Table of Contents

Maps

Foreword

Preface

Note on Pronunciation

1) Early Migrations

2) State Formation

3) Monarchies

4) Nobles and Landholders

5) Peasants, Herders, Serfs, and Slaves

6) Towns and Townspeople

7) Religion and the Churches

8) The Art and Practice of War

9) Governments

10) Laws and Justice

11) Commerce and Money

12) Foreign Affairs

13) Ethnicity and Nationalism

14) Languages and Literatures

15) Education and Literacy

Appendix 1, Chronology

Appendix 2, List of Monarchs

Appendix 3, Place Name Equivalents for Towns and Cities

Bibliographical Essay

Index