History of Ancient Civilization

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Author

Seignobos, Charles, 1854-1942

Credits

Produced by Thierry Alberto, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

CB: History: History of civilization

Subject

Civilization -- History

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Text

eBook-No.

17720

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17720

Release Date

February 9, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION — BY
2. 2.CHARLES SEIGNOBOS — ( All rights reserved ) — EDITOR'S NOTE — CONTENTS — CHAPTER I ToC — THE ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION — PREHISTORIC ARCHÆOLOGY — THE ROUGH STONE AGE — POLISHED STONE AGE — THE AGE OF BRONZE — THE IRON AGE — CONCLUSIONS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER II ToC — HISTORY AND THE RECORDS — HISTORY — SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PEOPLES — RACES AND PEOPLES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER III ToC — ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST — THE EGYPTIANS — THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE — THE ARTS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER IV ToC — ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS — CHALDEA — THE ASSYRIANS — THE BABYLONIANS — CUSTOMS AND RELIGION — ARTS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER V ToC — THE ARYANS OF INDIA — THE ARYANS — PRIMITIVE RELIGION OF THE HINDOOS — THE BRAHMANIC SOCIETY — BUDDHISM — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VI ToC — THE PERSIANS — THE RELIGION OF ZOROASTER — THE PERSIAN EMPIRE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VII ToC — THE PHŒNICIANS — THE PHŒNICIAN PEOPLE — PHŒNICIAN COMMERCE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VIII ToC — THE HEBREWS — ORIGIN OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE — THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL — THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL — THE PROPHETS — THE JEWISH PEOPLE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER IX ToC — GREECE AND THE GREEKS — THE PEOPLE — THE HELLENES BEYOND SEA — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER X ToC — GREEK RELIGION — THE HEROES — WORSHIP — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XI ToC — SPARTA — THE PEOPLE — EDUCATION — THE INSTITUTIONS OF SPARTA — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XII ToC — ATHENS — THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE — THE ATHENIAN PEOPLE — THE GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS — PRIVATE LIFE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIII ToC — WARS OF THE GREEKS — THE PERSIAN WARS — STRIFE AMONG THE GREEK STATES — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIV ToC — THE ARTS IN GREECE — ATHENS AT THE TIME OF PERICLES — LETTERS — THE ARTS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XV ToC — THE GREEKS IN THE ORIENT — ASIA BEFORE ALEXANDER — CONQUEST OF ASIA BY ALEXANDER — THE HELLENES IN THE ORIENT — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVI ToC — THE LAST YEARS OF GREECE — DECADENCE OF THE GREEK CITIES — THE ROMAN CONQUEST — THE HELLENES IN THE OCCIDENT — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVII ToC — ROME — ANCIENT PEOPLES OF ITALY — THE ETRUSCANS — THE ITALIAN PEOPLE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — ROMAN RELIGION — THE FAMILY — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIX ToC — THE ROMAN CITY — FORMATION OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE — THE ROMAN PEOPLE — THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XX ToC — ROMAN CONQUEST — THE ROMAN ARMY — CHARACTER OF THE CONQUEST — ROMAN WARFARE — EFFECTS OF ROMAN CONQUEST — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXI ToC — THE CONQUERED PEOPLES — THE PROVINCIALS — SLAVERY — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXII ToC — TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE IN ROME — CHANGES IN RELIGION — CHANGES IN MANNERS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXIII ToC — FALL OF THE REPUBLIC — DECADENCE OF REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS — THE REVOLUTION — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXIV ToC — THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT — THE TWELVE CÆSARS — THE CENTURY OF THE ANTONINES — IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION — SOCIAL LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXV ToC — THE ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ROME — LETTERS — THE ARTS — THE LAW — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVI ToC — THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION — ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY — THE FIRST CENTURIES OF THE CHURCH — THE MONKS OF THE THIRD CENTURY — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVII ToC — THE LATER EMPIRE — THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE THIRD CENTURY — THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LATER EMPIRE — THE CHURCH AND THE STATE — FOOTNOTES: — APPENDIX — REFERENCES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING — PREHISTORIC TIMES — EGYPT — BABYLON AND ASSYRIA — INDIA — PERSIA — THE PHŒNICIANS — THE HEBREWS — GREECE — ROME — Copyright, 1906, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS — Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited Tavistock Street, London

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