CHAPTER XLI. MAN’S COMING OF AGE. THE PROBABLE STRUGGLE

FOR THE UNIFICATION OF THE WORLD INTO ONE COMMUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND WILL

§ 1. The possible unification of men’s wills in political matters 579

§ 2. How a Federal World Government may come about 583

§ 3. Some fundamental characteristics of a modern world state 586

§ 4. What this world might be like, were men united in a common peace and justice 588

§ 5. The stages beyond? 594

FIVE TIME CHARTS OF THE WORLD’S AFFAIRS FROM B.C. 1000 TO A.D. 1920 599

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE FROM 800 B.C. TO A.D. 1920 605

INDEX 625

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Arabia and Adjacent Countries 2

The Beginnings of Moslem Power 19

The Growth of Moslem Power in 25 Years 23

The Moslem Empire 25

Europe, 500 A.D. 44

Frankish Dominions in the Time of Charles Martel 45

England, 640 A.D. 49

England, 878 A.D. 52

Europe at the Death of Charlemagne 55

France at the Close of the 10th Century 65

Empire of Otto the Great 68

The Coming of the Seljuks (Map) 70

The First Crusade (Map) 77

Europe and Asia, 1200 107

Empire of Jengis Khan, 1227 111

Travels of Marco Polo 115

Ottoman Empire before 1453 123

Ottoman Empire, 1566 125

Empire of Timurlane 131

Europe at the Fall of Constantinople 141

“We have the payne....” John Bull’s Speech 155

Ignatius of Loyola 164

European Trade Routes in the 14th Century 183

The Chief Voyages of Exploration up to 1522 191

Mexico and Peru 192

Switzerland 198

Europe in the Time of Charles V 201

Martin Luther 203

Francis I 204

Henry VIII 206

Charles V 207

Central Europe, 1648 233

Louis XIV 237

The Partitions of Poland 250

Britain, France, and Spain in America, 1750 255

Chief Foreign Settlements in India, 17th Century 256

India in 1750 260

American Colonies, 1760 283

Boston in 1775 292

The United States in 1790 295

The United States Showing Dates of the Chief Territorial Extensions 299

Benjamin Franklin 303

George Washington 304

The Flight to Varennes (Map) 322

North Eastern Frontier of France, 1792 330

Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign 352

Napoleon as Emperor 360

Tsar Alexander I 362

Napoleon’s Empire, 1810 365

The Trail of Napoleon 369

Europe after the Congress of Vienna 379

The Natural Political Map of Europe 383

Mr. Gladstone 427

Tribal Gods of the 19th Century 434

Map of Europe, 1848-1871 439

Italy, 1861 441

Bismarck 443

The Balkans, 1878 448

Comparative Maps of Asia under Different Projections 450

The British Empire in 1815 452

Africa in the Middle of 19th Century 458

Africa, 1914 459

Japan and the East Coast of Asia 468

Overseas Empires of European Powers, 1914 474

Emperor William II 482

Ireland . 491

The Balkan States, 1913 501

The Original German Plan, 1914 514

The Western Front, 1915-18 517

Time Chart of the Great War, 1914-18 528-29

President Wilson 551

M. Clemenceau 552

Mr. Lloyd George 553

Germany after the Peace Treaty, 1919 561

The Turkish Treaty, 1920 563

The Break-up of Austria-Hungary 565

Time-chart 1000 B.C.-300 B.C. 599

Time-chart 400 B.C.-A.D. 300 600

Time-chart A.D. 200-A.D. 900 601

Time-chart A.D. 800-A.D. 1500 602

Time-chart A.D. 1220-A.D. 1920 603