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Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading

Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading

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Author
Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
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Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Jim OConnor and Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
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D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
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World history
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8896
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8896
Release Date
September 1, 2005
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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.OUTLINES OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
  2. 2.PREFACE. — PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. — CONTENTS. — INTRODUCTION — PART I. ANCIENT HISTORY. — SECTION II. THE EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS. — DIVISION II. EUROPE. — SECTION I. GRECIAN HISTORY. — PERIOD I. GREECE PRIOR TO THE PERSIAN WARS. — PERIOD II. THE FLOURISHING ERA OF GREECE. — PERIOD III. THE MACEDONIAN ERA. — SECTION II. ROMAN HISTORY. — PERIOD I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS AND THE PATRICIANS (753-304 B.C.). — PERIOD II. TO THE UNION OF ITALY (304-264 B.C.). — PERIOD III. THE PUNIC WARS. — PERIOD V. THE IMPERIAL MONARCHY. — PART II. MEDIAEVAL HISTORY. — PERIOD I. TO THE CARLOVINGIAN LINE OF FRANK RULERS (A.D. 375-751). — PERIOD II. FROM THE CARLOVINGIAN LINE OF FRANK KINGS TO THE ROMANO-GERMANIC EMPIRE (A.D. 751-962). — PERIOD III. FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMANO-GERMANIC EMPIRE TO THE END OF THE CRUSADES (A.D. 962-1270). — PERIOD IV. FROM THE END OF THE CRUSADES TO THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A.D. 1270-1453): THE DECLINE OF ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY: THE GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT AND OF MONARCHY. — PART III. MODERN HISTORY. — PERIOD II. THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION (1517-1648). — PERIOD IV. THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1815). — PERIOD V. FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE PRESENT TIME. — LIST OF MAPS.
  3. 3.UNIVERSAL HISTORY. — INTRODUCTION. — ETHNOLOGY. — MYTHOLOGY. — PREHISTORIC TIMES. — ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY. — MEDIAEVAL AND LATER MODERN HISTORY.
  4. 4.PART I. ANCIENT HISTORY. — FROM THE BEGINNING OF AUTHENTIC HISTORY TO THE MIGRATIONS OF THE TEUTONIC TRIBES (A.D. 375).
  5. 5.DIVISION I. — ORIENTAL HISTORY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. CHINA.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. INDIA. — BUDDHISM.
  8. 8.CHAPTER I. EGYPT.
  9. 9.CHAPTER II. — ASSYRIA AND BABYLON. — I. THE OLD KINGDOM OF BABYLON. — II. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE. — III. THE NEW BABYLONIAN EMPIRE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER III. THE PHOENICIANS AND CARTHAGINIANS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV. THE HEBREWS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER V. THE PERSIANS. — RETROSPECT.
  13. 13.DIVISION II. EUROPE.
  14. 14.SECTION I. GRECIAN HISTORY. — DIVISIONS OF GREEK HISTORY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER I. THE PREHISTORIC AGE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER II. THE FORMATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER I. THE PERSIAN WARS.
  18. 18.CHAPTER II. THE ASCENDENCY OF ATHENS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER III. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR. — I. TO THE PEACE OF NICIAS (421 B.C.). — II. THE INFLUENCE OF ALCIBIADES. — III. THE FALL OF ATHENS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER IV. RELATIONS WITH PERSIA.—THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN HEGEMONY.
  21. 21.CHAPTER I. PHILIP AND ALEXANDER.
  22. 22.CHAPTER II. THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER. — I. THE KINGDOM OF THE PTOLEMIES. — II. MACEDON AND GREECE. — III. THE SYRIAN KINGDOM. — MACEDONIAN ROYAL HOUSES
  23. 23.SECTION II. ROMAN HISTORY. — INTRODUCTION.
  24. 24.CHAPTER I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS (753-509 B.C.).
  25. 25.CHAPTER II. ROME UNDER THE PATRICIANS (509-304 B.C.).
  26. 26.CHAPTER I. CONQUEST OF THE LATINS AND ITALIANS (304-282 B.C.).
  27. 27.CHAPTER II. — WAR WITH PYRRHUS AND UNION OF ITALY (282-264 B.C.).
  28. 28.CHAPTER I. THE FIRST AND SECOND PUNIC WABS (264-202 B.C.).
  29. 29.CHAPTER II. CONQUEST OF MACEDONIA: THE THIRD PUNIC WAR: THE DESTRUCTION OF CORINTH (202-146 B.C.).
  30. 30.CHAPTER I. THE GRACCHI: THE FIRST MITHRIDATIC WAR: MARIUS AND SULLA (146-78 B.C.).
  31. 31.CHAPTER II. POMPEIUS AND THE EAST: TO THE DEATH OF CRASSUS (78-53 B.C.).
  32. 32.CHAPTER III. POMPEIUS AND CAESAR: THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER I. THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS. — THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY. — THE JULIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE.
  34. 34.THE CLAUDIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE.
  35. 35.CHAPTER II. THE EMPERORS OF THE AUGUSTAN HOUSE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER III. THE FLAVIANS AND THE ANTONINES.
  37. 37.CHAPTER IV. THE EMPERORS MADE BY THE SOLDIERS: THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY. — I. EMPERORS MADE BY THE SOLDIERS. — II. THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY (TO A.D. 375). — THE DOWNFALL OF HEATHENISM. — THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE.
  38. 38.PART II. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY. — INTRODUCTION.
  39. 39.CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE: THE TEUTONIC CONFEDERACIES. — THE THEODOSIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE
  40. 40.CHAPTER II. THE TEUTONIC MIGRATIONS AND KINGDOMS.
  41. 41.CHAPTER III. THE EASTERN EMPIRE.
  42. 42.CHAPTER IV. MOHAMMEDANISM AND THE ARABIC CONQUESTS. — THE CARLOVINGIAN HOUSE — RIVAL KINGS OF FRANCE NOT OF THE CARLOVINGIAN LINE.
  43. 43.CHAPTER I. THE CARLOVINGIAN EMPIRE TO THE DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE (A.D. 814).
  44. 44.CHAPTER II. DISSOLUTION OP CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE: RISE OF THE KINGDOMS OF FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY.
  45. 45.CHAPTER III. INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN AND OTHERS: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. — THE NORTHMEN IN ENGLAND AND ITALY. — I. THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. — EFFECT OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST. — II. THE NORMANS IN ITALY AND SICILY. — THE NORMANS. — THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. — THE SAXON, FRANCONIAN, AND HOHENSTAUFEN IMPERIAL HOUSES.
  46. 46.CHAPTER I. THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE EMPIRE: TO THE CRUSADES, A.D. 1096. — I. KINGS AND EMPERORS OF THE SAXON HOUSE (918-1024). — II. THE FRANCONIAN OR SALIAN EMPERORS (1024-1125).
  47. 47.CHAPTER II. THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE CHURCH: TO THE END OF THE CRUSADES, A.D. 1270. — GENEALOGY OF THE WELFS. — FRANCE.—DESCENDANTS OF HUGH CAPET — ENGLAND.—FROM THE CONQUEST TO EDWARD I.
  48. 48.CHAPTER III. ENGLAND AND FRANCE: THE FIRST PERIOD OF THEIR RIVALSHIP (1066-1217).
  49. 49.CHAPTER IV. RISE OF THE BURGHER CLASS: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF THE CRUSADES. — FRANCE.—THE HOUSE OF VALOIS. — ENGLAND.—DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD I
  50. 50.PERIOD IV. FROM THE END OF THE CRUSADES TO THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE. ( A.D. 1270-1453 .) — THE DECLINE OP ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY: THE GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT AND OF MONARCHY.
  51. 51.CHAPTER I. ENGLAND AND FRANCE: SECOND PERIOD OP RIVALSHIP: THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1339-1453).
  52. 52.THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: — PERIOD I. (TO THE PEACE OF BRÉTIGNY. 1360). — THE HOUSE OF VALOIS.
  53. 53.THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: — PERIOD II. (TO THE PEACE OF TROYES, 1420).
  54. 54.THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR: — PERIOD III. (TO THE END, 1463). — MILAN.—THE VISCONTI AND SFORZA.
  55. 55.THE THREE NORTHERN KINGDOMS BEFORE THE UNION OF CALMAR.
  56. 56.CHAPTER II. GERMANY: ITALY: SPAIN: THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES: POLAND AND RUSSIA: HUNGARY: OTTOMAN TURKS: THE GREEK EMPIRE. — I. GERMANY. — II. ITALY. — III. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. — IV. THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. — V. POLAND AND RUSSIA. — VI. HUNGARY. — VII. THE OTTOMAN TURKS.
  57. 57.CHAPTER III. THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN ASIA. — I. CHINA. — II. JAPAN. — III. INDIA.
  58. 58.PART III. MODERN HISTORY. — INTRODUCTION. — THE CONSOLIDATION OF MONARCHY: INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE.
  59. 59.CHAPTER I. FRANCE: ENGLAND: SPAIN: GERMANY: ITALY: THE OTTOMAN TURKS: RUSSIA: THE INVASIONS OF ITALY. — I. FRANCE. — II. ENGLAND. — III. SPAIN. — IV. GERMANY AND THE EMPIRE. — THE MEDICI. — V. ITALY. — THE OTTOMAN SULTANS. — VI. THE OTTOMAN TURKS. — RUSSIA. — VII. RUSSIA. — VIII. FRENCH INVASIONS OF ITALY. — ENGLAND.—THE TUDORS AND STUARTS.
  60. 60.CHAPTER II. INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE.
  61. 61.PERIOD II. THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION. (1517-1648) — INTRODUCTION.
  62. 62.CHAPTER I. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, TO THE TREATY OF NUREMBERG (1517-1532).
  63. 63.CHAPTER II. THE REFORMATION IN TEUTONIC COUNTRIES: SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, ENGLAND.
  64. 64.CHAPTER III. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, FROM THE PEACE OF NUREMBERG TO THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG (1532-1555).
  65. 65.CHAPTER IV. CALVINISM IN GENEVA: BEGINNING OF THE CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION.
  66. 66.CHAPTER V. PHILIP II., AND THE BEVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS.
  67. 67.CHAPTER VI. THE CIVIL WARS IN FRANCE, TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IV. (1610).
  68. 68.CHAPTER VII. THE THIRTY-YEARS' WAR, TO THE PEACE OP WESTPHALIA (1618-1648). — SECOND STAGE IN THE WAR (1629-1632).
  69. 69.FRANCE.—THE BOURBON KINGS.
  70. 70.THIRD STAGE IN THE WAR (1632-1648).
  71. 71.CHAPTER VIII. SECOND STAGE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND: TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH (1547-1603).
  72. 72.CHAPTER IX. THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE COMMONWEALTH (1603-1658).
  73. 73.CHAPTER X. COLONIZATION IN AMERICA: ASIATIC NATIONS; CULTURE AND LITERATURE (1517-1648). — COLONIZATION IN AMERICA. — SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE.
  74. 74.ASIATIC NATIONS. — I. CHINA. — II. JAPAN. — III. INDIA. — INTRODUCTION.
  75. 75.CHAPTER I. THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE: FIRST PART OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697): THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION OF 1688.
  76. 76.CHAPTER II. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (TO THE PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713); DECLINE OF THE POWER OF FRANCE: POWER AND MARITIME SUPREMACY OF ENGLAND.
  77. 77.CHAPTER III. THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR: THE FALL OP SWEDEN: GROWTH OF THE POWER OF RUSSIA.
  78. 78.CHAPTER IV. WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION; GROWTH OP THE POWER OF PRUSSIA: THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND.
  79. 79.CHAPTER V. CONTEST OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA: WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
  80. 80.CHAPTER VI. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION. — LITERATURE. — II. GERMANY. — III. ITALY. — IV. ENGLAND. — V. AMERICA. — NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. — RELIGION AND THEOLOGY. — ESSAYS AT POLITICAL REFORM.
  81. 81.PERIOD IV. THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (1789-1815.) — INTRODUCTION.
  82. 82.CHAPTER I. FROM THE ASSEMBLING OF THE STATES GENERAL TO THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. (1789-1793).
  83. 83.CHAPTER II. FROM THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. TO THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE (JAN. 21, 1793-JULY 27, 1794). — THE BONAPARTES
  84. 84.CHAPTER III. FROM THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE TO THE EMPIRE OF NAPOLEON (1794-1804).
  85. 85.CHAPTER IV. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIBE TO THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1804-1812).
  86. 86.CHAPTER V. FROM THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1812) TO THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1814-15).
  87. 87.CHAPTER VI. AMERICAN HISTORY IN THIS PERIOD (1789-1815).
  88. 88.CHAPTER VII. LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (1789-1815).
  89. 89.PERIOD V. FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE PRESENT TIME. — INTRODUCTION.
  90. 90.CHAPTER I. EUROPE, FROM THE CONGRESS OP VIENNA (1815) TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1830.
  91. 91.CHAPTER II. EUROPE FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 TO THE REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH OF 1848.
  92. 92.CHAPTER III. EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 TO THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (1866).
  93. 93.CHAPTER IV. EUROPE, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR TO THE END OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (1866-1871).
  94. 94.CHAPTER V. EUROPE, THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC, AND THE UNION OF ITALY (1871-).
  95. 95.CHAPTER VI. THE UNITED STATES (1815-1890): MEXICO: SOUTH AMERICAN STATES: EASTERN ASIA. — MEXICO. — SOUTH AMERICA. — CHINA AND JAPAN.
  96. 96.CHAPTER VII. THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
  97. 97.CHAPTER VIII. DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: SCIENCE AND LITERATURE: PROGRESS OF HUMANE SENTIMENT: PROGRESS TOWARD THE UNITY OF MANKIND. — PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE. — PHILANTHROPIC REFORM. — PROGRESS TOWARDS THE UNITY OF MANKIND.

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