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.
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VISIGOTHS PILLAGE ROME A.D. 410
HUNS INVADE THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE ATTILA DICTATES A TREATY OF PEACE A.D. 441
THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN A.D. 449-579
ATTILA INVADES WESTERN EUROPE BATTLE OF CHÂLONS A.D. 451
FOUNDATION OF VENICE A.D. 452
CLOVIS FOUNDS THE KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS: IT BECOMES CHRISTIAN A.D. 486-511
PUBLICATION OF THE JUSTINIAN CODE A.D. 529-534
AUGUSTINE'S MISSIONARY WORK IN ENGLAND A.D. 597
THE HEGIRA CAREER OF MAHOMET: THE KORAN: AND MAHOMETAN CREED A.D. 622
THE SARACEN CONQUEST OF SYRIA A.D. 636
SARACENS CONQUER EGYPT DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA A.D. 640
EVOLUTION OF THE DOGESHIP IN VENICE A.D. 697
SARACENS IN SPAIN: BATTLE OF THE GUADALETE A.D. 711
BATTLE OF TOURS A.D. 732
FOUNDING OF THE CARLOVINGIAN DYNASTY PÉPIN THE SHORT USURPS THE FRANKISH CROWN A.D. 751
CAREER OF CHARLEMAGNE A.D. 772-814
EGBERT BECOMES KING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON HEPTARCHY A.D. 827
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