the Northern Mongolic family,
- =Malays.= The dominant native race of Malaysia, the chief
- =Persians.= The ancient Persians were the main branch of the
- =Sioux=, or =Dakotas=. See SIOUAN.
- =Xosas=, or =Amaxosa=. The southern stock of the Kafir
- Wandering tribes of semi-civilised people are smaller, less
- The earth’s surface may be divided into three unlike constit
- The lesser the differences in level, and the smaller the con
- As portions of the general water area, rivers are branches o
- These differences occur over again in more restricted areas,
- During the course of history we constantly see great politic
- From the fact that history is movement, it follows that the
- If between the continent of Australia and the coasts of Chin
- The so-called Inland Sea, 240 miles long from its narrow wes
- The reckless bravery of the Japanese, their contempt for dea
- This course of conduct should not be judged too harshly; it