Xerxes, Makers Of History
by Jacob Abbott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
- Title
- Xerxes Makers of History
- Credits
- Produced by D. Alexander 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
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Iran -- History -- To 640
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 25351
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25351
- Release Date
- May 6, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Makers of History — Xerxes — BY JACOB ABBOTT
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.ENGRAVINGS.
- 6.The Mother of Xerxes. — B.C. 522–484
- 7.Egypt and Greece. — B.C. 484
- 8.Debate on the Proposed Invasion Of Greece. — B.C. 481
- 9.Preparations for the Invasion Of Greece. — B.C. 481
- 10.Crossing the Hellespont. — B.C. 480
- 11.The Review of the Troops at Doriscus. — B.C. 480
- 12.The Preparations of the Greeks for Defense. — B.C. 480
- 13.The Advance of Xerxes into Greece. — B.C. 480
- 14.The Battle of Thermopylæ. — B.C. 480
- 15.The Burning of Athens. — B.C. 480
- 16.The Battle of Salamis. — B.C. 480
- 17.The Return of Xerxes To Persia. — B.C. 480
- 18.Footnotes — Transcriber's Notes
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