A Manual of Ancient History (Illustrations)Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., 2000 - 275 pages Several causes have lately augmented both the means and the motives for a more thorough study of History. Modern criticism, no longer accepting primitive traditions, venal eulogiums, partisan pamphlets, and highly wrought romances as equal and trustworthy evidence, merely because of their age, is teaching us to sift the testimony of ancient authors, to ascertain the sources and relative value of their information, and to discern those special aims which may determine the light in which their works should be viewed. The geographical surveys of recent travelers have thrown a flood of new light upon ancient events; and, above all, the inscriptions discovered and deciphered within half a century, have set before us the great actors of old times, speaking in their own persons from the walls of palaces and tombs. |
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... Assyrian Monarchy. 18. The Median Monarchy. 22. The Babylonian Monarchy. 24. Kingdoms of Asia Minor. 29. Phœnicia. 30. Syria. 33. Judæa. 34. (a) Theocracy. 35. (b) United Monarchy. 36. (c) The Kingdom of Israel. 39. (d) The Kingdom of ...
... Assyrians. II. Empire of the Persians. III. Ancient Greece and the Ægean Sea. IV. Empire of the Macedonians. V. Italy, with the Eleven Regions of Augustus. VI. The Roman Empire. ” ” ” ” ” facing 17. 321.323. 324. 325. 326. 356. 97. 113 ...
... Assyria, and India have only afforded materials of history since the patient diligence of oriental scholars has succeeded in deciphering the inscriptions which they bear. Within a few years they have added immeasurably to our knowledge ...
... Assyria Proper lay east of the Tigris and west of the Median Mountains. The great empire which bore that name varied in extent under different monarchs, and the name of Assyria is often applied to all the territory between the Zagros ...
... to 1543 B. C. The only known kings are Nimrod and Chedorlao ́mer. 2. An Arabian Dynasty, from about 1543 to 1298. MAP OF THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ASSYRIANS. COURT OF SARGON'S PALACE, AT KHORSABAD. CHALDÆAN MONARCHY.
Table des matières
BOOK III Grecian States and Colonies from their Earliest Period to the Accession of Alexander the Great | |
BOOK IV History of the Macedonian Empire and the Kingdoms formed from it until their Conquest by the Romans | |
BOOK V History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire A D 476 | |
LIST OF BOOKS RECOMMENDED | |
FOOTNOTES | |
INDEX | |