The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind

CHAPTER XIX. GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS

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§ 1. Nomadic and settled religion 232

§ 2. The priest comes into history 234

§ 3. Priests and the stars 238

§ 4. Priests and the dawn of learning 240

§ 5. King against priests 241

§ 6. How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings 245

§ 7. The god-kings of Egypt 248

§ 8. Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books 252