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III. History of Egypt from the earliest Period to the Accession of Psam-
metichus
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IV. History of Egypt from the Reign of Psammetichus to its subjugation
by Cambyses...
V. Egyptian Manufactures and Commerce...
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CHAPTER II.-The Ethiopians.
SECT. I. Geographical Outline and Natural History.....
II. History of the Ethiopians....
III. Arts, Commerce, and Manufactures of Meroë.
CHAPTER III.-Babylonia and Assyria.
SECT. I. Geographical Outline and Natural History......
II. Political and Social Condition of the Assyrians and Babylonians.
III. History of the Assyrians and Babylonians.
IV. Description of Nineveh and Babylon....
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V. Commerce and Manufactures of the Babylonians..
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IV. Social and Political Condition of the Syrians and Phoenicians.
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SECT. V. History of the United Kingdom of Israel........
VI. The Revolt of the Ten Tribes.-The Kingdom of Israel..
VII. The Kingdom of Judah..
CHAPTER VI.-The Empire of the Medes and Persians.
SECT. I. Geographical Outline....
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II. Sources and Extent of our Knowledge respecting the Ancient
Persians..
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III. Social and Political Condition of Ancient Persia..
..60
IV. History of the Medes and Persians under the Kaianian Dynasty..
V. History of the Persians under the Hytaspid Dynasty...
....62
.64
CHAPTER VII.-Phænician Colonies in Northern Africa.
SECT. I. Geographical Outline of Northern Africa..
..68
II. Social and Political Condition of Carthage...
..69
III. History of Carthage from the Foundation of the City to the Com-
mencement of the Syracusan Wars...
.70
IV. History of Carthage during the Sicilian Wars.
.73
V. From the Commencement of the Roman Wars to the Destruction of
Carthage...
VI. Navigation, Trade, and Commerce of Carthage...
..76
...79
CHAPTER VIII.-The Foundation of the Grecian States.
SECT. I. Geographical Outline of Hellas........
.81
II. Geographical Outline of the Peloponnesus...
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III. The Grecian Islands in the Ægean and Mediterranean Seas.
IV. The Ionian Islands.....
V. The Social and Political Condition of Greece..
VI. Traditional History of Greece from the earliest Ages to the Com-
mencement of the Trojan War.....
VII. From the Trojan War to the Colonization of Asia Minor..
CHAPTER IX.—History of the Grecian States and Colonies before the
Persian War.
SECT. I. Topography of Sparta........
II. Legislation of Lycurgus, and the Messenian Wars..
IV. History of Athens to the Beginning of the Persian War.
..99
V. Historical Notices of the Minor States of Greece previous to the
Persian War....
102
VI. History of the principal Grecian Islands..
.103
VII. History of the Greek Colonies in Asia Minor..
.104
VIII. History of the Greek Colonies on the Euxine Sea, Coast of Thrace,
Macedon, &c.......
.106
CHAPTER X.-History of Grecce from the Persian Wars to the
Accession of Alexander the Great.
V. Tyrannical Rule of Sparta.-Third Peloponnesian War..
VI. The Second Sacred War.-Destruction of Grecian Freedom..
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CHAPTER XI.-The Macedonian Kingdom and Empire.
CHAPTER XII.-History of the States that arose from the Dismemberment
of the Macedonian Empire.
SECT. I. History of Macedon and Greece from the Battle of Ipsus to the
Roman Conquest...
H. History of the Kingdom of Syria under the Seleucidæ..
.145
153
VII. History of the Jews from their Return out of the Babylonish Cap-
tivity to the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus...
.171
CHAPTER XIII.-History of Ancient Italy.
.183
II. Historical Notices of the early Inhabitants of Italy.
III. The Greek Colonies in Italy......
II. Historical Notices of the early Inhabitants of Sicily.
III. The History of Syracuse..
CHAPTER XV.-History of the Roman Republic.
SECT. I. Traditions respecting the Origin of the Romans...
II. From the Foundation of Rome to the Abolition of Royalty..
III. From the Establishment of the Roman Republic to the Burning of
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..201
the City by the Gauls...
.206
IV. From the Rebuilding of the City to the First Punic War...
.215
V. From the Commencement of the Punic Wars to the Beginning of the
Civil Dissensions under the Gracchi......
.218
VI. From the Beginning of the Civil Dissensions under the Gracchi to
the Downfall of the Republic.....
228
VII. The Establishment of the Roman Empire..
.237
CHAPTER XVI.-Geographical and Political Condition of the Roman Empire.
VI. The Principal Nations on the Frontiers of the Empire...
VII. Topography of the City of Rome.....
...248
..251
CHAPTER XVII.-History of the Roman Empire.
SECT. I. The Reigns of the Family of the Cæsars..
...256
II. From the Extinction of the Julian to that of the first Flavian
Family
.......265
III. From the Extinction of the first Flavian Family to the last
Antonines....
of the
..271
IV. Foreign Commerce of the Romans in the Age of the
Anto-,
nines....
.278
V. From the Extinction of the Antonines to the Establishment of
Military Despotism.....
.280
VI. From the Murder of Alexander Severus to the Captivity of Valerian
and the Usurpation of the Thirty Tyrants..
.285
SECT. VII. From the Captivity of Valerian to the Resignation of Dioclesian...289
VIII. From the Resignation of Dioclesian to the Death of Constantine
the Great...
.295
X. Overthrow of the Western Empire.......
IX. From the Death of Constantine to the Reunion of the Empire
under Theodosius the Great...
301
...312
CHAPTER XVIII.-India.
Early History....
..318
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
MODERN HISTORY.
CHAPTER I.-Consequences of the Fall of the Western Empire.
SECT. I. The Gothic Kingdom of Italy.
...327
II. The Reign of Justinian...
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..329
III. The Establishment of the Civil Law....
...334
IV. History of the Silk Trade.-Introduction of the Silkworm into
Europe...
.337
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V. The Monarchy of the Franks, under the Merovingian Dynasty.
VI. The Lombard Monarchy...
.341
.346
VII. The Anglo-Saxons...
.349
CHAPTER II.-The Rise and Establishment of the Saracenic Power.
SECT. I. Political and Social Condition of the East at the Coming of Mohammed.352
IV. State of the East from the Establishment to the Overthrow of the
Khaliphate...
..387
CHAPTER IV.-Growth of the Papal Power.
SECT. I. The Origin of the Papacy.....
..390
II. The early Development of the Political System of the Papacy.
..394
III. The Struggle for Supremacy between the Popes and Emperors.
X. Formation and Constitutional History of the Spanish Monarchy.
XI. Survey of the Constitution of Aragon....
XII. State of Western Europe at the Commencement of the Fourteenth
Century....
.437
XIII. Pontificate of Boniface VIII....
.442
XIV. State of England and the Northern Kingdoms at the Commence-
ment of the Fourteenth Century....
XV. Revolutions in the East in Consequence of the Mongolian Invasion...450