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]
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]
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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