Ancient States and Empires / For Colleges and SchoolsJohn Lord
Ancient States and Empires / For Colleges and Schools
John Lord
History
Book language: English
778 pages
A nineteenth-century historical survey for colleges and schools, tracing ancient states and empires from the early Oriental nations through Egypt, the Hebrews, Chaldea and Assyria, and Persia to the Greek states. It offers a broad, orderly introduction to ancient history and is useful for readers interested in how the subject was taught in the nineteenth century.
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Ancient States and Empires For Colleges And Schools By John Lord LL.D. Author of the “Old Roman World” “Modern History” &c. New York Charles Scribner & Company 1869
Contents PREFACE. BOOK I. ANCIENT ORIENTAL NATIONS. CHAPTER I. THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD. CHAPTER II. POSTDILUVIAN HISTORY TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM.—THE PATRIARCHAL CONSTITUTION, AND THE DIVISION OF NATIONS. CHAPTER III. THE HEBREW RACE FROM ABRAHAM TO THE SALE OF JOSEPH. CHAPTER IV. EGYPT AND THE PHARAOHS. CHAPTER V. THE JEWS UNTIL THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. CHAPTER VI. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DAVID. CHAPTER VII. THE JEWISH MONARCHY. CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN MONARCHIES. CHAPTER IX. THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS. CHAPTER X. ASIA MINOR AND PHŒNICIA. CHAPTER XI. JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.—THE HIGH PRIESTS AND THE ASMONEAN AND IDUMEAN KINGS. CHAPTER XII. THE ROMAN GOVERNORS. BOOK II. THE GRECIAN STATES. CHAPTER XIII. THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ITS EARLY INHABITANTS. CHAPTER XIV. THE LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE. CHAPTER XV. THE GRECIAN STATES AND COLONIES TO THE PERSIAN WARS.
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