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From:	love-being-a-mom (71.62.184.37)
Subject:	Universal History of the World Vols 1 – 10 Golden Press
Date:	October 9, 2012 at 8:18 pm PST

Universal History of the World Vols 1 – 10 Golden Press
10 Hardback books $36ppd
"The UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD is that rare combination--a series
of books that belongs on every reference shelf and also can be read as a
fascinating story. You will find it an invaluable addition to your
family's library and a constant source of help in understanding both
history and the world today."
The set includes the following volumes:
Volume 1: Early Civilizations by John Bowman. (400,000 B. C. [sic] - 689
B. C.) This volume includes chapters on The Coming of Man (unfortunately
fanciful and fictional), Where Civilization Began, Hittite Warriors
Build a Kingdom, The Gift of the Nile, The People of One God, The Rise
of the Assyrians, A New People/A New Faith, Civilization Comes to India,
The Land of the Great Wall

Volume 2: Ancient Greece by James L. Steffensen. The Silent Peninsula,
The Power of Minos, Companions of the King, Gods and Heroes,
Kings/Tyrants/Democracy, Athens: City of Wisdom and War, Sparta: City of
Soldiers, Greece Fights for its Life, The Golden Age of Athens, Greek
Against Greek, The Greek Way of Life, The Conquerors, Greece and the
World

Volume 3: Ancient Rome by James L. Steffensen. The City of Aneneas, The
City of Romulus, The City of Dido, The City Divided, The City of Caesar,
The Second Triumvirate, The City of Augustus, The Emperors' City, The
City of the World, Where Money Ruled, The End of the City

Volume 4: Christianity and Byzantium by Willis Lindquist. The First Palm
Sunday, The Life of Christ, Resurrection and the Faithful Few (this
information is true to the Scriptures), Paul of Tarsus, Rome and the
Christian Church, The Growing Church, The Church Fathers, The New
Capital: Constantinople, The Great Justinian, Byzantine Glory, The
Church and the Empire, The Fall of an Empire, Byzantium and Russia

Volume 5: The East in the Middle Ages by Ormonde de Kay, Jr. Arabia:
Mother of Religions, Mohammed: Prophet of Allah, The Holy Book of Allah,
Cracks in the Wall of Islam, The Abbasids: Glory and Decay, Rival
Caliphs and Amirs, Christian Knights and Mongol Horsemen, Seljuks and
Mamelukes, The Ottomans, Islam the Civilizer, India: A Thousand Years of
History, The Coming of Islam, The Moguls Take Over, The Height of Mogul
Power, The Coming of the Europeans, China Under the Han, The Six
Dynasties: Turmoil and Change, The Sui and T'ang Restore the Empire, The
Sung Dynasty: Barbarians Threaten the Empire, The Coming of the Mongols,
The Ming Dynasty Restores the Old Order, Japan: The Source of the Sun,
Becoming a Nation, Borrowing from China, Change and Slow Growth, The
Warriors Take Over, Two and a Half Centuries of Unrest

Volume 6: The West in the Middle Ages by Anne Bailey and Seymour Reit.
The End and the Beginning, Charles: Called the Great, Fury from the
North, The Castle and the Manor, Feudal Germany, Feudal France, The
Conquest of England, The Power of the Church, The Crusades, The Town and
the Guild, The Hundred Years War, The Rise of Nationalism

Volume 7: The Renaissance by James L. Steffensen. The Sound of Bells and
Trumpets, Florence: First City of the Renaissance, Florence in the
Golden Age, Milan: City of Splendor and War, Gentlemen/Scholars/Princes,
Rome: The City of the Pope, Venice: City in the Sea, The Italian Kings
of France, The Renaissance in the North and Spain, The Queen of Words
and Music

Volume 8: Reformation and Exploration by Johanna Johnston and James L.
Steffensen. The Walls Come Tumbling Down, The Monk from Wittenberg,
Preachers of Reform, The Counter-Reformation, Defender of the Faith,
Prince Henry's School, A New World and a New Sea, Adventures in the New
World

Volume 9: The Age of Great Kings by Edith Firoozi and Ira N. Klein.
England Under the Tudors, Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spain, France
Becomes a Great Nation, The Thirty Years War, The War Spreads, The Sun
King, The Rise of Prussia, Russia Under the Tsars

Volume 10: The Age of Enlightenment by John Bowman. King Versus
Parliament, The Puritan Revolution, The Restoration and the Glorious
Revolution, "After Me, the Deluge," Colonies and Empires, A New View of
the Universe, The Thinkers, The Enlightenment

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