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| Introduction | [1] |
| [Book I.] Asiatic and African states previous to Cyrus | [15] |
| General geographical outline of Asia | [ib.] |
| Preliminary and General Observations upon the History and Constitution of the great Asiatic Empires | [22] |
| History of the ancient Asiatic kingdoms before the reign of Cyrus | [25] |
| I. Assyrian monarchy | [ib.] |
| II. Median monarchy | [26] |
| III. Babylonian monarchy | [27] |
| IV. States in Asia Minor | [29] |
| 1. Trojan empire | [ib.] |
| 2. Phrygian empire | [ib.] |
| 3. Lydian empire | [ib.] |
| V. Phœnicia | [30] |
| VI. Syrians | [33] |
| VII. Jews | [34] |
| 1. Period of the Nomad state from Abraham till the conquest of Palestine | [35] |
| 2. Period of the federative republic | [36] |
| 3. Period of the monarchy from B. C. 1100—600 | [38] |
| The Jewish state as one single kingdom | [ib.] |
| The Jewish state as a divided kingdom | [40] |
| African Nations | [45] |
| General geographical outline of Ancient Africa | [ib.] |
| I. Egyptians | [47] |
| 1st Period. From the earliest times down to the Sesostridæ, about B. C. 1500 | [51] |
| 2nd Period. From the Sesostridæ till the sole dominion of Psammetichus, B. C. 1500—650 | [62] |
| 3rd Period. From the reign of Psammetichus to the Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, B. C. 650—525 | [69] |
| II. Carthaginians | [73] |
| 1st Period. From the foundation of Carthage to the wars with Syracuse, B. C. 880—480 | [74] |
| 2nd Period. From the breaking out of the wars with Syracuse to the commencement of those with Rome, B. C. 480—264 | [80] |
| 3rd Period. From the beginning of the wars with Rome to the downfal of Carthage, B. C. 264—146 | [82] |
| [Book II.] History of the Persian empire from B. C. 560—330 | [90] |
| [Book III.] History of the Grecian states | [112] |
| Geographical outline of Greece | [ib.] |
| 1st Period. Traditional history down to the Trojan war, about B. C. 1200 | [118] |
| 2nd Period. From the Trojan war to the breaking out of the Persian war, B. C. 1200—500 | [127] |
| History of the Hellenic states within Greece | [ib.] |
| General history | [ib.] |
| Sparta | [131] |
| Athens | [136] |
| Principal data for the history of the smaller states: |
| I. Within the Peloponnesus: |
| a. Arcadia | [142] |
| b. Argos | [ib.] |
| c. Corinth | [143] |
| d. Sicyon | [144] |
| e. Achaia | [ib.] |
| f. Elis | [145] |
| II. Central Greece, or Hellas: |
| a. Megaris | [146] |
| b. Bœotia | [147] |
| c. Phocis | [148] |
| d. Locris | [ib.] |
| e. Ætolia | [ib.] |
| f. Acarnania | [149] |
| III. Northern Greece: |
| a. Thessaly | [149] |
| b. Epirus | [150] |
| IV. Grecian Islands: |
| a. Corcyra | [151] |
| b. Ægina | [ib.] |
| c. Eubœa | [152] |
| d. The Cyclades | [ib.] |
| e. Crete | [ib.] |
| f. Cyprus | [154] |
| History of the Grecian colonies | [155] |
| General observations | [ib.] |
| Colonies on the Western coast of Asia Minor: | [157] |
| 1. Æolian colonies | [158] |
| 2. Ionian colonies | [159] |
| 3. Dorian colonies | [161] |
| Colonies on the coast of the Propontis and the Black sea | [162] |
| Colonies on the coasts of Thrace and Macedonia | [163] |
| Colonies on the western coast of Greece | [164] |
| Grecian settlements in Lower Italy: |
| a. Tarentum | [165] |
| b. Croton | [166] |
| c. Sybaris | [ib.] |
| d. Thurii | [167] |
| e. Locri Epizephyrii | [ib.] |
| f. Rhegium | [168] |
| g. Cumæ | [ib.] |
| Grecian settlements in Sicily: |
| a. Syracuse | [169] |
| b. Agrigentum | [174] |
| c. The smaller Sicilian cities | [175] |
| Colonies in Sardinia and Corsica | [ib.] |
| Colonies in Gaul;—Massilia | [176] |
| Colonies in Spain;—Saguntum | [ib.] |
| Colonies in Africa;—Cyrene | [ib.] |
| Period III. From the breaking out of the Persian wars to Alexander the Great, B. C. 500—336 | [178] |
| [Book IV.] History of the Macedonian Monarchy: |
| Period I. From its origin to the death of Alexander the Great, B. C. 800—323 | [206] |
| Period II. History of the Macedonian monarchy, from the death of Alexander the Great to the battle of Ipsus, B. C. 323—301 | [222] |
| Period III. History of the separate kingdoms and states which arose out of the dismemberment of the Macedonian monarchy, after the battle of Ipsus | [232] |
| I. History of the Syrian empire under the Seleucidæ B. C. 312—64 | [232] |
| II. History of the Egyptian kingdom under the Ptolemies, B. C. 323—30 | [247] |
| III. History of Macedonia itself and of Greece, from the death of Alexander to the Roman conquest, B. C. 323—146 | [268] |
| Achæan league | [280] |
| Ætolian league | [279] |
| IV. History of some smaller or more distant kingdoms and states formed out of the Macedonian monarchy | [290] |
| The kingdom of Pergamus | [291] |
| Bithynia | [293] |
| Paphlagonia | [294] |
| Pontus | [295] |
| Cappadocia | [297] |
| Armenia | [298] |
| The kingdom of Parthia | [299] |
| The kingdom of Bactria | [305] |
| The restored kingdom of the Jews | [306] |
| 1. Under the Persians | [307] |
| 2. Under the Ptolemies and Seleucidæ | [308] |
| 3. Under the Maccabees | [309] |
| 4. Under the family of Herod | [311] |
| [Book V.] History of the Roman state: |
| Introductory remarks on the Geography of Ancient Italy | [314] |
| Period I. From the foundation of Rome to the conquest of Italy, and the commencement of the wars with Carthage, B. C. 754—264, or A. U. C. 1—490 | [321] |
| Period II. From the commencement of the war with Carthage to the rise of the civil broils under the Gracchi, B. C. 264—134, or A. U. C. 490—620 | [339] |
| Period III. From the beginning of the civil broils under the Gracchi to the fall of the republic, B. C. 134—30, or A. U. C. 620—724 | [362] |
| Period IV. History of the Roman state as a monarchy till the overthrow of the western empire, B. C. 30—A. C. 476 | [402] |
| Geographical outline. View of the Roman empire and provinces, and other countries connected with it by war or commerce | [ib.] |
| 1st Section. From Augustus Cæsar to the death of Commodus, B. C. 30—A. C. 193 | [411] |
| 2nd Section. From the death of Commodus to Diocletian, A. C. 193—284 | [437] |
| 3rd Section. From Diocletian to the overthrow of the Roman empire in the west, A. C. 284—476 | [454] |
| Appendix. Chronology of Herodotus from the time of Cyrus, according to Volney | [475] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of Macedon | [481] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Seleucidæ | [482] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Ptolemies | [483] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Jews | [484] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Cæsars | [485] |
| Genealogical Table of the reigning houses of Constantine | [486] |