{"product_id":"2940016405704","title":"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes I-II","description":"This edition features  \u003cbr\u003e • two complete books  \u003cbr\u003e • linked Tables of Contents  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eA COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS  \u003cbr\u003eVOLUME I  \u003cbr\u003eGeneral Introduction  \u003cbr\u003eAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE  \u003cbr\u003eDawn of Civilization (B.C. 5867) G.C.C. MASPERO  \u003cbr\u003eCompilation of the Earliest Code (B.C. 2250) HAMMURABI  \u003cbr\u003eTheseus Founds Athens (B.C. 1235) PLUTARCH  \u003cbr\u003eThe Formation of the Castes in India (B.C. 1200) GUSTAVE LE BON, W.W. HUNTER  \u003cbr\u003eFall of Troy (B.C. 1184) GEORGE GROTE  \u003cbr\u003eAccession of Solomon, Building of the Temple at Jerusalem (B.C. 1017) HENRY HART MILMAN  \u003cbr\u003eRise and Fall of Assyria, Destruction of Nineveh (B.C. 789) F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER  \u003cbr\u003eThe Foundation of Rome (B.C. 753) BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR  \u003cbr\u003ePrince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital (B.C. 660) SIR EDWARD REED, THE \"NEHONGI\"  \u003cbr\u003eThe Foundation of Buddhism (B.C. 623) THOMAS W. RHYS-DAVIDS  \u003cbr\u003ePythian Games at Delphi (B.C. 585) GEORGE GROTE  \u003cbr\u003eSolon's Early Greek Legislation (B.C. 594) GEORGE GROTE  \u003cbr\u003eConquests of Cyrus the Great (B.C. 550) GEORGE GROTE  \u003cbr\u003eRise of Confucius, the Chinese Sage (B.C. 550) R.K. DOUGLAS  \u003cbr\u003eRome Established as a Republic, Institution of Tribunes (B.C. 510-494) HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL  \u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Marathon (B.C. 490) SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY  \u003cbr\u003eInvasion of Greece by Persians under Xerxes, Defence of Thermopylæ (B.C. 480) HERODOTUS  \u003cbr\u003eUniversal Chronology (B.C. 5867-451) JOHN RUDD  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II  \u003cbr\u003eAn Outline Narrative of the Great Events, CHARLES F. HORNE  \u003cbr\u003eInstitution and Fall of the Decemvirate in Rome (B.C. 450), HENRY G. LIDDELL  \u003cbr\u003ePericles Rules in Athens (B.C. 444), PLUTARCH  \u003cbr\u003eGreat Plague at Athens (B.C. 430), GEORGE GROTE  \u003cbr\u003eDefeat of the Athenians at Syracuse (B.C. 413), SIR EDWARD S. CREASY  \u003cbr\u003eRetreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (B.C. 401-399), XENOPHON  \u003cbr\u003eCondemnation and Death of Socrates (B.C. 399), PLATO  \u003cbr\u003eBrennus Burns Rome (B.C. 388), BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR  \u003cbr\u003eTartar Invasion of China by Meha (B.C. 341), DEMETRIUS CHARLES BOULGER  \u003cbr\u003eAlexander Reduces Tyre, Later Founds Alexandria (B.C. 332), OLIVER GOLDSMITH  \u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Arbela (B.C. 331), SIR EDWARD S. CREASY  \u003cbr\u003eFirst Battle Between Greeks and Romans (B.C. 280-279), PLUTARCH  \u003cbr\u003eThe Punic Wars (B.C. 264-219-149), FLORUS  \u003cbr\u003eBattle of the Metaurus (B.C. 2O7), SIR EDWARD S. CREASY  \u003cbr\u003eScipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal at Zama and Subjugates Carthage (B.C. 202), LIVY  \u003cbr\u003eJudas Maccabaeus Liberates Judea (B.C. 165-141), JOSEPHUS  \u003cbr\u003eThe Gracchi and Their Reforms (B.C. 133), THEODOR MOMMSEN  \u003cbr\u003eCaesar Conquers Gaul (B.C. 58-50), NAPOLEON III  \u003cbr\u003eRoman Invasion and Conquest of Britain (B.C. 55-A.D. 79), OLIVER GOLDSMITH  \u003cbr\u003eCleopatra's Conquest of Caesar and Antony (B.C. 51-30), JOHN P. MAHAFFY  \u003cbr\u003eAssassination of Caesar (B.C. 44), NIEBUHR PLUTARCH  \u003cbr\u003eRome Becomes a Monarchy, Death of Antony and Cleopatra (B.C. 44-30), HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL  \u003cbr\u003eGermans under Arminius Revolt Against Rome (A.D. 9), SIR EDWARD S. CREASY  \u003cbr\u003eUniversal Chronology (B.C. 450-A.D. 12), JOHN RUDD","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156583727344,"sku":"2940016405704","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016405704_p0.jpg?v=1763635595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016405704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}