Table of Contents

 
PART ONE



At the Gates 
of the Western World

Chapter One

Climbing the Tower of Babel

    

  

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Chapter Two

At the Gates of the Western World

Chapter Three

And Empires, too, Shall Splash Across These Pages

Chapter Four

Genghis Khan Rides Again

PART TWO




         Into the East

Epilogue

The Unimaginable Future

Chapter Five

On the Roof of the World

  PART THREE




  Under the Southern Cross
Chapter Six
The Heart of DarknessAngkor_Wat_Chapter.html

Chapter Seven

One Thousand Words for Rice

Chapter Eight

Islands of the Many-Coloured Waters

Chapter Nine
See You at Machu PicchuMachu_Picchu_Chapter.html

Chapter Ten

The Headwaters of the Amazon

Chapter Eleven
The Lost World of the MayaTikal_Chapter.html
PART FOUR





To the North

Chapter Twelve

Haida: the Surface People

Chapter Thirteen

May You Walk the Trail of Beauty

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