Ancient Man:
Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
作者：Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944
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共 54 题- Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Sjaani and PG Distributed Proofreaders
- ANCIENT MAN
- THE BEGINNING OF CIVILIZATIONS
- BY HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON
- I have never preached to you in times gone by.
- I am not going to preach to you today.
- HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON.
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER
- PREHISTORIC MAN
- THE WORLD GROWS COLD
- THE END OF THE STONE AGE
- He, too, built himself a nest and called it his "home."
- I know. It does not seem the right thing to do.
- THE EARLIEST SCHOOL OF THE HUMAN RACE
- I can not give you many details.
- THE KEY OF STONE
- We make a guttural noise and write down a "G."
- We let the air pass through our closed teeth and we write down "S."
- Therefore you get the following sentence, "I believe I saw a giraffe."
- THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE LAND OF THE DEAD
- We call this great pile of masonry a "pyramid."
- The Egyptian word for height was "pir-em-us."
- THE MAKING OF A STATE
- Nowadays we all are members of a "state."
- The younger generations of the Cup and
- THE RISE AND FALL OF EGYPT
- MESOPOTAMIA, THE COUNTRY BETWEEN THE RIVERS
- I am going to take you to the top of the highest pyramid.
- THE SUMERIAN NAIL WRITERS
- ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA--THE GREAT SEMITIC MELTING-POT
- THIS IS THE STORY OF MOSES
- JERUSALEM--THE CITY OF THE LAW
- DAMASCUS--THE CITY OF TRADE
- THE PHOENICIANS WHO SAILED BEYOND THE HORIZON
- THE ALPHABET FOLLOWS THE TRADE
- This system we call "shorthand."
- THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- A FEW DATES CONNECTED WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- THE EGYPTIANS
- 700 B.C. Egypt becomes an Assyrian province.
- 525 B.C. Egypt becomes a Persian province.
- THE JEWS
- 722 B.C. The Assyrians conquer Palestine.
- 40 B.C. Herod King of the Jews.
- 70 A.D. The Emperor Titus destroys Jerusalem.
- MESOPOTAMIA
- 538 B.C. Mesopotamia becomes a Persian province.
- 330 B.C. Alexander the Great conquers Mesopotamia.
- THE PHOENICIANS
- 850 B.C. Carthage is founded.
- 538 B.C. Phoenicia becomes a Persian province.
- 60 B.C. Phoenicia becomes part of the Roman Empire.
- THE PERSIANS