A general history for colleges and high schools
By: by P.V.N. Myers
Publisher: Ginn
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 759
Subjects: World history; History; Antiquities
Description: Based on the author's Ancient History and Mediaeval and Modern history texts, this work was written to give a general view of world history which may be used by college or high school students.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: General introduction: The races and their early migrations; title: Part I. Ancient history; title: Part II. Mediaeval and modern history; title: Conclusion: The new age; title: Index, pronouncing vocabulary, and glossary.; title: Part I, Ancient history, Section I, The Eastern Nations. India and China. India ; China; title: Egypt. Political history ; arts and general culture; title: Assyria. Political history ; religion, arts and general culture; title: Babylonia; title: The Hebrews; title: the Phoenicians; title: The Persian Empire. Political history ; Government, religion and arts.; title: Part I, Ancient history, Section II, Grecian History. The land and the people; title: The legendary or heroic age; title: Religion of the Greeks; title: Age of the tyrants and of colonization: the early growth of Sparta and of Athens; title: The Graeco-Persian Wars; title: Period of Athenian supremacy; title: The Peloponnesian War: the Spartan and Theban supremacy; title: Period of Macedonian supremacy: Empire of Alexander; title: States formed from the Empire of Alexander; title: Greek architecture, sculpture and painting; title: Greek literature; title: Greek philosophy and science; title: Social life of the Greeks.; title: Part I, Ancient history, Section III, Roman History. The Roman Kingdom; title: The Early Roman Republic: conquest of Italy; title: The First Punic War; title: The Second Punic War; title: The Third Punic War; title: The last century of the Roman Republic; title: The Roman Empire (from 31 B.C. to A.D. 180); title: Decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the West (A.D. 180-476); title: Roman civilization. Architecture ; Literature, philosophy and law ; Social life.; title: Part II, Mediaeval and Modern History, Section I, Mediaeval History, First period, The Dark Ages. Migration and settlements of the Teutonic tribes; title: The conversion of the barbarians; title: Fusion of the Latin and Teutonic peoples; title: The Roman Empire in the East; title: Mohammed and the Saracens; title: Charlemagne and the Restoration of the Empire in the West; title: The Northmen; title: Rise of the Papal Power.; title: Part II, Mediaeval and Modern History, Section I, Mediaeval History, Second period, The Age of Revival. Feudalism and chivalry; title: The Norman conquest of England; title: The Crusades. Introductory causes of the Crusades ; The First Crusade ; The Second Crusade ; The Third Crusade ; The Fourth Crusade ; Close of the Crusades: their results; title: Supremacy of the Papacy: decline of its temporal power; title: Conquests of the Turanian Tribes; title: Growth of the towns: the Italian City-Republics; title: The revival of learning; title: Growth of the nations: formation of national governments and literatures. England ; France ; Spain ; Germany ; Russia ; Italy ; The Northern Countries.; title: Part II, Mediaeval and Modern History, Section II, Modern History, Third period, The era of Protestant Reformation (from the discovery of America to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648). The beginnings of reformation under Luther; title: The ascendency of Spain. Reign of the Emperor Charles V; title: Spain under Philipp II; title: The Tudors and the English reformation. Introductory ; The reign of Henry VII ; England severed from the Papacy by Henry VIII ; Changes in the Creed and Ritual under Edward VI ; Reaction under Mary ; Final establishment of Protestantism under Elizabeth; title: The revolt of the Netherlands: rise of the Dutch Republic; title: The Huguenot Wars in France; title: The Thirty Years' War.; title: Part II, Mediaeval and Modern History, Section II, Modern History, Fourth period, The Era of Political Revolution (from the Peace at Westphalia, in 1648, to the present time). The Ascendency of France under the Absolute Government of Louis XIV; title: England under the Stuarts: The English Revolution. The first two Stuarts ; The Commonwealth ; The restored Stuarts ; The Orange-Stuarts ; England under the earlier Hanoverians; title: The Rise of Russia: Peter the Great; title: The Rise of Prussia: Frederick the Great; title: The French Revolution. Causes of the Revolution: the States-General of 1789 ; The National or Constituent Assembly ; The Legislative Assembly ; The National Convention ; The Directory; title: The Consulate and the First Empire: France since the Second Restoration; title: Russia since the Congress of Vienna; title: German Freedom and Unity; title: Liberation and Unification of Italy; title: England since the Congress of Vienna. Progress towards Democracy ; Expansion of the Principle of Religious Equality ; Growth of the British Empire in the East.