From the publisher:
Book II of the Story of the World series. Relates the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the middle ages in Europe, the rise of Islam and the Crusades, and finally the age of exploration, and the establishment of trade with the Far East. The book concludes with the discoveries of Columbus and the Spanish settlements in the New World.
Table of Contents:
1. The Roman World
2. A Great World Power
3. Voyage and Shipwreck
4. The Tragedy of Nero
5. The Great Fire in Rome
6. The Destruction of Pompeii
7. Marcus Aurelius
8. Decline of the Roman Empire
9. Christians to the Lions
10. A New Rome
11. The Armies of the North
12. The Dark Ages
13. King Arthur and His Knights
14. The Hero of Two Nations
15. The Hardy Northmen
16. How the Northmen Conquered England
17. A Spanish Hero
18. The First Crusade
19. Frederick Barbarossa
20. The Third Crusade
21. The Days of Chivalry
22. Queen of the Adriatic
23. The Story of Marco Polo
24. Dante's Great Poem
25. The Maid of Orleans
26. The Sea of Darkness
27. Prince Henry, the Sailor
28. A Famous Voyage
29. The Invention of Printing
30. The Stormy Cape
31. Vasco da Gama's Great Voyage
32. India at Last
33. The New Trade-Route
34. Golden Goa
35. Christopher Columbus
36. The Last of the Moors
37. Discovery of the New World
38. The West Indies
39. Columbus in Chains
40. A Great Mistake
41. Follow the Leader
42. Discovery of the Pacific
43. Magellan's Great Plan
44. Magellan's Straits
45. Round the World
46. The Finding of Mexico
47. Montezuma
48. Siege and Fall of Mexico
49. Conquest of Peru
50. A Great Awakening
