The world's leading conquerors

About this eBook

Author

Bevan, Wilson Lloyd, 1866-1935

Title

The world's leading conquerors : Alexander the Great, Cæsar, Charles the Great, the Ottoman sultans, the Spanish conquistadors, Napoleon

Original Publication

New York: H. Holt and company, 1913.

Credits

Brian Wilson, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Kings and rulers

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74652

Release Date

October 28, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.THE WORLD’S LEADING CONQUERORS
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE
8. 8.CONTENTS
9. 9.PORTRAITS
10. 10.I INTRODUCTORY
11. 11.II THE CONQUEST OF GREECE
12. 12.III THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA
13. 13.IV THE INVASION OF INDIA
14. 14.V ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE
15. 15.I CÆSAR’S BEGINNINGS
16. 16.II ALLIANCE WITH POMPEIUS AND CRASSUS
17. 17.III THE CONQUEST OF GAUL
18. 18.IV THE BREAK WITH POMPEIUS AND THE SENATE
19. 19.V CÆSAR SUPREME
20. 20.I INTRODUCTORY
21. 21.II CONSOLIDATION OF RULE
22. 22.III THE CONQUEST OF THE SAXONS
23. 23.IV OTHER MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS
24. 24.V THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE
25. 25.VI CLOSING YEARS
26. 26.VII THE CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE
27. 27.VIII CAROLINGIAN CULTURE
28. 28.IX ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
29. 29.X THE CHURCH
30. 30.XI THE EMPIRE WITHOUT AND WITHIN
31. 31.I OSMAN
32. 32.II MURAD I
33. 33.III BAJESID
34. 34.IV MURAD II
35. 35.V MOHAMMED II
36. 36.VI SELIM AND SOULIMAN
37. 37.VII THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMANS
38. 38.I THE SPANIARD AND THE NEW WORLD
39. 39.II THE CAREER OF CORTEZ
40. 40.III THE INCAS
41. 41.IV PIZARRO
42. 42.I EARLY YEARS
43. 43.II ITALY AND EGYPT
44. 44.III THE FALL OF THE DIRECTORY
45. 45.IV THE FIRST CONSUL
46. 46.V THE INAUGURATION OF THE EMPIRE
47. 47.VI AT THE ZENITH OF POWER
48. 48.VII THE BEGINNING OF THE END
49. 49.VIII DEFEAT AND EXILE
50. 50.IX THE NAPOLEONIC REGIME
51. 51.INDEX
52. 52.Untitled
53. 53.Untitled
54. 54.Untitled
55. 55.Untitled
56. 56.Untitled
57. 57.Untitled
58. 58.Untitled
59. 59.Untitled
60. 60.Transcriber’s Notes:

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