Our Oriental Heritage

Our Oriental Heritage is Volume I of the "Story of Civilization" written by Will and Ariel Durant. There are a total of 11 volumes.

Pentateuch = the Torah = the first 5 books of the old Testament,
claimed to have been written by Moses.

Introduction
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVILIZATION
Chapter I: The Conditons of Civilization
Chapter II: The Economic Elements of Civilization
Chapter III: The Political Elements of Civilization
Chapter IV: The Moral Elements of Civilization
Chapter V: The Mental Elements of Civilization
Chronological Charft: Types and Cultures of Prehistoric Man: page 90
Chapter VI: The Prehistoric Beginnings of Civilization

Book one
THE NEAR EAST
Chronological Table of Near Eastern History: page 113
Chapter VII: Sumeria
Chapter VIII: Egypt
Chapter IX: Babylonia
Chapter X: Assyria
Chapter XI: A Motley of Nations
Chapter XII: Judea
Chapter XIII: Persia
-  Cyrus the great
-  Cambyses
-  Darius the greatest king of Persia

Book Two
India and Her Neighbors
Chronological Table of Indian History
Chapter XIV: The Foundations of India
Chapter XV: Buddha
Chapter XVI: From Alexander to Aurangzeb
Chapter XVII: The Life of the People
Chapter XVIII: The Paradise of the Gods
Chapter XIX: The Life if the Mind
Chapter XX: The Literature of India
Chapter XXI: Indian Art
Chapter XXII: A Christian Epilogue

Book three
THE FAR EAST
A.  China
Chronology of Chinese Civilization
Chapter XXIII:  The Age of the Philosophers
Chapter XXIV:  The Age of the Poets
Chapter XXV:  The Age of the Artists
Chapter XXVI:  The People and the State
Chapter XXVII:  Revolution and Renewal
B. Japan
Chronology of Japanese Civlization
Chapter XXVIII:  The Makers of Japan
Chapter XXIX:  The Political and Moral Foundations
Chapter XXX:  The Mind and Art of Old Japan
Chapter XXXI:  The New Japan
Envoi: Our Oriental Heritage

Finished complete read on 10-28-2011.
Now on to Volume 2 about Greece.