THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZINGTHE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVESIN 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 MOSTDISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEFINTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATEDNARRATIVES, 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

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