INDEX

ABRAHAM, in Chaldæa, [55]

Actium, battle of, [210]

Æneas, [164]

Agricultural Age, the, [4]

Alexander, the Great, [155] et seq.
death of, [158]
his generals, [160]

Animals, in Egypt, [14] et seq.

Antony, [209] et seq.
and Cleopatra, [210]

Art, in Babylonia, [65]

Assyria, rise of, [54], [67-68]
fall of, [103]

Astronomy, in Babylon, [59]

BABYLONIA, [49] et seq.
and Egypt, [25]

Bast, the Cat-goddess, [34]

Book of the Dead, the, [40]

Bronze Age, the, [6]

CÆSAR, JULIUS, [198]
assassination of, [206]
commands in Gaul, [199]
crosses Rubicon, [200]
defeats Pompey, [200]
Dictator for life, [202]
in Britain, [199]
subdues Parthians, [201]

Camels, in Egypt, [13]

Carchemish, battles at, [104-5]

Carthage, destruction of, [176]

Carthaginians, [147] et seq.
defeated by Gelo, [149]

Cinna, [197]

Cleopatra restored by Cæsar to throne, [201]
and Antony, [210]

Comitia, [179] et seq.

Corn, in Egypt, [16]

Costume, in Babylonia, [66]
in Egypt, [38] et seq.

Creation of World, Babylonian account of, [60]

Crete, [76] et seq.

Crœsus, king of Lydia, [117]

Cuneiform writing, [69] et seq.

Cyrus, the Persian, [111] et seq.
sends back exiled Jews, [113]

DELTA, the, [3]

EGYPT, [11] et seq.
hunting in, [15]
Upper and Lower, [21]

Egyptian religions, [27] et seq.

Etruscans, the, [166]

Euphrates, the, [2]

Evans, Sir Arthur, [76]

FAMOUS Romans, compared with Famous Greeks, [221]

First Dynasty of Egyptian Kings, [21]

Flood, the. Babylonian account of, [61]

GELO, defeats Carthaginians, [149]

Goats, in Egypt, [13]

Gracchus, Tiberius and Caius, [194]

Granicus, river, battle on, [157]

Greece great men of, [139]

Greek learning, philosophy, art, etc., [121] et seq.
states, jealousy between, [145] et passim
states, downfall of Sparta, [145]
warrior, [118]

HANNIBAL, [173-4]

Herodotus, [34], [146]

Hieroglyphic, [36]

Historians, Thucydides and Herodotus compared, [146]

Horses, in battle, [89]

Horus, Egyptian god, [31]

Hunting Age, the, [4]

Hyksos, the "Shepherd" Kings of Egypt, [23]

IONIANS, the, [128]

Ipsus, battle of, [160]

Iron Age, the, [6]

Isis, Egyptian goddess, [31]

Israel, divided from Judah, [101]

Issus, battle of, [157]

JEHOVAH,89

Jerusalem, taken by Nebuchadnezzar, [106]
destruction of, by the Romans, [218]

Jewish religion, basis of Christian religion, [107]
its character, [108] et seq.

Jews, the, in Alexandria, [161]
Canaan,95
Egypt, [73-74]

Jews, Greek influence among, [204]
Pharisees and Sadducees, [204]
revolt against Rome, [205]
Herod, the great, king of, [206], [217]
under Roman procurators, [215]

KHAMMURABI, Code of, [62] et seq.

Knossos, [77] et seq.

LABYRINTH, at Crete, [81]

Legions, the, [181] et seq.
in Asia Minor, [185]
power passing to, [195]

Levant, the, [2]

MARATHON, battle of, [131-2]

Marduk, or Merodach, [58]

Marius, [194], [197]

Megiddo, battles at, [104]

Memphis, [23]

Mesopotamia, [3]

Minoans, their sea-power, [82-83]

Minos, king of Crete, [78]

Minotaur, the, [81]

Mithridates, king of Pontus, [193], [196]

Moses, [74]

Mummies, [44]

Mycenæ, Cretan buildings at, [79]

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, king of Babylon, [105]

Nile, the river, [3], [5], [11] et seq.

OAKS, old, in England, [8]

Octavius, [209] et seq.

Octavius, Master of the World, [211]
called Cæsar Augustus, [213]

Osiris, Egyptian god, [31]

Ostriches, carved, [11]

PALESTINE, between the two Empires, [25]

Papyrus, [17]

Parthians, the, subdued by Julius Cæsar, [201]

Pastoral Age, the, [4]

"Pax Romana," [192]

Peloponnesian War, [145], [150]

Peoples of the Sea, [120]

Persian Gulf, [2]

Persians, the, [110] et seq.
their battle methods, [116]

Phalanx, the Greek, [117]
the Macedonian, [153]

Philip, king of Macedon, [153] et seq.

Philistines, the, [95-100]

Philosophers, Stoic and Epicurean, [143]

Phœnicians, [96]

Platæa, battle of, [137]

Pompey, the Great, [197] et seq.

Pontius Pilate, [213]
at trial of Christ, [216]

Postal Service, in Roman Empire, [220]

Pottery, [18]

Priests, their power in Egypt, [36], [38], [47]

Ptolemy, [159]

Punic Wars, the, [172] et seq.

Pyramids, the, [42]

Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, [167] et seq.

RE, the sun-god, [33]

Rome, [164] et seq.
constitution of, [178] et seq.

Rome, conquers Macedon, [187]
Egypt, [188]
Mistress of the World, [190] et seq.
slaves in, [194], [198]

SACRED animals, [30]

Salamis, battle of, [136]

Scarabs, [34]

Seleucus, [159]

Semites, [55] et seq.

Senate, of Rome, [178] et seq.

Sennacherib, in his chariot, [102]

Seth, Egyptian god, [31]

Shanash, Babylonian sun-god, [57]

Sicily, Greeks in, [148]
its importance to Rome, [172]

Silsilla, [11]

Solomon, his kingdom, [100]

Sothis, the star of Seth, the Dog-star, [12]

Souls, Egyptian idea of, [45]

Spartans, soldiers in Asia Minor, [111]
virtues of, [138]

Stone Age, the, [6]

Sulla, [196-7]

Sumerians, [54]

Syracuse, siege of, by Athenians, [150]
Dionysius, tyrant and saviour of, [151]

TETHMOSIS III., [23]

Themistocles, salvation of Greece due to, [136]

Thermopylæ, battle of, [135]

Three great facts that worked together, [226-7]

Tigris, river, [2]

"Totem," worship of, [30]

Triumvirate, the first, [199]
the second, [208]

Troy, the siege of, etc., [124]
Homer's account of the siege of, [124]
more probable story of the siege of, [125] et seq.

WAR, methods and engines of, [90] et seq.

Water-raising machine, [51]

XERXES, king of Persia, his attempt on Greece, [133]
his alliance with Carthage, [134]

ZOROASTER, or Zarathustra, [114]

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