The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1

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General Introduction


An Outline Narrative of the Great Events
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

The Formation of the Castes in India (B.C. 1200)
GUSTAVE LE BON
W.W. HUNTER

Fall of Troy (B.C. 1184)
GEORGE GROTE

Accession of Solomon
Building of the Temple at Jerusalem (B.C. 1017)
HENRY HART MILMAN

Rise and Fall of Assyria
Destruction of Nineveh (B.C. 789)
F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER

The Foundation of Rome (B.C. 753)
BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR

Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital (B.C. 660)
SIR EDWARD REED
THE "NEHONGI"

The Foundation of Buddhism (B.C. 623)
THOMAS W. RHYS-DAVIDS

Pythian Games at Delphi (B.C. 585)
GEORGE GROTE

Solon's Early Greek Legislation (B.C. 594)
GEORGE GROTE

Conquests of Cyrus the Great (B.C. 550)
GEORGE GROTE

Rise of Confucius, the Chinese Sage (B.C. 550)
R.K. DOUGLAS

Rome Established as a Republic
Institution of Tribunes (B.C. 510-494)
HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL

The Battle of Marathon (B.C. 490)
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY

Invasion of Greece by Persians under Xerxes
Defence of Thermopylæ (B.C. 480)
HERODOTUS

Universal Chronology (B.C. 5867-451)
JOHN RUDD

The Rosetta Stone