Gordon King Frank Owen

LING KEE PUBLISHING CO., LTD.

1A CONTENTS

D Let's Study History ........ 1

1. What is history? 3

2. Why do we study history? 4

3. How to study history 6

4. Early Man 14

fJ Early Hong Kong .......... 25

1 . Studying Hong Kong History 27

2. Prehistoric Hong Kong 28

3. Historic Hong Kong 32

4. Early Settlers in Hong Kong 35

5. Life in Villages 37

6. Early Hong Kong Industries 41

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I) Early Civilization .......... 45

The Birth of Civilization 47

(A) Mesopotamia ................. 49

1. The Fertile Crescent 50

2. Life in Sumer 51

3. Babylon 55

4. Treasures of Mesopotamia 56

Egypt ............................... 61

1. The River Nile 62

2. Life in Egypt 63

3. Treasures of Ancient Egypt 68

(C) The lndus Valley ............ 77

1. The lndus Valley Civilization 77

2. Life in the lndus Valley 77

3. Treasures of the lndus Valley 78

(D The Huanghe Valley ....... 80

1. Prehistoric China 80

2. The Shang Dynasty 81

3. The Zhou Dynasty 81

4. Treasures of China 82

Glossary .............................. 85

Index .................................... 89