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A GENERAL HISTORY FOR COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE LIST OF MAPS GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS
PART I.
PART II.
MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
LIST OF COLORED MAPS.
GENERAL HISTORY.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS.
RACES OF MANKIND, WITH CHIEF FAMILIES AND PEOPLES.
PART I.
SECTION I.—THE EASTERN NATIONS.
CHAPTER I.
1. INDIA.
2. CHINA.
CHAPTER II.
1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
2. RELIGION, ARTS, AND GENERAL CULTURE.
CHAPTER III.
1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
2. ARTS AND GENERAL CULTURE.
CHAPTER IV.
1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
2. RELIGION, ARTS, AND GENERAL CULTURE.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
HEBREW RELIGION AND LITERATURE.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
2. GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, AND ARTS.
TABLE OF KINGS OF MEDIA AND PERSIA.
SECTION II.—GRECIAN HISTORY
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
1. AGE OF THE TYRANTS AND OF COLONIZATION.
2. THE GROWTH OF SPARTA.
3. THE GROWTH OF ATHENS.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE AGE OF PERICLES (459-431 B.C.).
CHAPTER XV.
1. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (431-404 B.C.).
2. THE SPARTAN AND THE THEBAN SUPREMACY.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF GRECIAN HISTORY TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1. ARCHITECTURE.
2. SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.
CHAPTER XIX.
1. EPIC AND LYRIC POETRY.
2. THE DRAMA AND DRAMATISTS.
3. HISTORY AND HISTORIANS.
4. ORATORY.
5. THE ALEXANDRIAN AGE.
CHAPTER XX.
SCIENCE AMONG THE GREEKS.
CHAPTER XXI.
SECTION III. ROMAN HISTORY.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE ROMAN RELIGION.
CHAPTER XXIII.
SECESSION OF THE PLEBEIANS.
WARS FOR THE MASTERY OF ITALY.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
ROME BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CARTHAGE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
CHAPTER XXVI.
EVENTS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.
THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.
WAR IN SPAIN.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST.
FINAL PARTITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. (A.D. 395.)
CHAPTER XXXI.
1. ARCHITECTURE.
2. LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND LAW.
3. SOCIAL LIFE.
PART II.
INTRODUCTION.
SECTION I.—MEDIÆVAL HISTORY.
FIRST PERIOD.—THE DARK AGES. (FROM THE FALL OF ROME, A.D. 476, TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.)
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
SECOND PERIOD.—THE AGE OF REVIVAL. (FROM THE OPENING OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS IN 1492.)
CHAPTER XL.
1. FEUDALISM.
2. CHIVALRY.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
1. INTRODUCTORY: CAUSES OF THE CRUSADES.
2. THE FIRST CRUSADE (1096-1099).
3. THE SECOND CRUSADE (1147-1149).
4. THE THIRD CRUSADE (1189-1192).
5. THE FOURTH CRUSADE (1202-1204).
6. CLOSE OF THE CRUSADES: THEIR RESULTS.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
1. ENGLAND.
2. FRANCE.
3. SPAIN.
4. GERMANY.
5. RUSSIA.
6. ITALY.
7. THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES.
SECTION II.—MODERN HISTORY.
FIRST PERIOD.—THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. (FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA, IN 1648.)
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
1. REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. (1519-1556).
2. SPAIN UNDER PHILIP II. (1556-1598).
CHAPTER L.
1. INTRODUCTORY.
2. THE REIGN OF HENRY VII. (1485-1509).
3. ENGLAND SEVERED FROM THE PAPACY BY HENRY VIII. (1509-1547).
4. CHANGES IN THE CREED AND RITUAL UNDER EDWARD VI. (1547-1553).
5. REACTION UNDER MARY (1553-1558).
6. FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANTISM UNDER ELIZABETH (1558-1603).
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
SECOND PERIOD.—THE ERA OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION. (FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA IN 1648 TO THE PRESENT TIME.)
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
I. THE FIRST TWO STUARTS.
II. THE COMMONWEALTH (1649-1660).
III. THE RESTORED STUARTS.
IV. THE ORANGE-STUARTS.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
1. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION: THE STATES-GENERAL OF 1789.
CHAPTER LIX.
1. THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE (1799-1815).
2. FRANCE SINCE THE SECOND RESTORATION (1815-).
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
1. PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
2. EXPANSION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF RELIGIOUS EQUALITY.
3. GROWTH OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE EAST.
CONCLUSION: THE NEW AGE.
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