{"product_id":"2940013823990","title":"TEN GREAT EVENTS IN HISTORY","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I.--DEFENSE OF FREEDOM BY GREEK VALOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II.--CRUSADES AND THE CRUSADERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III.--DEFENSE OF FREEDOM IN ALPINE PASSES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV.--BRUCE AND BANNOCKBURN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V.--COLUMBUS AND THE NEW WORLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI.--DEFENSE OF FREEDOM ON DUTCH DIKES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII.--THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII.--FREEDOM'S VOYAGE TO AMERICA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX.--PLASSEY; AND HOW AN EMPIRE WAS WON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X.--LEXINGTON AND BUNKER HILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEN GREAT EVENTS IN HISTORY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_DEFENSE OF FREEDOM BY GREEK VALOR._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The great events in history are those where, upon special\u003cbr\u003eoccasions, a man or a people have made a stand against tyranny, and\u003cbr\u003ehave preserved or advanced freedom for the people. Sometimes tyranny\u003cbr\u003ehas taken the form of the oppression of the many by the few in the\u003cbr\u003esame nation, and sometimes it has been the oppression of a weak nation\u003cbr\u003eby a stronger one. The successful revolt against tyranny, the terrible\u003cbr\u003econflict resulting in the emancipation of a people, has always been\u003cbr\u003ethe favorite theme of the historian, marking as it does a step in the\u003cbr\u003eprogress of mankind from a savage to a civilized state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. One of the earliest as well as most notable of these conflicts of\u003cbr\u003ewhich we have an authentic account took place in Greece twenty-four\u003cbr\u003ehundred years ago, or five hundred years before the Christian era. At\u003cbr\u003ethat time nearly all of Europe was inhabited by rude barbarous tribes.\u003cbr\u003eIn all that broad land the arts and sciences which denote civilization\u003cbr\u003ehad made their appearance only in the small and apparently\u003cbr\u003einsignificant peninsula of Greece, lying on the extreme southeast\u003cbr\u003eborder adjoining Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. At a period before authentic history begins, it is probable that\u003cbr\u003eroving tribes of shepherds from the north took possession of the hills\u003cbr\u003eand valleys of Greece. Shut off on the north by mountain ranges, and\u003cbr\u003eon all other sides surrounded by the sea, these tribes were able to\u003cbr\u003emaintain a sturdy independence for many hundred years. The numerous\u003cbr\u003eharbors and bays which subdivide Greece invited to a maritime life,\u003cbr\u003eand at a very early time, the descendants of the original shepherds\u003cbr\u003ebecame skillful navigators and courageous adventurers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The voyages of Aeneas and Ulysses in the siege of Troy, and those\u003cbr\u003eof Jason in search of the golden fleece, and of Perseus to the court\u003cbr\u003eof King Minos, are the mythological accounts, embellished by\u003cbr\u003eimagination and distorted by time, of what were real voyages. Crossing\u003cbr\u003ethe Mediterranean, Grecian adventurers became acquainted with the\u003cbr\u003eEgyptians, then the most civilized people of the world; and from Egypt\u003cbr\u003ethey took back to their native country the germs of the arts and\u003cbr\u003esciences which afterward made Greece so famous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Thence improvements went forward with rapid strides. Hints received\u003cbr\u003efrom Egypt were reproduced in higher forms. Massive temples became\u003cbr\u003elight and airy, rude sculpture became beautiful by conforming to\u003cbr\u003enatural forms, and hieroglyphics developed into the letters which\u003cbr\u003eCadmus invented or improved. Schools were established, athletic sports\u003cbr\u003ewere encouraged, aesthetic taste was developed, until in the arts, in\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy, in science, and in literature the Greeks took the lead of\u003cbr\u003eall peoples.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152729981168,"sku":"2940013823990","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013823990_p0.jpg?v=1763595175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013823990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}