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
- 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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