Contents of Mankind and Mother Earth
See Bibliography.
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Preface
- Riddles in the Phenomena
- The Biosphere
- The Descent of Man
- The Oikoumenê
- Technological Revolutions, c. 70,000/40,000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
- The Opening-up of the Tigris-Euphrates Alluvium and the Creation of the Sumerian Civilization
- The Opening-up of the Nilotic Alluvium and the Creation of the Pharaonic Egyptian Civilization
- Sumer and Akkad, c. 3000-2230 B.C.
- Pharaonic Egypt, c. 3000-2181 B.C.
- The Ecumenical Horizon, c. 2500-2000 B.C.
- The Old-World Oikoumenê, c. 2140-1730 B.C.
- The Domestication of the Horse and the Invention of Pastoral Nomadism on the Eurasian Steppe
- Relations between Regional Civilizations, c. 1730-1250 B.C.
- The Völkerwanderung in the Old World, c. 1250-950 B.C.
- The Emergence of the “Olmec” Civilization in Meso-America
- The Sumero-Akkadian World and Egypt, c. 950-745 B.C.
- The Syrian Civilization, c. 1191-745 B.C.
- The Hellenic Civilization, c. 1050-750 B.C.
- The Indian (Hindu) Civilization, c. 1000-600 B.C.
- The Chinese Civilization, 1027-506 B.C.
- The Meso-American and Andean Civilizations, c. 800-400 B.C.
- The Final Bout of Assyrian Militarism, 745-605 B.C., and the Contemporary Eruption from the Steppes
- The Aftermath of Assyrian Militarism, 605-522 B.C.
- The Hellenic Civilization, c. 750-507 B.C.
- New Departures in Spiritual Life, c. 600-480 B.C.
- The First Persian Empire, c. 550-330 B.C.
- The Confrontation between the First Persian Empire and the Hellenic World, 499-330 B.C.
- The Hellenic Civilization’s Cultural Achievements, 478-338 B.C.
- The Political Aftermath of Alexander’s Overthrow of the First Persian Empire, 329-221 B.C.
- The Development and Dissemination of the Hellenic Civilization, 334-221 B.C.
- The Warring States of China, 506-221 B.C.
- The Competing Philosophies in China, 506-221 B.C.
- The Indian Civilization, c. 600-200 B.C.
- The Struggle for the Mastery of the Western Basin of the Mediterranean, c. 600-221 B.C.
- The Ch’in and Western Han Imperial Regimes in China, 221 B.C.-A.D. 9
- The Mediterranean Basin, South-West Asia, and India, 221 B.C.-A.D. 48
- The Chinese, Kushan, Parthian, and Roman Empires, 31 B.C.-A.D. 220
- The Interplay of Religions and Philosophies in the Old-World Oikoumenê, 334 B.C.-c. A.D. 220
- The Meso-American and Andean Civilizations, c. 400 B.C.-A.D. 300
- The Western End of the Old-World Oikoumenê, A.D. 220-395
- The Indian Civilization, c. A.D. 224-490
- The Eruption of the Huns from the Eurasian Steppe in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries A.D.
- The Roman and Persian Empires, A.D. 395-628
- Western Christendom, 395-634
- The Establishment and Disruption of the Christian Church, 312-657
- The Indian Civilization, c. A.D. 224-490
- The Political Disruption of China and her Reception of Buddhism, 220-589
- The Meso-American and Andean Civilizations, c. 300-900
- The Prophet and Statesman Muhammad, c. 570-632
- The Expansion of the Islamic State, 633-750
- The Rejuvenation of the East Roman Empire, 628-726
- Western Christendom, 634-756
- Eastern Asia, 589-763
- The Islamic World, 750-945
- The Byzantine Civilization, 726-927/8
- Western Christendom, 756-911
- The Eruption of the Scandinavians, 793-1000
- India and South-East Asia, 647-1202
- Eastern Asia, 763-1126
- The Meso-American and Civilizations, c. 900-1428
- The Islamic World, 945-1110
- The Byzantine World, 927/8-1071
- Western Christendom, 911-1099
- The Islamic World, 1110-1291
- The Byzantine World, 1071-1240
- Western Christendom, 1321-1563
- Eastern Asia, 1126-1281
- The Mongols and their Successors
- The Islamic World, 1291-1555
- Eastern Orthodox Christendom, 1240-1556
- Western Christendom, 1321-1563
- South-East Asia, 1190-1511
- Eastern Asia, 1281-1644
- The Meso-American and Andean Civilizations, 1428-1519
- The Coalescence of the Oikoumenê, 1405-1652
- The Western Civilization, 1563-1763
- Eastern Orthodox Christendom, 1556-1768
- The Islamic World, 1555-1768
- Eastern Asia, 1644-1839
- The Biosphere, 1763-1871
- The Biosphere, 1871-1973
- A Retrospect in 1973
Maps
The Physical Setting of the Civilizations
Sumer and Akkad
South-West Asia, Egypt, and the Aegean in the Eighteenth Century B.C.
The Ancient Greek World
The Achaemenian Empire at the Time of Darius
The Contending States of the Sinic World in the Post-Confucian Age
The Mauryan Empire
The Han, Kushan, Parthian, and Roman Empires, A.D. 100
The Emergence of the East Roman Empire out of the Roman Empire
The Rise of Islam 622-733
The Carolingians 800-900
The Distribution of the Judaic Religions in Europe and South-West Asia on the Eve of the Mongol Explosion
The Mongol Empire c. 1310
The Meso-American and Andean Civilizations c. 1500
The Great Powers of the Western World in 1672
Index
February 22 2014 at 4:52 pm
A great book indeed!
February 23 2014 at 5:56 am
Right at the beginning Toynbee speaks of the Western ethnocentric view of history. However, that tendency of the Western mind got highlighted only when Edward Said wrote his ORIENTALISM in 1997. Wonder why Toynbee was not taken note of.