A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history- emphasizing the more important events- and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians.
Includes:
DAWN OF CIVILIZATION B.C. 5867
COMPILATION OF THE EARLIEST CODE B.C. 2250
THESEUS FOUNDS ATHENS B.C. 1235
THE FORMATION OF THE CASTES IN INDIA B.C. 1200
FALL OF TROY B.C. 1184
ACCESSION OF SOLOMON BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM B.C. 1017
RISE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH B.C. 789
THE FOUNDATION OF ROME B.C. 753
PRINCE JIMMU FOUNDS JAPAN'S CAPITAL B.C. 660
THE FOUNDATION OF BUDDHISM B.C. 623
PYTHIAN GAMES AT DELPHI B.C. 585
SOLON'S EARLY GREEK LEGISLATION B.C. 594
CONQUESTS OF CYRUS THE GREAT B.C. 538
RISE OF CONFUCIUS, THE CHINESE SAGE B.C. 550
ROME ESTABLISHED AS A REPUBLIC INSTITUTION OF TRIBUNES B.C. 510-494
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON B.C. 490
INVASION OF GREECE BY PERSIANS UNDER XERXES DEFENCE OF THERMOPYLÆ B.C. 480
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