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SCHEME OF CONTENTS
PAGE § 5. Why the Mongols were not Christianized................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................126 § 5a. Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................127 § 5b. The Mongols revert to tribalism................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128 § 5c. The Kipchak empire and the Tsar of Muscovy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................128 § 5d. Timurlane................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130 § 5e. The Mongol empire of India................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133 § 5f. The Mongols and the Gipsies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137 - Chapter XXXV. The Renascence of Western Civilization
§ 1. Christianity and popular education................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 § 2. Europe begins to think for itself................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148 § 3. The Great Plague and the dawn of communism................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................153 § 4. How paper liberated the human mind................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................158 § 5. Protestantism of the princes and Protestantism of the peoples................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................160 § 6. The reawakening of science................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................167 § 7. The new growth of European towns................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................177 § 8. America comes into history................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184 § 9. What Machiavelli thought of the world................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................194 § 10. The republic of Switzerland................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................198 § 11a. The life of the Emperor Charles V................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................199 § 11b. Protestants if the prince wills it................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210 § 11c. The intellectual under-tow................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210 BOOK VIII THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS - Chapter XXXVI. Princes, Parliaments, and Powers
§ 1. Princes and foreign policy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................213 § 2. The English republic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................218 § 3. The Dutch republic................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................228 § 4. The break-up and disorder of Germany................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................232 § 5. The splendours of Grand Monarchy in Europe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................236 § 6. The growth of the idea of Great Powers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................243 § 7. The crowned republic of Poland and its fate................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................248 § 8. The first scramble for empire overseas................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................251 § 9. Britain dominates India................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................254 § 10. Russia's ride to the Pacific................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................259 § 11. What Gibbon thought of the world in 1780................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................262 § 12. The social truce draws to an end................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................269 - Chapter XXXVII. The New Democratic Republics of America and France
§ 1. Inconveniences of the Great Power system................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................278 § 2. The thirteen colonies before their revolt................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................280
