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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... Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon). 96. Artaxerxes III.; Arses. 98. Darius III. (Codomannus). 99. BOOK III. Grecian Geographical Outline States andof Greece. Colonies, from their Earliest A MANUAL OF Ancient History.: CONTENTS.
... Grecian Colonies. 130. THIRD PERIOD. From the Beginning of the Persian Wars to the Macedonian Supremacy. 134. Invasions by Mardonius and Datis. 134. The Battle of Marathon. 135. Invasion by Xerxes; Battle of Thermopylæ. 138, 139. Battle ...
... Grecian colonies, which, at a later period, covered the coasts of Asia Minor, will be found described in Book III.[2] This peninsula was the field of many wars between the nations of Europe and Asia. From its intermediate position, it ...
... Grecian Archipelago, dotted with villages which appeared like white islands above the expanse of waters. 120. Lower Egypt is a vast plain; Upper Egypt a narrowing valley. The fertile portion of the latter occupies only a part of the ...
... Grecian settlements will be found in Book III. HISTORY OF EGYPT. PERIODS. I. The Old Empire, from earliest times to B. C. 1900. II. Middle Empire, or that of the Shepherd Kings, ” 1900-1525. III. The New Empire, ” 1525-525. 126. From ...
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 | |