The Historians’ History of the World, Volume 1

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Editor

Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943

Title

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 01 : Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia

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Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

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D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51514

Release Date

March 20, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
2. 2.Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
3. 3.KEY TO THE AUTHORITIES.
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.PART I. PROLEGOMENA — BOOK I. HISTORY, HISTORIANS, AND THE WRITING OF HISTORIES — CHAPTER I SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS — CHAPTER II MATERIALS FOR THE WRITING OF HISTORY — CHAPTER III THE METHODS OF THE HISTORIANS — CHAPTER IV WORLD HISTORIES — CHAPTER V THE PRESENT HISTORY — BOOK II. A GLIMPSE INTO THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY — CHAPTER II COSMOGONY—ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD — CHAPTER III COSMOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY—ANCIENT AND MODERN IDEAS — CHAPTER IV THE ANTIQUITY OF THE EARTH AND OF MAN — CHAPTER V THE RACES OF MAN AND THE ARYAN QUESTION — CHAPTER VI ON PREHISTORIC CULTURE
6. 6.EGYPT — TABLE OF CONTENTS — EGYPT AS A WORLD INFLUENCE A CHARACTERISATION OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY — EGYPTIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SOURCES OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY, THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — THE OLD MEMPHIS KINGDOM — THE OLD THEBAN (MIDDLE) KINGDOM — THE NEW THEBAN KINGDOM — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER I. THE EGYPTIAN RACE AND ITS ORIGIN — THE COUNTRY AND ITS INHABITANTS — PREHISTORIC EGYPT — CHAPTER II. THE OLD MEMPHIS KINGDOM — The First Dynasty Thinites — The Second Dynasty Thinites — The Third Dynasty Memphites — THE PYRAMID DYNASTY — A MODERN ACCOUNT OF THE PYRAMIDS — THE BUILDERS OF THE PYRAMIDS — THE BEAUTIFUL NITOCRIS — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER III. THE OLD THEBAN KINGDOM — THE ELEVENTH DYNASTY — THE VOYAGE TO PUNT — THE TWELFTH DYNASTY — MONUMENTS OF THE TWELFTH DYNASTY: A CLASSICAL VIEW — THE RUINS OF KARNAK — THE FALL OF THE THEBAN KINGDOM — THE FOREIGN RULE — THE HYKSOS RULE; THE SEVENTEENTH DYNASTY — CHAPTER IV. THE RESTORATION — [ XVIIIth Dynasty : ca. 1635-1365 B.C. ] — THE HYKSOS EXPULSION: AAHMES AND HIS SUCCESSORS — TEHUTIMES II; QUEEN HATSHEPSU — TRIUMPHS OF TEHUTIMES III; HIS SUCCESSORS — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER V. THE XIXTH DYNASTY — KING SETI — RAMSES II, THE GREAT — THE WAR-POEM OF PENTAUR — THE KINGDOM OF THE KHETA AND THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY — DEATH OF RAMSES II — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VI. THE FINDING OF THE ROYAL MUMMIES — HOW CAME THESE MONARCHS HERE? — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VII. THE PERIOD OF DECAY [ XIXth-XXVth Dynasties : ca. 1285-655 B.C. ] — MENEPTAH — FROM SETNEKHT TO RAMSES VIII AND MERI-AMEN MERI-TMU — THE SORROWS OF A SOLDIER — EGYPT UNDER THE DOMINION OF MERCENARIES — THE ETHIOPIAN CONQUEST — TABLE OF CONTEMPORANEOUS DYNASTIES — CHAPTER VIII. THE CLOSING SCENES — PSAMTHEK — THE GOOD KING SABACH [SHABAK] AND PSAMMETICHUS — THE RESTORATION IN EGYPT — THE PERSIAN CONQUEST AND THE END OF EGYPTIAN AUTONOMY — THE ATROCITIES OF CAMBYSES — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IX. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EGYPTIANS — THE POSITION OF THE KING — WEAPONS OF WAR — BATTLE METHODS — SOCIAL CUSTOMS — THE EGYPTIANS AS SEEN BY HERODOTUS — HOMES OF THE PEOPLE — CHAPTER X. THE EGYPTIAN RELIGION — RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND OFFERINGS — GIFTS AND RICHES OF TEMPLES — DIODORUS ON ANIMAL WORSHIP — A MODERN ACCOUNT OF THE WORSHIP OF APIS, THE SACRED BULL — THE METHODS OF EMBALMING THE DEAD — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER XI. EGYPTIAN CULTURE — THE HIEROGLYPHICS — “BY WHAT CHARACTERS, PICTURES, AND IMAGES, THE LEARNED EGIPTIANS EXPRESSED THE MYSTERIES OF THEIR MINDES — THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX — LITERATURE — THE CASTAWAY: A TALE OF THE TWELFTH DYNASTY — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER XII. CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY — APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS — ANOTHER ANCIENT ACCOUNT OF THE NILE — A GREEK VIEW OF THE ORIGINS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY — APPENDIX B. THE PROBLEM OF EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY — MANETHO’S TABLE OF THE EGYPTIAN DYNASTIES — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. The Egyptian Race and Its Origin — Chapter II. The Old Memphis Kingdom — Chapter III. The Old Theban Kingdom — Chapter IV. The Restoration — Chapter V. The Nineteenth Dynasty — Chapter VI. The Finding of the Royal Mummies — Chapter VII. The Period of Decay — Chapter VIII. The Closing Scenes — Chapter IX. Manners and Customs of the Egyptians — Chapter X. The Egyptian Religion — Chapter XI. Egyptian Culture — Appendix A. Classical Traditions — Appendix B. The Problem of Egyptian Chronology — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY, WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
7. 7.MESOPOTAMIA — TABLE OF CONTENTS — THE RELATIONS OF BABYLONIA WITH OTHER SEMITIC COUNTRIES — MESOPOTAMIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SOURCES OF MESOPOTAMIAN HISTORY AND OF THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — OUR SOURCES FOR MESOPOTAMIAN HISTORY — THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF BABYLONIA — THE KINGDOM OF KENGI — THE KINGDOM OF KISH — THE KINGDOM OF GISHBAN — THE KINGDOM OF SHIRPURLA — THE KINGDOM OF UR (THE BIBLICAL “UR OF THE CHALDEES”) Ist DYNASTY — THE KINGDOM OF GUTI AND LULUBI — THE KINGDOM OF AGADE — THE SECOND DYNASTY OF UR — THE KINGDOM OF ERECH — THE KINGDOM OF ISIN — THE THIRD DYNASTY OF UR — THE KINGDOM OF LARSA — THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON — THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE — THE NEW EMPIRE OF BABYLON 606-538 B.C. — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE — THE LAND — ORIGINAL PEOPLES OF BABYLON: THE SUMERIANS — THE SEMITIC BABYLONIANS — THE ORIGINAL HOME OF THE BABYLONIAN SEMITE — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER II. OLD BABYLONIAN HISTORY — THE BEGINNINGS OF HISTORY — THE RULERS OF SHIRPURLA — KINGS OF KISH AND GISHBAN — THE FIRST DYNASTY OF UR — KINGS OF AGADE — THE KINGS OF UR — ACCESSION OF A SOUTH ARABIAN DYNASTY — THE KASSITE DYNASTY — ASSYRIAN CONQUEST OF BABYLON — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER III. THE RISE OF ASSYRIA — LAND AND PEOPLE — ASSYRIAN CAPITALS: ASSHUR AND NINEVEH — THE RISE OF ASSYRIA — THE FIRST GREAT ASSYRIAN CONQUEROR — THE REIGN AND CRUELTY OF ASSHURNAZIRPAL — SHALMANESER II AND HIS SUCCESSORS — TIGLATHPILESER III (745-727 B.C. ) — SHALMANESER IV — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IV. FOUR GENERATIONS OF ASSYRIAN GREATNESS (722-626 B.C. ) — SENNACHERIB — ESARHADDON AND ASSHURBANAPAL — ESARHADDON’S REIGN (681-668 B.C. ) — ASSHURBANAPAL’S EARLY YEARS (668-652 B.C. ) — THE BROTHERS’ WAR (652-648 B.C. ) — THE LAST WARS OF ASSHURBANAPAL (648-626 B.C. ) — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER V. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA — LAST YEARS AND FALL OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE (626-609 B.C. ) — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VI. RENASCENCE AND FALL OF BABYLON — CONTEMPORARY CHRONOLOGY — NABOPOLASSAR AND NEBUCHADREZZAR — THE FOLLOWERS OF NEBUCHADREZZAR — THE REIGN OF NABONIDUS (556-538 B.C. ) — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF BABYLONIA-ASSYRIA — WAR METHODS — OUR SOURCES — ASSYRIAN WAR COSTUMES AND WAR METHODS — THE ARTS OF PEACE IN BABYLONIA-ASSYRIA — BABYLON AND ITS CUSTOMS DESCRIBED BY AN EYE-WITNESS — A LATER CLASSICAL ACCOUNT OF BABYLON — THE COMMERCE OF THE BABYLONIANS — SHIPS AMONG THE ASSYRIANS — LAWS OF THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS — Sale of a Slave — Sale of a Slave — Sale of a House — THE CODE OF KHAMMURABI — The Discovery of the Code — Miscellaneous Regulations — Regulations concerning Slaves — Provisions concerning Robbery — Concerning Leases and Tillage — Concerning Canals — Commerce, Debt — Domestic Legislation, Divorce, Inheritance — Laws concerning Adoption — Laws of Recompense — Regulations concerning Physicians and Veterinary Surgeons — Illegal Branding of Slaves — Regulations concerning Builders — Regulations concerning Shipping — Regulations concerning the Hiring of Animals, Farming, Wages, etc. — Regulations concerning the Buying of Slaves — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VIII. THE RELIGION OF THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS — THE ASSYRIAN STORY OF THE CREATION — THE BABYLONIAN RELIGION — THE EPIC OF GILGAMISH — ISHTAR’S DESCENT INTO HADES — CHAPTER IX. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN CULTURE — LITERATURE AND SCIENCE — Epistolary Literature — ART — ASSYRIAN ART — ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE AND THE EVOLUTION OF ART — A CLASSICAL ESTIMATE OF CHALDEAN PHILOSOPHY AND ASTROLOGY — THE BABYLONIAN YEAR — THE BABYLONIAN DAY AND ITS DIVISION INTO HOURS — ASSYRIAN SCIENCE — FOOTNOTES — APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS — THE CREATION AND THE FLOOD, DESCRIBED BY POLYHISTOR — OTHER CLASSICAL FRAGMENTS — Of the Chaldean Kings and the Deluge — Of the Tower of Babel — Of Abraham [?] — Of Nabonassar — Of the Destruction of the Jewish Temple — Of Nebuchadrezzar — Of the Chaldean Kings after Nebuchadrezzar — Of the Feast of Sacea — A Fragment of Megasthenes Concerning Nebuchadrezzar — NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS — SEMIRAMIS BUILDS A GREAT CITY — SEMIRAMIS BEGINS A CAREER OF CONQUEST — SEMIRAMIS INVADES INDIA — ANOTHER VIEW OF SEMIRAMIS — REIGN OF NINYAS TO SARDANAPALUS — THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH — FOOTNOTES — APPENDIX B. EXCAVATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA, AND THEIR RESULTS — THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND M. BOTTA’S FIRST DISCOVERY — LAYARD’S DISCOVERIES AT NINEVEH — LATER DISCOVERIES IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA — THE RESULTS OF THE EXCAVATIONS — TREASURES FROM NINEVEH — THE LIBRARY OF A KING OF NINEVEH — HOW THE ASSYRIAN BOOKS WERE READ — FOOTNOTES — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. Land and People — Chapter II. Old Babylonian History — Chapter III. The Rise of Assyria — Chapter IV. Four Generations of Assyrian Greatness — Chapter V. The Decline and Fall of Assyria — Chapter VI. Renascence and Fall of Babylon — Chapter VII. Manners and Customs of Babylonia-Assyria — Chapter VIII. The Religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians — Chapter IX. Babylonian and Assyrian Culture — Appendix A. Classical Traditions — Appendix B. Excavations in Mesopotamia and Their Results — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MESOPOTAMIAN HISTORY BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY, WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

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