The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02
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CHEYNE
THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished board of advisers and contributors, by HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, LL.D.
IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME II—ISRAEL, INDIA, PERSIA, PHOENICIA, MINOR NATIONS OF WESTERN ASIA
T he Outlook Company New York
T he History Association London
1905
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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
CONTENTS
PART IV.—ISRAEL
ISRAEL AS A WORLD INFLUENCE
A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF ISRAELITIC HISTORY TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY
CHAPTER III. THE JUDGES
CHAPTER IV. SAMUEL AND SAUL
CHAPTER V. DAVID’S REIGN
CHAPTER VI. SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY
CHAPTER VII. DECAY AND CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER VIII. THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER IX. FROM NEHEMIAH TO ANTIOCHUS
CHAPTER X. THE MACCABÆAN WAR
CHAPTER XI. FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE ROMANS
CHAPTER XII. THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XIII. THE REVOLT AGAINST ROME
CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
CHAPTER XV. HEBREW CIVILISATION
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
PART V.—PHŒNICIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDIVIDUALITY OF PHŒNICIAN HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE NAME
CARTHAGINIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER II. EARLY HISTORY AND INFLUENCES
CHAPTER III. THE PHŒNICIAN TIME OF POWER
CHAPTER IV. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE PERSIANS
CHAPTER V. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE GREEKS, THE ROMANS, AND THE SARACENS
CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF CARTHAGE
CHAPTER VII. PHŒNICIAN COMMERCE
CHAPTER VIII. PHŒNICIAN CIVILISATION
APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
PART VI.—WESTERN ASIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE POSITION OF ASIA MINOR IN HISTORY
CHAPTER I. THE HITTITES
CHAPTER II. SCYTHIANS AND CIMMERIANS
CHAPTER III. SOME PEOPLES OF SYRIA, ASIA MINOR, AND ARMENIA
CHAPTER IV. THE LYDIANS
APPENDIX A.—CLASSICAL TRADITIONS
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
PART VII.—ANCIENT INDIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER II. INDIAN HISTORY—LEGEND AND REALITY
CHAPTER III. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS
CHAPTER IV. BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
PART VIII.—ANCIENT PERSIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER II. THE MEDIAN OR SCYTHIAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER III. THE EARLY ACHÆMENIANS AND THE ELAMITES, CYRUS AND CAMBYSES
CHAPTER IV. THE PERSIAN DYNASTY: DARIUS I TO DARIUS III
CHAPTER V. PERSIAN CIVILISATION
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS
