The Lessons of History

ability agriculture America ancient Antoninus Pius ARIEL DURANT aristocracy artists Athens Augustus Babylonia barbarian birth rate Caesar and Christ capitalism century chaos Christian Church cities citizens civilization Communism Communist competition concentration of wealth conquered conquest Corcyra creative culture death decay decline democracy dictatorship Diocletian economic Egypt England equality fear fertility force France freedom French Revolution German governmental Greece Greek human individuals industry inequality intellectual Isocrates Italy land laws lesson of history liberty living mankind Mediterranean ment minority modern monarchy moral code nation natural selection nature Nordic organized Oriental Heritage past peace peasants Peloponnesian War philosophers Plato political poor production progress protection Protestant Reformation race Reformation religion religious Renaissance replaced rich rise Roman Rome Rousseau rule Russia Sexual social society souls spread survival thousand Thrasymachus Thucydides Tiberius Gracchus tion Tiphys tory Voltaire Wang Mang wars women