The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History
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THE WORLD'S
GREATEST
BOOKS
JOINT EDITORS
ARTHUR MEE
Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge
J.A. HAMMERTON
Editor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopædia
VOL. XI
ANCIENT HISTORY
MEDIÆVAL HISTORY
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Ancient History
GASTON MASPERO
The Dawn of Civilisation
I.--The Nile and Egypt
II.--The Gods of Egypt
III.--Legendary History of Egypt
IV.--Political Constitution of Egypt
V.--The Memphite Empire
VI.--The First Theban Empire
VII.--Ancient Chaldæa
VIII.--The Temples and the Gods of Chaldæa
IX.--Chaldæan Civilisation
The Struggle of the Nations
I.--The Chaldæan Empire and the Hyksos
II.--Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
III.--The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty
IV.--The Last Days of the Theban Empire
V.--The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
The Passing of the Empires
I.--The Assyrian Revival
II.--To the Destruction of Babylon
III.--The Crisis of the Assyrian Power
IV.--Fall of Media and Chaldæa
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
The Antiquities of the Jews
I.--From Alexander to Antiochus
II.--To the Death of Judas
III.--To the Roman Dominion
IV.--The Jews and the Romans
V.--The Herodian Era
The Wars of the Jews
I.--Beginning of the Great Conflict
II.--The Gathering of Great Storms
III.--Judea in Rebellion Against Rome
IV.--Vespasian and Josephus
V.--The Prelude to the Great Siege
VI.--The Siege and Fall of Jerusalem
HENRY MILMAN, D.D.
History of the Jews
I.--Dissolution of the Jewish States
II.--Judaism and Christianity
III.--The Golden Age of Judaism
IV.--The Iron Age of Judaism
V.--The Jews in England
HERODOTUS
History
I.--The Rise of Persian Power
II.--Wars of Egypt and Persia
III.--Persian Arms in Europe
IV.--Marathon and Thermopylæ
V.--Destruction of the Persian Hosts
THUCYDIDES
The Peloponnesian War
I.--The Beginning of the War
II.--Early Successes of Athens
III.--Victories of Lacedæmon
IV.--The Disaster of Syracuse
XENOPHON
Anabasis
I.--The Going-up of Cyrus
II.--The Homeward March
III.--The Sea! The Sea!
IV.--The End of the Expedition
GEORGE GROTE
History of Greece
I.--Early History
II.--The Struggles of Athens and Sparta
III.--The Blotting Out of Hellas
HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN
Troy and Its Remains
I.--Searching for the Site of Troy
II.--Trojan Life and Civilisation
III.--Homeric Legends Verified
JULIUS CÆSAR
Commentaries on the Gallic War
I.--Subduing Celtic Gaul
II.--Taming the Rebellious Belgæ
III.--War by Land and Sea in Gaul
IV.--The First Landing in Britain
V.--Cæsar on the Thames
TACITUS
Annals
I.--Emperor and Nephew
II.--The Development of Despotism
III.--Morbid Tyrant and Dotard
IV.--The Infamies of Nero
SALLUST
The Conspiracy of Catiline
I.--The Plotting
II.--The Downfall
EDWARD GIBBON
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--I
I.--Rome, Mistress of the World
II.--The Seeds of Dissolution
III.--An Empire at Auction
IV.--Tyranny and Disaster
V.--Restorers of the Roman World
VI.--Reign of the Six Emperors
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--II
I.--Decay of the Empire under Constantine
II.--The Division of East and West
III.--Ruin by Goth, Vandal, and Hun
IV.--The Last Emperor of the West
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--III
I.--The Growth of the Christian Church
II.--The Days of Persecution
III.--The Church under Constantine
IV.--The Conversion of the World
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--IV
I.--Theodoric the Ostrogoth
II.--Justinian the Great
III.--Gothic Italy
IV.--Gregory the Great
V.--The New Era of Charlemagne
THEODOR MOMMSEN
History of Rome
I.--The Description of Italy
II.--The Revolution
III.--Pompey and Cæsar
Mediæval History
EDWARD GIBBON
The Holy Roman Empire
I.--Birth and Sway of the Empire
II.--Latin Rulers of Constantinople
III.--End of the Roman World
IV.--The Great Siege of Constantinople
FRANÇOIS GUIZOT
History of Civilisation in Europe
I.--The Nature of Civilisation
II.--Feudalism
III.--The Church
IV.--The Towns
V.--The Crusades
VI.--The Age of Centralisation
VII.--The Spiritual Revolt
VIII.--The Political Revolt
HENRY HALLAM
View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages
I.--France
II.--Italy and Spain
III.--The German Empire and the Papacy
IV.--England
V.--Europe
STANLEY LANE-POOLE
Egypt in the Middle Ages
I.--A Province of the Caliphate
II.--Turkish Governors
III.--The Fatimid Caliphs
IV.--The House of Saladin
V.--The Mamluks
RAPHAEL HOLINSHED
Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
I.--Master Holinshed to his Good Lord and Master, Sir William Brooke, Knight
II.--Some Account of the Historie of Britaine
III.--Of King Richard, the First, and his Journie to the Holie Land
IV.--Of King Richard's Captivitie
V.--Of Good Queen Elisabeth, and How She Came into Her Kingdom
EDWARD A. FREEMAN
The Norman Conquest of England
Preliminary Events
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
History of England
I.--The Condition of England
II.--The Fall of Wolsey's Policy
Anne Boleyn
Protestantism
Edward's Guardian
The Reign of Terror
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