acclimatization--Historical importance of the temperate zone--Contrast
of the seasons--Duration of the seasons--Effect of long winters and long
summers--Zones of culture--Temperate zone as cradle of civilization


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LIST OF MAPS.

DENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE 8
DENSITY OF POPULATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 9
POWELL'S MAP OF INDIAN LINGUISTIC STOCKS 54
PRIMITIVE INDIAN STOCKS OF SOUTH AMERICA 101
ETHNOGRAPHICAL MAP OF INDIA 102
ETHNOGRAPHICAL MAP OF ASIA 103
ETHNOGRAPHICAL MAP OF AFRICA 105
DISTRIBUTION OF WILD AND CIVILIZED TRIBES IN THE PHILIPPINES 147
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION IN THE PROVINCE OF FINMARKEN 153
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1800 156
THE SLAV-GERMAN BOUNDARY IN EUROPE 223
ETHNOGRAPHICAL MAP OF RUSSIA 225
THE GERMAN NORTH SEA COAST 243
ANCIENT PHOENICIAN AND GREEK COLONIES 251
RIPARIAN VILLAGES OF THE LOWER ST. LAWRENCE 365
LAKE OF THE FOUR FOREST CANTONS 374
THE ANNUAL RAINFALL OF THE WORLD 484
THE CULTURAL REGIONS OF AFRICA AND ARABIA 487