Henry Smith Williams

Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.

KEY TO THE AUTHORITIES.

CONTENTS

PART I. PROLEGOMENA BOOK I. HISTORY, HISTORIANS, AND THE

EGYPT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introductory Essay. Egypt as a

MESOPOTAMIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introductory Essay. The

Transcriber’s Note: As a result of editorial shortcomings in the original, some reference letters in the text don’t have matching entries in the reference-lists, and vice versa.

THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD

THE HISTORIANS’
HISTORY
OF THE WORLD

A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations
as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of
all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished
board of advisers and contributors,
by

HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, LL.D.

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME I—PROLEGOMENA; EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA

1905

Copyright, 1904,
By HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS.

All rights reserved.

Press of J. J. Little & Co.
New York, U. S. A.