ment persecutes the Nestorians and Jews, i. 385.
Suppression of medicine, i. 386.

Cabanis, quoted on the influence of the Jews, ii. 120.

Cabot, Sebastian, rediscovers Newfoundland, and attempts to
find a north-west passage to China, ii. 174.

Cabral discovers Brazil, ii. 174.

Cadesia, effect of the battle of, i. 335.

Caesalpinus first gives a classification of plants, ii. 390.

Caesar becomes master of the world, i. 248.

Calico printing, antiquity of the art, and how improved, ii. 386.

Caligula, Emperor, an adept in alchemy, i. 407.

Calixtus III., Pope, issues his fulminations against Halley's
comet, ii. 253.

Callimachus, author of a treatise on birds, and a poet, i. 201.

Callisthenes accompanies Alexander the Great in his campaigns, i. 172.
Is hanged by his orders, i. 174.
Transmits to Aristotle records of astronomical observations, i. 192.

Calvin establishes a new religious sect, ii. 211.
Causes Servetus to be burnt as a heretic, ii. 225.

Calydonian boar, hide of, preserved as a relic, i. 51.

Cambyses conquers Egypt, i. 79, 186.

Canal of Egypt, reopened by Necho, i. 78.
A warning from the oracle of Amun causes Necho to stop the
construction of, i. 93.
Cleared again from sand, i. 325.

Canals the precursors of railways, ii. 387.
Of China, their influence, ii. 400.

Cannibalism of Europe, i. 32.

Canonic of Epicurus, imperfection of, i. 167.

Canosa, scene at, the King of Germany seeking pardon of the
Pope, ii. 19.

Cape of Good Hope, doubled by Vasco de Gama, ii. 168.
First made known in Europe by the Jews, ii. 175.

Caracalla, alluded to in the reply of the Christians to the
Pagans, i. 302.

Carat, its derivation and signification, ii. 44.

Carneades, the founder of the New Academy, his doctrines, i. 169.

Carthage, description of, i. 129.
Its conquest contemplated by Alexander the Great, i. 174.
Most effectually controlled by invading Africa, i. 245.
Heraclius contemplates making it the metropolis of the Eastern
empire, i. 329.
Stormed and destroyed by Hassan, i. 334.

Carthaginian commerce, nature, and extent of, i. 130.

"Carolinian Books" published by Charlemagne, against image
worship, i. 372.

Caspian and Dead Seas, level of, ii. 305.

Castelli assists in the verification of the laws of motion, ii. 271.
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