General History for Colleges and High Schools
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- A GENERAL HISTORY FOR COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- PREFACE LIST OF MAPS GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS PART I.
- PART II. MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
- LIST OF COLORED MAPS.
- GENERAL HISTORY.
- GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS.
- RACES OF MANKIND, WITH CHIEF FAMILIES AND PEOPLES.
- PART I.
- SECTION I.—THE EASTERN NATIONS. CHAPTER I.
- 1. INDIA.
- 2. CHINA.
- CHAPTER II.
- 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
- 2. RELIGION, ARTS, AND GENERAL CULTURE.
- CHAPTER III.
- 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
- 2. ARTS AND GENERAL CULTURE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
- 2. RELIGION, ARTS, AND GENERAL CULTURE.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- HEBREW RELIGION AND LITERATURE.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
- 2. GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, AND ARTS.
- TABLE OF KINGS OF MEDIA AND PERSIA.
- SECTION II.—GRECIAN HISTORY
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- 1. AGE OF THE TYRANTS AND OF COLONIZATION.
- 2. THE GROWTH OF SPARTA.
- 3. THE GROWTH OF ATHENS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE AGE OF PERICLES (459-431 B.C.).
- CHAPTER XV.
- 1. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (431-404 B.C.).
- 2. THE SPARTAN AND THE THEBAN SUPREMACY.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF GRECIAN HISTORY TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- 1. ARCHITECTURE.
- 2. SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- 1. EPIC AND LYRIC POETRY.
- 2. THE DRAMA AND DRAMATISTS.
- 3. HISTORY AND HISTORIANS.
- 4. ORATORY.
- 5. THE ALEXANDRIAN AGE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- SCIENCE AMONG THE GREEKS.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- SECTION III. ROMAN HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE ROMAN RELIGION.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- SECESSION OF THE PLEBEIANS.
- WARS FOR THE MASTERY OF ITALY.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- ROME BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
- CARTHAGE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
- THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- EVENTS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.
- THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.
- WAR IN SPAIN.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST.
- FINAL PARTITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. (A.D. 395.)
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- 1. ARCHITECTURE.
- 2. LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND LAW.
- 3. SOCIAL LIFE.
- PART II.
- INTRODUCTION.
- SECTION I.—MEDIÆVAL HISTORY.
- FIRST PERIOD.—THE DARK AGES. (FROM THE FALL OF ROME, A.D. 476, TO THE ELEVENTH CENTURY.)
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- SECOND PERIOD.—THE AGE OF REVIVAL. (FROM THE OPENING OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS IN 1492.) CHAPTER XL.
- 1. FEUDALISM.
- 2. CHIVALRY.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- 1. INTRODUCTORY: CAUSES OF THE CRUSADES.
- 2. THE FIRST CRUSADE (1096-1099).
- 3. THE SECOND CRUSADE (1147-1149).
- 4. THE THIRD CRUSADE (1189-1192).
- 5. THE FOURTH CRUSADE (1202-1204).
- 6. CLOSE OF THE CRUSADES: THEIR RESULTS.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- 1. ENGLAND.
- 2. FRANCE.
- 3. SPAIN.
- 4. GERMANY.
- 5. RUSSIA.
- 6. ITALY.
- 7. THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES.
- SECTION II.—MODERN HISTORY.
- FIRST PERIOD.—THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. (FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA, IN 1648.) CHAPTER XLVIII.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- 1. REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. (1519-1556).
- 2. SPAIN UNDER PHILIP II. (1556-1598).
- CHAPTER L.
- 1. INTRODUCTORY.
- 2. THE REIGN OF HENRY VII. (1485-1509).
- 3. ENGLAND SEVERED FROM THE PAPACY BY HENRY VIII. (1509-1547).
- 4. CHANGES IN THE CREED AND RITUAL UNDER EDWARD VI. (1547-1553).
- 5. REACTION UNDER MARY (1553-1558).
- 6. FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANTISM UNDER ELIZABETH (1558-1603).
- CHAPTER LI.
- CHAPTER LII.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- SECOND PERIOD.—THE ERA OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION. (FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA IN 1648 TO THE PRESENT TIME.) CHAPTER LIV.
- CHAPTER LV.
- I. THE FIRST TWO STUARTS.
- II. THE COMMONWEALTH (1649-1660).
- III. THE RESTORED STUARTS.
- IV. THE ORANGE-STUARTS.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- 1. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION: THE STATES-GENERAL OF 1789.
- CHAPTER LIX.
- 1. THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE (1799-1815).
- 2. FRANCE SINCE THE SECOND RESTORATION (1815-).
- CHAPTER LX.
- CHAPTER LXI.
- CHAPTER LXII.
- CHAPTER LXIII.
- 1. PROGRESS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
- 2. EXPANSION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF RELIGIOUS EQUALITY.
- 3. GROWTH OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE EAST.
- CONCLUSION: THE NEW AGE.
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