A Manual of Ancient History

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Author

Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig), 1760-1842

Title

A Manual of Ancient History Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity

Credits

E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Geography, Ancient

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39747

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39747

Release Date

May 21, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( http://archive.org/details/americana ) — A MANUAL — OF — ANCIENT HISTORY,
2. 2.THE CONSTITUTIONS, THE COMMERCE, AND THE COLONIES, OF THE STATES OF ANTIQUITY. — BY A. H. L. HEEREN; — Translated from the German. — THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED. — OXFORD: PUBLISHED BY D. A. TALBOYS. M DCCC XXXIII.
3. 3.TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE — TO THIS EDITION. — PROFESSOR HEEREN'S WORKS.
4. 4.PREFACE — TO THE FIRST EDITION.
5. 5.PREFACE — TO THE SECOND AND FOLLOWING EDITIONS.
6. 6.CONTENTS. — MANUAL — OF — ANCIENT HISTORY.
7. 7.INTRODUCTION. — MANUAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY. — THE FIRST BOOK.
8. 8.I.—ASIATIC NATIONS. — General Preliminary Remarks on the Geography of Asia. — General Preliminary Observations upon the History and Constitution of the great Asiatic Empires. — Fragments of the History of the ancient Asiatic Kingdoms previous to Cyrus. — I. The Jewish state as one single kingdom from 1100 (1095)—975. — II. The Jewish state as a divided kingdom, 975—588.
9. 9.II. AFRICAN NATIONS. — General Geographical Outline of Ancient Africa. — EGYPTIANS. — FIRST PERIOD. — From the earliest times down to the Sesostridæ, about B. C. 1500. — SECOND PERIOD. — From the Sesostridæ until the sole dominion of Psammetichus. B. C. 1500—650. — THIRD PERIOD. — From the reign of Psammetichus as sole monarch to the Persian conquest of Egypt by Cambyses. B. C. 650—525. — CARTHAGINIANS. — FIRST PERIOD. — From the foundation of Carthage to the wars with Syracuse, B. C. 880—480. — SECOND PERIOD. — From the breaking out of the wars with Syracuse, to the commencement of those with Rome, B. C. 480—264. — THIRD PERIOD. — From the beginning of the wars with Rome, to the downfal of Carthage, B. C. 264—146. — SECOND BOOK. — History of the Persian Empire, from B. C. 560—330. — THIRD BOOK. — HISTORY OF THE GRECIAN STATES. — Geographical Outline.
10. 10.FIRST PERIOD. — Principal data for the history of the separate tribes in this period.
11. 11.SECOND PERIOD. — 1. History of the Hellenic states within Greece. — Principal data for the history of the smaller states. — 2. History of the Grecian Colonies.
12. 12.THIRD PERIOD. — FOURTH BOOK. — HISTORY OF THE MACEDONIAN MONARCHY.
13. 13.FIRST PERIOD.
14. 14.SECOND PERIOD.
15. 15.THIRD PERIOD. — FIFTH BOOK. — HISTORY OF THE ROMAN STATE.
16. 16.FIRST PERIOD.
17. 17.SECOND PERIOD.
18. 18.THIRD PERIOD.
19. 19.FOURTH PERIOD.
20. 20.FIRST SECTION.
21. 21.SECOND SECTION.
22. 22.THIRD SECTION.
23. 23.APPENDIX. — I. THE REIGNING HOUSES OF MACEDON. — II. GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE SELEUCIDÆ. — III. GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE PTOLEMIES. — IV. THE REIGNING HOUSES OF THE JEWS. — V. GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE CÆSARS. — VI. GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE.

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