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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1

Author: Various

Editor: Rossiter Johnson, Charles Horne And John Rudd

Release Date: July 24, 2005 [EBook #16352]

Language: English

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THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A 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

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

_With a staff of specialists_

_VOLUME 1_

The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

CONTENTS

VOLUME I

_General Introduction_

_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_
CHARLES F. HORNE

_Dawn of Civilization_ (_B.C. 5867_)
G.C.C. MASPERO

_Compilation of the Earliest Code_ (_B.C. 2250_)
HAMMURABI

_Theseus Founds Athens_ (_B.C. 1235_)
PLUTARCH

_The Formation of the Castes in India_ (_B.C. 1200_)
GUSTAVE LE BON
W.W. HUNTER

_Fall of Troy_ (_B.C. 1184_)
GEORGE GROTE

_Accession of Solomon_
_Building of the Temple at Jerusalem_ (_B.C. 1017_)
HENRY HART MILMAN

_Rise and Fall of Assyria_
_Destruction of Nineveh_ (_B.C. 789_)
F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER

_The Foundation of Rome_ (_B.C. 753_)
BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR

_Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital_ (_B.C. 660_)
SIR EDWARD REED
THE "NEHONGI"

_The Foundation of Buddhism_ (_B.C. 623_)
THOMAS W. RHYS-DAVI