{"product_id":"2940014714884","title":"A Manual of Ancient History [Illustrated]","description":"A MANUAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE CONSTITUTIONS, THE COMMERCE, AND THE COLONIES, OF THE STATES OF ANTIQUITY. SECOND EDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cbr\u003eGeneral geographical outline of Asia  \u003cbr\u003ePreliminary and General Observations upon the History and Constitution of the great Asiatic Empires  \u003cbr\u003eHistory of the ancient Asiatic kingdoms before the reign of Cyrus  \u003cbr\u003e    I. Assyrian monarchy  \u003cbr\u003e    II. Median monarchy  \u003cbr\u003e    III. Babylonian monarchy  \u003cbr\u003e    IV. States in Asia Minor  \u003cbr\u003e        1. Trojan empire  \u003cbr\u003e        2. Phrygian empire  \u003cbr\u003e        3. Lydian empire  \u003cbr\u003e    V. Phœnicia  \u003cbr\u003e    VI. Syrians  \u003cbr\u003e    VII. Jews  \u003cbr\u003e        1. Period of the Nomad state from Abraham till the conquest of Palestine  \u003cbr\u003e        2. Period of the federative republic  \u003cbr\u003e        3. Period of the monarchy from B. C. 1100 — 600  \u003cbr\u003e            The Jewish state as one single kingdom  \u003cbr\u003e            The Jewish state as a divided kingdom  \u003cbr\u003eAfrican Nations  \u003cbr\u003eGeneral geographical outline of Ancient Africa  \u003cbr\u003e    I. Egyptians  \u003cbr\u003e        1st Period. From the earliest times down to the Sesostridæ, about B. C. 1500  \u003cbr\u003e        2nd Period. From the Sesostridæ till the sole dominion of Psammetichus, B. C. 1500 — 650  \u003cbr\u003e        3rd Period. From the reign of Psammetichus to the Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, B. C. 650 — 525  \u003cbr\u003e    II. Carthaginians  \u003cbr\u003e        1st Period. From the foundation of Carthage to the wars with Syracuse, B. C. 880 — 480  \u003cbr\u003e        2nd Period. From the breaking out of the wars with Syracuse to the commencement of those with Rome, B. C. 480 — 264  \u003cbr\u003e        3rd Period. From the beginning of the wars with Rome to the downfal of Carthage, B. C. 264 — 146  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeographical outline of Greece  \u003cbr\u003e    1st Period. Traditional history down to the Trojan war, about B. C. 1200  \u003cbr\u003e    2nd Period. From the Trojan war to the breaking out of the Persian war, B. C. 1200 — 500  \u003cbr\u003eHistory of the Hellenic states within Greece  \u003cbr\u003e    General history  \u003cbr\u003e    Sparta  \u003cbr\u003e    Athens  \u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003e    IV. History of some smaller or more distant kingdoms and states formed out of the Macedonian monarchy  \u003cbr\u003e        The kingdom of Pergamus  \u003cbr\u003e        Bithynia  \u003cbr\u003e        Paphlagonia  \u003cbr\u003e        Pontus  \u003cbr\u003e        Cappadocia  \u003cbr\u003e        Armenia  \u003cbr\u003e        The kingdom of Parthia  \u003cbr\u003e        The kingdom of Bactria  \u003cbr\u003e        The restored kingdom of the Jews  \u003cbr\u003e            1. Under the Persians  \u003cbr\u003e            2. Under the Ptolemies and Seleucidæ  \u003cbr\u003e            3. Under the Maccabees  \u003cbr\u003e            4. Under the family of Herod  \u003cbr\u003e    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  \u003cbr\u003e    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  \u003cbr\u003e    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  \u003cbr\u003e    Period IV. History of the Roman state as a monarchy till the overthrow of the western empire, B. C. 30 — A. C. 476  \u003cbr\u003eGeographical outline. View of the Roman empire and provinces, and other countries connected with it by war or commerce  \u003cbr\u003e    1st Section. From Augustus Cæsar to the death of Commodus, B. C. 30 — A. C. 193  \u003cbr\u003e    2nd Section. From the death of Commodus to Diocletian, A. C. 193 — 284  \u003cbr\u003e    3rd Section. From Diocletian to the overthrow of the Roman empire in the west, A. C. 284 — 476  \u003cbr\u003eAppendix. Chronology of Herodotus from the time of Cyrus, according to Volney  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of Macedon  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Seleucidæ  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Ptolemies  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Jews  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of the Cæsars  \u003cbr\u003eGenealogical Table of the reigning houses of Constantine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eA. H. L. HEEREN; KNIGHT OF THE NORTH STAR AND GUELPHIC ORDER; AULIC COUNSELLOR AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GOETTINGEN; AND MEMBER OF SEVERAL OTHER LEARNED SOCIETIES.","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074070135024,"sku":"2940014714884","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014714884_p0.jpg?v=1763614552","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014714884","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}