The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01

THE GREAT EVENTS - BY - FAMOUS HISTORIANS - A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS - NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL - ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D. - ASSOCIATE EDITORS - CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D. - With a staff of specialists - VOLUME 1 - The National Alumni

COPYRIGHT, 1905, - By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - VOLUME I

THE GREAT EVENTS - BY - FAMOUS HISTORIANS

General Introduction

AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE - TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF - THE GREAT EVENTS - A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN RACE, ITS ADVANCE IN KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION, AND THE BROAD WORLD MOVEMENTS WHICH HAVE SHAPED ITS DESTINY - CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. - CONTINUED THROUGH THE SUCCESSIVE VOLUMES AND COVERING THE SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF - THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS

AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE - TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF - THE GREAT EVENTS - (FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE OVERTHROW OF THE PERSIANS) - CHARLES F. HORNE

DAWN OF CIVILIZATION - B.C. 5867 - G.C.C. MASPERO

COMPILATION OF THE EARLIEST CODE - B.C. 2250 - HAMMURABI

THESEUS FOUNDS ATHENS - B.C. 1235 - PLUTARCH