The Historians’ History of the World, Volume 2

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Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943

Title

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

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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)

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English

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D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

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World history

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52177

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May 28, 2016

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
2. 2.Contributors, and Editorial Revisers.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PART IV.—ISRAEL — ISRAEL AS A WORLD INFLUENCE — A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF ISRAELITIC HISTORY TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM — DOUBTFUL TRADITIONS EXAMINED; MOSES — THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT — MOSES PROBABLY A CLAN NAME — THE FIRST MIGRATION FROM KADESH — HELP FROM MENEPTAH AND TEL-EL-AMARNA LETTERS — SAUL AND DAVID — DAVID RECOGNISED AS KING — DAVID’S CONQUESTS — REVOLT FROM DAVID — SOLOMON AND JEROBOAM — SOLOMON AND HIRAM — SOLOMON’S OPPONENTS — THE DIVIDED KINGDOM — JEROBOAM’S SUCCESSORS — THE MOABITE STONE — HEBREW RELATIONS WITH ASSYRIA AND ARAM — THE WORSHIP OF BAAL — REHOBOAM AND HIS SUCCESSORS — JEHU AND FOLLOWING KINGS — DECLINE AND FALL OF SAMARIA — ASSYRIAN OPPRESSION — LATER FORTUNES OF JUDAH — AHAZ AND ISAIAH — INVASION OF SENNACHERIB — JOSIAH; HIS RELATIONS TO NORTH ARABIA — JOSIAH’S SUCCESSORS AND THE KING OF MIZRAIM — OPERATIONS OF NEBUCHADREZZAR — FALL OF JUDAH; RISE OF A NEW JEWISH PEOPLE — CYRUS; AND THE LIBERATION — THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDÆ AS LORDS OF PALESTINE; THE MACCABEES — JUDAS ARISTOBULUS; END OF THE ASMONÆAN MONARCHY — ROMAN RULE; DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM — HEBREW HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SOURCES OF HEBREW HISTORY, THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — OUR SOURCES — THE AGE OF THE JUDGES (1180-1020 B.C. ) — THE MONARCHY TO THE DIVISION OF ISRAEL (1020-930 B.C. ) — THE DIVIDED KINGDOM — THE EXILE AND RESTORATION TO THE HEREDITARY HIGH PRIESTS (586-415 B.C. ) — THE HIGH PRIESTS TO THE MACCABÆAN RISING (415-167 B.C. ) — THE MACCABÆAN RISING TO THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (167 B.C. -70 A.D. ) — CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE — THE LAND — THE PEOPLE — CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY — THE AGE OF THE PATRIARCHS — EARLY MOVEMENTS OF THE ISRAELITES — THE EGYPTIAN SOJOURN — BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF MOSES AND THE EXODUS — ISRAEL’S EARLY NEIGHBOURS — THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN — CHAPTER III. THE JUDGES — CHAPTER IV. SAMUEL AND SAUL — SAMUEL AND SAUL — THE RISE OF DAVID — DAVID IN REVOLT AGAINST SAUL — THE DEATH OF SAUL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SUCCESSION — DAVID SECURES THE CROWN — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER V. DAVID’S REIGN — DAVID’S GREATNESS IN TIME OF PEACE — FURTHER WARS BREAK OUT — DAVID AND ABSALOM — RENAN’S ESTIMATE OF DAVID — CHAPTER VI. SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY — THE EARLY YEARS OF SOLOMON’S REIGN — CHAPTER VII. DECAY AND CAPTIVITY — THE SCHISM OF THE TEN TRIBES — THE MOABITE STONE — DESTRUCTION OF THE TWO KINGDOMS — THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VIII. THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY — THE PROPHECY OF THE RETURN — THE CONDITION OF THE EXILES — THE COMING OF CYRUS — THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM — THE WALLS UPRAISED AGAIN — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IX. FROM NEHEMIAH TO ANTIOCHUS — UNDER PERSIAN RULE — PERSIAN INFLUENCES ON JEWISH RELIGION — ALEXANDER THE GREAT — UNDER THE SELEUCIDS — THE SYRIAN DOMINION; ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT — ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES — JASON AND ANTIOCHUS TORMENT THE PEOPLE — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER X. THE MACCABÆAN WAR — INDEPENDENCE — CHAPTER XI. FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE ROMANS — THE WARRING SECTS — ANTIPATER — HEROD — CHAPTER XII. THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY — A CRITICAL VIEW OF CHRIST AND OTHER MESSIAHS — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MESSIANIC IDEA — CHAPTER XIII. THE REVOLT AGAINST ROME — THE DEFENCE OF JOTAPATA DESCRIBED BY JOSEPHUS — CHAPTER XIV. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM — JOSEPHUS’ ACCOUNT OF THE FAMINE — THE CLOSE OF JEWISH HISTORY — CHAPTER XV. HEBREW CIVILISATION — THE LIFE AND CUSTOMS OF THE ISRAELITES — HEBREW ART, ARCHITECTURE: THE TEMPLE, TOMBS, ETC. — CHAPTER XVI THE PROPHETS AND THE HISTORY OF SEMITIC STYLE — MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF STYLE — AN EXAMPLE FROM AMOS — AN EXAMPLE FROM EZEKIEL — THE SONG OF THE SWORD — STROPHE AND ANTISTROPHE DEFINED — AN EXAMPLE FROM ISAIAH — AN ASSYRIAN EXAMPLE — A BABYLONIAN EXAMPLE — EXAMPLES FROM THE KORAN — THE PREVALENCE OF STROPHIC FORM AND RESPONSION EXPLAINED — EXAMPLES FROM THE GREEK TRAGEDIES — SEMITIC INFLUENCE AND THE GREEK CHORUS — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. Land and People — Chapter II. Origin and Early History — Chapter III. The Judges — Chapter IV. Samuel and Saul — Chapter V. David’s Reign — Chapter VI. Solomon in his Glory — Chapter VII. Decay and Captivity — Chapter VIII. The Return from Captivity — Chapter IX. From Nehemiah to Antiochus — Chapter X. The Maccabæan War — Chapter XI. From the Maccabees to the Romans — Chapter XII. The Rise of Christianity — Chapter XIII. The Revolt Against Rome — Chapter XIV. The Fall of Jerusalem — Chapter XV. Hebrew Civilisation — Chapter XVI. The Prophets and the History of Semitic Style — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY; WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
5. 5.PART V.—PHŒNICIA — TABLE OF CONTENTS — INDIVIDUALITY OF PHŒNICIAN HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE NAME — PHŒNICIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SOURCES OF PHŒNICIAN HISTORY, THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — FIRST PERIOD—TO THE SUPREMACY OF TYRE (3800-1100 B.C. ) — SECOND PERIOD (1100-538 B.C. ) — THIRD PERIOD (538-332 B.C. ) — FOURTH PERIOD (332 B.C. -636 A.D. ) — FIFTH PERIOD (633-1516 A.D. ) — CARTHAGINIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE — FIRST PERIOD (813-410 B.C. ) — SECOND PERIOD (410-264 B.C. ) — THIRD PERIOD (264-146 B.C. ) — FOURTH PERIOD (146 B.C. -697 A.D. ) — CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE — ORIGIN OF THE PHŒNICIANS — CHAPTER II. EARLY HISTORY AND INFLUENCES — BEGINNINGS OF THE HISTORY AND CIVILISATION OF PHŒNICIA — THE COLONIES — VOYAGES AND TRADING-STATIONS — CHAPTER III. THE PHŒNICIAN TIME OF POWER — THE REIGN OF HIRAM I — THE SUCCESSORS OF HIRAM — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IV. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE PERSIANS — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER V. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE GREEKS, THE ROMANS, AND THE SARACENS — CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF CARTHAGE — THE SITE AND EARLY HISTORY OF CARTHAGE — MOMMSEN’S ACCOUNT OF CARTHAGE — WAR IN SICILY BETWEEN ROME AND CARTHAGE — ROME AND CARTHAGE — LAST DAYS OF CARTHAGE — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER VII. PHŒNICIAN COMMERCE — SEA TRADE — MANUFACTURES AND LAND TRADE OF THE PHŒNICIANS — SILVER AND GOLD IN ANTIQUITY AS MONEY — THE SLAVE TRADE OF PHŒNICIA — CHAPTER VIII. PHŒNICIAN CIVILISATION — THE PHŒNICIANS AND THE ALPHABET — MANNERS AND CUSTOMS; RELIGION — CULTURE; ART — THE PHŒNICIAN INFLUENCE ON HISTORY — APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS — “THE VOYAGE OF HANNO, BEYOND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN THE TEMPLE OF SATURN” — HIMILCO’S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY — POMPONIUS MELA ON THE PHŒNICIANS — APPIANUS ALEXANDRINUS ON THE FOUNDING OF CARTHAGE BY DIDO — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. Land and People — Chapter II. Early History and Influences — Chapter III. The Phœnician Time of Power — Chapter IV. Phœnicia Under the Persians — Chapter V. Phœnicia Under the Greeks, the Romans, and the Saracens — Chapter VI. The Story of Carthage — Chapter VII. Phœnician Commerce — Chapter VIII. Phœnician Civilisation — Appendix A. Classical Traditions — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHŒNICIAN HISTORY BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY; WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
6. 6.PART VI.—WESTERN ASIA — TABLE OF CONTENTS — THE POSITION OF ASIA MINOR IN HISTORY — HISTORY IN OUTLINE OF THE MINOR KINGDOMS OF WESTERN ASIA A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — THE HITTITES — THE KINGDOM OF MITANNI — THE ARAMÆANS — THE KINGDOM OF DAMASCUS — HAMATH AND ZOBAH — THE LESSER PEOPLES OF ASIA MINOR — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER I. THE HITTITES — RECENT HITTITE RESEARCH — THE HITTITES AND THE EGYPTIANS — THE HITTITES AND THE HEBREWS — HITTITE ART — HITTITE MONUMENTS IN ASIA MINOR — CHAPTER II. SCYTHIANS AND CIMMERIANS — THE SCYTHIANS — HERODOTUS ON THE CUSTOMS OF THE SCYTHIANS — THE CIMMERIANS — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER III. SOME PEOPLES OF SYRIA, ASIA MINOR, AND ARMENIA — THE ARAMÆANS — PHRYGIA — THE CAPPADOCIANS — THE CILICIANS — PAMPHYLIA AND PISIDIA — THE CARIANS — THE LYCIANS — THE MYSIANS — THE BITHYNIANS AND THE PAPHLAGONIANS — ARMENIA — CHAPTER IV. THE LYDIANS — THE LAND — THE PEOPLE — SARDIS AND THE NAME OF ASIA — EARLY HISTORY OF LYDIA — ARDYS — EARLY DYNASTIES — GYGES — THE TRIUMPH OF PERSIA — LYDIAN CIVILISATION — A PICTURE OF LIFE IN LYDIA — FOOTNOTES — APPENDIX A.—CLASSICAL TRADITIONS — JUSTIN’S ACCOUNT OF THE SCYTHIANS AND THE AMAZONS — POMPONIUS MELA ON THE SCYTHIANS AND OTHER TRIBES — DIODORUS ON THE AMAZONS AND THE HYPERBOREANS — HERODOTUS ON THE LEGENDARY GYGES — THE STORY OF CRŒSUS AS TOLD BY HERODOTUS — FOOTNOTES — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. The Hittites — Chapter II. Scythians and Cimmerians — Chapter III. Some Peoples of Syria, Asia Minor, and Armenia — Chapter IV. The Lydians — Appendix A. Classical Traditions — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF THE MINOR NATIONS OF WESTERN ASIA BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY
7. 7.PART VII.—ANCIENT INDIA — TABLE OF CONTENTS — INDIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY, COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SWEEP OF EVENTS AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — GRÆCO-BACTRIAN DOMINION IN THE INDUS REGION — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE — THE LAND — THE EARLY PEOPLES OF INDIA — CHAPTER II. INDIAN HISTORY—LEGEND AND REALITY — CHRONOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HINDUS — THE AUTHORITY OF THE VEDAS — MONUMENTAL RECORDS — LEGENDS OF THE EARLY HEROES — AN INSCRIPTION OF ASOKA — TRADITIONAL KINGS — BRAHMANIC LEARNING — THE EPOCHS OF INDIAN HISTORY — VEDIC PERIOD — THE BUDDHIST PERIOD — CHANDRA GUPTA — TWELVE CENTURIES OF OBSCURITY — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER III. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS — DIVISION AND EMPLOYMENT OF CLASSES — THE PROPERTY OF THE BRAHMAN — THE DESPISED SUDRA — MIXTURE OF CLASSES — THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE — HINDU COMMERCE — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IV. BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM — THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BRAHMANISM — BUDDHISM — THE ACTUAL PIETY OF THE HINDUS AND THE HINDU SEPARATION OF RELIGION FROM FINE MORALS — FOOTNOTES — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. Land and People — Chapter II. Indian History—Legend and Reality — Chapter III. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Hindus — Chapter IV. Brahmanism and Buddhism — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN HISTORY BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY
8. 8.PART VIII.—ANCIENT PERSIA — TABLE OF CONTENTS — PERSIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE A PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPRISING A CURSORY VIEW OF THE SWEEP OF EVENTS, AND A TABLE OF CHRONOLOGY — THE MEDIAN OR SCYTHIAN EMPIRE — THE PERSIAN EMPIRE — CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE — RACIAL AND DYNASTIC ORIGINS — THE LAND — THE PEOPLE — CHARACTER OF THE EMPIRE OF THE ACHÆMENIDES — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER II. THE MEDIAN OR SCYTHIAN EMPIRE — THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MEDIAN EMPIRE ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS — THE MEDIAN EMPIRE: A MODERN INTERPRETATION — NEW LIGHT ON THE MEDES — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER III. THE EARLY ACHÆMENIANS AND THE ELAMITES, CYRUS AND CAMBYSES — THE DEATH OF CYRUS — CHARACTER AND INFLUENCE OF CYRUS — CAMBYSES — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER IV. THE PERSIAN DYNASTY: DARIUS I TO DARIUS III — DARIUS I — XERXES I — THE SUCCESSORS OF XERXES — DARIUS II — ARTAXERXES II — ARTAXERXES III — THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE — THE OLD ORIENT AT THE END OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE — FOOTNOTES — CHAPTER V. PERSIAN CIVILISATION — RELIGION AND SOCIAL ORDERS — ORGANISATION OF THE PERSIAN COURT — ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVINCES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; SATRAPS — MILITARY METHODS — THE FINE ARTS — BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS — Chapter I. Land and People — Chapter II. The Median or Scythian Empire — Chapter III. The Early Achæmenians and the Elamites, Cyrus and Cambyses — Chapter IV. The Persian Dynasty: Darius I to Darius III — Chapter V. Persian Civilisation — A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PERSIAN HISTORY BASED ON THE WORKS QUOTED, CITED, OR EDITORIALLY CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT HISTORY.

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