{"product_id":"2940013469150","title":"Ancient States and Empires","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.\u003cbr\u003eBOOK I. ANCIENT ORIENTAL NATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER I. THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER II. POSTDILUVIAN HISTORY TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM.—THE\u003cbr\u003e   PATRIARCHAL CONSTITUTION, AND THE DIVISION OF NATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER III. THE HEBREW RACE FROM ABRAHAM TO THE SALE OF JOSEPH.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER IV. EGYPT AND THE PHARAOHS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER V. THE JEWS UNTIL THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER VI. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM\u003cbr\u003e   OF DAVID.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER VII. THE JEWISH MONARCHY.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD CHALDEAN AND ASSYRIAN MONARCHIES.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER IX. THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER X. ASIA MINOR AND PHŒNICIA.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XI. JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY TO THE BIRTH\u003cbr\u003e   OF CHRIST.—THE HIGH PRIESTS AND THE ASMONEAN AND IDUMEAN KINGS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XII. THE ROMAN GOVERNORS.\u003cbr\u003eBOOK II. THE GRECIAN STATES.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIII. THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ITS EARLY\u003cbr\u003e   INHABITANTS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIV. THE LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XV. THE GRECIAN STATES AND COLONIES TO THE PERSIAN WARS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVI. GRECIAN CIVILIZATION BEFORE THE PERSIAN WARS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVII. THE PERSIAN WAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVIII. THE AGE OF PERICLES.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIX. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XX. MARCH OF CYRUS AND RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND GREEKS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXI. THE LACEDÆMONIAN EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXII. THE REPUBLIC OF THEBES.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXIII. DIONYSIUS AND SICILY.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXIV. PHILIP OF MACEDON.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXV. ALEXANDER THE GREAT.\u003cbr\u003eBOOK III. THE ROMAN EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXVI. ROME IN ITS INFANCY, UNDER KINGS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXVII. THE ROMAN REPUBLIC TILL THE INVASION OF THE GAULS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CONQUEST OF ITALY.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXIX. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXX. THE SECOND PUNIC OR HANNIBALIC WAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXI. THE MACEDONIAN AND ASIATIC WARS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXII. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXIII. ROMAN CONQUESTS FROM THE FALL OF CARTHAGE TO THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e   OF THE GRACCHI.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXIV. ROMAN CIVILIZATION AT THE CLOSE OF THE THIRD PUNIC WAR,\u003cbr\u003e   AND THE FALL OF GREECE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXV. THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF THE GRACCHI.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXVI. THE WARS WITH JUGURTHA AND THE CIMBRI.—MARIUS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXVII. THE REVOLT OF ITALY, AND THE SOCIAL WAR.—MARIUS AND\u003cbr\u003e   SULLA.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE MITHRIDATIC AND CIVIL WARS.—MARIUS AND SULLA.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XXXIX. ROME FROM THE DEATH OF SULLA TO THE GREAT CIVIL WARS OF\u003cbr\u003e   CÆSAR AND POMPEY.—CICERO, POMPEY, AND CÆSAR.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XL. THE CIVIL WARS BETWEEN CÆSAR AND POMPEY.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLI. THE CIVIL WARS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF\u003cbr\u003e   CÆSAR.—ANTONIUS.—AUGUSTUS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLII. THE ROMAN EMPIRE ON THE ACCESSION OF AUGUSTUS.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLIII. THE SIX CÆSARS OF THE JULIAN LINE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLIV. THE CLIMAX OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLV. THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XLVI. THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE.\u003cbr\u003eAdvertisements.\u003cbr\u003eFootnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is designed chiefly for educational purposes, since there is\u003cbr\u003estill felt the need of some book, which, within moderate limits, shall\u003cbr\u003egive a connected history of the ancient world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author lays no claim to original investigation in so broad a field. He\u003cbr\u003esimply has aimed to present the salient points—the most important events\u003cbr\u003eand characters of four thousand years, in a connected narrative, without\u003cbr\u003etheories or comments, and without encumbering the book with details of\u003cbr\u003ecomparatively little interest. Most of the ancient histories for schools,\u003cbr\u003ehave omitted to notice those great movements to which the Scriptures\u003cbr\u003erefer; but these are here briefly presented, since their connection with\u003cbr\u003ethe Oriental world is intimate and impressive, and ought not to be\u003cbr\u003eomitted, even on secular grounds. What is history without a Divine\u003cbr\u003eProvidence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the preparation of this work, the author has been contented with the\u003cbr\u003elast standard authorities, which he has merely simplified, abridged, and\u003cbr\u003econdensed, being most indebted to Rawlinson, Grote, Thirlwall, Niebuhr,\u003cbr\u003eMommsen, and Merivale,—following out the general plan of Philip Smith,\u003cbr\u003ewhose admirable digest, in three large octavos, is too extensive for\u003cbr\u003eschools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the author has felt warranted in making a free use of his\u003cbr\u003ematerials, it will be seen that the style, arrangement, and reflections\u003cbr\u003eare his own. If the book prove useful, his object will be attained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTAMFORD _October, 1869_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                 BOOK I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANCIENT ORIENTAL NATIONS.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145648554224,"sku":"2940013469150","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013469150_p0.jpg?v=1763581689","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013469150","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}