Hendrik van Loon wrote the book, The Story of Mankind. The following topics are in its contents list.

· THE STORY OF MANKIND
· THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
· OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
· PREHISTORIC MAN
· HIEROGLYPHICS
· THE NILE VALLEY
· THE STORY OF EGYPT
· MESOPOTAMIA
· THE SUMERIANS
· MOSES
· THE PHOENICIANS
· THE INDO−EUROPEANS
· THE AEGEAN SEA
· THE GREEKS
· THE GREEK CITIES
· GREEK SELF−GOVERNMENT
· GREEK LIFE
· THE GREEK THEATRE
· THE PERSIAN WARS
· ATHENS vs. SPARTA
· ALEXANDER THE GREAT
· A SUMMARY
· ROME AND CARTHAGE
· THE RISE OF ROME
· THE ROMAN EMPIRE
· JOSHUA OF NAZARETH
· THE FALL OF ROME
· RISE OF THE CHURCH
· MOHAMMED
· CHARLEMAGNE
· THE NORSEMEN
· FEUDALISM
· CHIVALRY
· POPE vs. EMPEROR
· THE CRUSADES
· THE MEDIAEVAL CITY
· MEDIAEVAL SELF−GOVERNMENT
· THE MEDIAEVAL WORLD
· MEDIAEVAL TRADE
· THE RENAISSANCE
·THE AGE OF EXPRESSION
· THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
· BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
· THE REFORMATION
· RELIGIOUS WARFARE
· THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
· THE BALANCE OF POWER
· THE RISE OF RUSSIA
· RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN
· THE RISE OF PRUSSIA
· THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
· THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
· THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
· NAPOLEON
· THE HOLY ALLIANCE
· THE GREAT REACTION
· NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
· THE AGE OF THE ENGINE
· THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
· EMANCIPATION
· THE AGE OF SCIENCE
· ART
· COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR
· A NEW WORLD
· AS IT EVER SHALL BE
For details, see the attached file.