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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... Syria. 33. Judæa. 34. (a) Theocracy. 35. (b) United Monarchy. 36. (c) The Kingdom of Israel. 39. (d) The Kingdom of Judah. 42. PART II.—THE AFRICAN NATIONS. Geographical Outline of Africa. 48. History of Egypt. 50. (a) The Old Empire ...
... Syrian Kingdom of the Seleucidæ. 209. Egypt under the Ptolemies. 216. Macedonia and Greece. 222. Thrace; Pergamus. 230. Bithynia. 231. Pontus.Cappadocia; Armenia. Bactria; Parthia. Judæa, under Egypt and Syria. Under.
... Syria. Under the Maccabees. Under the Herods. BOOK V. History of Rome, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire. Geographical Sketch of Italy. I. HISTORY OF THE ROMAN KINGDOM. Religion of Rome. II. HISTORY OF THE ROMAN ...
... Syrians, so called because they were of fairer complexion than those of the south. The richest portion of Asia Minor lay upon the coast of the Ægean; and of the three provinces, Lydia, the central, was most distinguished for wealth ...
... Syria occupied the whole eastern coast of the Mediterranean, and consisted of three distinct parts: (1) Syria Proper had for its chief river the Oron ́tes, which flowed between the parallel mountain ranges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ...
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 | |