A GENERAL HISTORY FOR COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS. BY P. V. N. MYERS, A.M.
TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE LIST OF MAPS GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
LIST OF COLORED MAPS.
GENERAL HISTORY. GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS.
PART I. ANCIENT HISTORY. SECTION I. THE EASTERN NATIONS. CHAPTER I. INDIA AND CHINA. 1. INDIA.
CHAPTER II. EGYPT. 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER III. CHALDAEA. 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER IV. ASSYRIA. 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER V. BABYLONIA.
CHAPTER VI. THE HEBREWS.
CHAPTER VII. THE PHOENICIANS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE PERSIAN EMPIRE 1. POLITICAL HISTORY.
SECTION II. GRECIAN HISTORY CHAPTER IX. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI. RELIGION OF THE GREEKS.
CHAPTER XII. AGE OF THE TYRANTS AND OF COLONIZATION: THE EARLY
CHAPTER XIII. THE GRAECO-PERSIAN WARS. (500-479 B.C.)
CHAPTER XIV. PERIOD OF ATHENIAN SUPREMACY. (479-431 B.C.)
CHAPTER XV. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: THE SPARTAN AND THE THEBAN
CHAPTER XVI. PERIOD OF MACEDONIAN SUPREMACY: EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER. (338-323 B.C.)
CHAPTER XVIII. GREEK ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTING.
CHAPTER XIX. GREEK LITERATURE. 1. EPIC AND LYRIC POETRY.
CHAPTER XX. GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE.
CHAPTER XXI. SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GREEKS.
SECTION III. ROMAN HISTORY. CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE EARLY ROMAN REPUBLIC: CONQUEST OF ITALY, (509-264 B.C.)
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR. (264-241 B.C.)
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE THIRD PUNIC WAR. (149-146 B.C.) EVENTS BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PUNIC WAR.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAST CENTURY OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. (133-31 B.C.)
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX. DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST;
CHAPTER XXXI. ARCHITECTURE, LITERATURE, LAW, AND SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE ROMANS. 1. ARCHITECTURE.
PART II. MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY. INTRODUCTION.
SECTION I. MEDIAEVAL HISTORY. FIRST PERIOD. THE DARK AGES.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE TEUTONIC KINGDOMS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONVERSION OF THE BARBARIANS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. FUSION OF THE LATIN AND TEUTONIC PEOPLES.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST.
CHAPTER XXXVI. MOHAMMED AND THE SARACENS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. CHARLEMAGNE AND THE RESTORATION OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE NORTHMEN.
CHAPTER XXXIX. RISE OF THE PAPAL POWER.
SECOND PERIOD. THE AGE OF REVIVAL. (FROM THE OPENING OF THE
CHAPTER XL. FEUDALISM AND CHIVALRY. 1. FEUDALISM.
CHAPTER XLI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII. SUPREMACY OF THE PAPACY: DECLINE OF ITS TEMPORAL POWER.
CHAPTER XLIV. CONQUESTS OF THE TURANIAN TRIBES.
CHAPTER XLV. GROWTH OF THE TOWNS: THE ITALIAN CITY-REPUBLICS.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING.
CHAPTER XLVII. GROWTH OF THE NATIONS. FORMATION OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND LITERATURES.
SECTION II. MODERN HISTORY. INTRODUCTION.
FIRST PERIOD. THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. (FROM THE
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE REFORMATION UNDER LUTHER.
CHAPTER XLIX. THE ASCENDENCY OF SPAIN. 1. REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. (1519-1556).
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI. THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS: RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. (1572-1609.)
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
SECOND PERIOD. THE ERA OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION. (FROM THE
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV. ENGLAND UNDER THE STUARTS: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION. (1603-1714.) I. THE FIRST TWO STUARTS.
CHAPTER LVI. THE RISE OF RUSSIA: PETER THE GREAT. (1682-1725.)
CHAPTER LVII. THE RISE OF PRUSSIA: FREDERICK THE GREAT. (1740-1786.)
CHAPTER LVIII. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (1789-1799.) 1. CAUSES OF
CHAPTER LIX. THE CONSULATE AND THE FIRST EMPIRE: FRANCE SINCE
CHAPTER LX. RUSSIA SINCE THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA.
CHAPTER LXI. GERMAN FREEDOM AND UNITY.
CHAPTER LXII. LIBERATION AND UNIFICATION OF ITALY.
CHAPTER LXIII. ENGLAND SINCE THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA.
CONCLUSION: THE NEW AGE.
Title: A General History for Colleges and High Schools
Author: P. V. N. Myers
Edition: 10
Language: English
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