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History of Ancient Civilization (Classic Reprint)
History of Ancient Civilization - Classic Reprint Author:Charles Seignobos Prehistoric Remains.!One often finds buried in the earth, weapons, implements, human skeletons, debris of every kind left by men of whom we have no direct knowledge. These are dug up by the thousand in all the provinces of France, in Switzerland, in England, in all Europe; they are found even in Asia and Africa. It is probable that they exist i... more »n all parts of the world.
These remains are called prehistoric because they are more ancient than written history. For about fifty years men have been engaged in recovering and studying them. Today most museums have a hall, or at least, some cases filled with these relics. A museum at Saint-German-en-Laye, near Paris, is entirely given up to prehistoric remains. In Denmark is a collection of more than 30,000 objects. Every day adds .to the discoveries as excavations are made, houses built, and cuts made for railroads.
These objects are not found on the surface of the ground, but ordinarily buried deeply where the earth has not been disturbed.
Table of Contents
Prehistoric Times Prehistoric archaeology!Prehistoric remains; their antiquity!Prehistoric science!The four ages The Rough Stone Age Remains found in the gravels!The cave-men; The Polished Stone Age Lake-villages!Megalithic monuments; The Bronze Age Bronze!Bronze objects The Iron Age Iron!Iron weapons!Epochs of the Iron Age; Conclusions: How the four ages are to be conceived; uncertainties; solved questions; CHAPTER II; History and the Documents History!Legends!History in general!Great divisions of history!Ancient history! Modern history!The Middle Ages; Sources for the History of Ancient Civilizations Books !Monuments!Inscriptions!Languages!Lacunae; Races and Peoples Anthropology!The races!Civilized peoples!Aryans and Semites; CHAPTER III; The Egyptians Egypt!The country!The Nile!Fertility of the soil!The accounts of Herodotus!Champollion!Egyptologists!Discoveries;« less