The Great Events by Famous Historians/Volume 1
THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES
IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED
NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES,
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME 1
The National Alumni
COPYRIGHT, 1905,
Contents
editAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events
- CHARLES F. HORNE
Dawn of Civilization (B.C. 5867)
- G.C.C. MASPERO
Compilation of the Earliest Code (B.C. 2250)
- HAMMURABI
Theseus Founds Athens (B.C. 1235)
- PLUTARCH
The Formation of the Castes in India (B.C. 1200)
- GUSTAVE LE BON
- W.W. HUNTER
Fall of Troy (B.C. 1184)
- GEORGE GROTE
Accession of Solomon
Building of the Temple at Jerusalem (B.C. 1017)
- HENRY HART MILMAN
Rise and Fall of Assyria
Destruction of Nineveh (B.C. 789)
- F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER
The Foundation of Rome (B.C. 753)
- BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR
Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital (B.C. 660)
- SIR EDWARD REED
- THE "NEHONGI"
The Foundation of Buddhism (B.C. 623)
- THOMAS W. RHYS-DAVIDS
Pythian Games at Delphi (B.C. 585)
- GEORGE GROTE
Solon's Early Greek Legislation (B.C. 594)
- GEORGE GROTE
Conquests of Cyrus the Great (B.C. 550)
- GEORGE GROTE
Rise of Confucius, the Chinese Sage (B.C. 550)
- R.K. DOUGLAS
Rome Established as a Republic
Institution of Tribunes (B.C. 510-494)
- HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL
The Battle of Marathon (B.C. 490)
- SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
Invasion of Greece by Persians under Xerxes
Defence of Thermopylæ (B.C. 480)
- HERODOTUS
Universal Chronology (B.C. 5867-451)
- JOHN RUDD
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