Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations

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Book First-ancient History The Earliest Ages

1. Antediluvian History,

2. The Dispersion of Mankind,

ORIENTAL NATIONS.

1. China,

2. India,

5. Assyria and Babylonia,

4. Egypt,

5. Pholnicia,

6. The Hebrews or Israelites,

1. The Patriarchs, .

2. The Hebrews in Egypt,

3. The Exodus of the Israelites,

4. The Period of the fudges,

5. The Reign of Saul,

6. The Reign of David,

7. The Reign of Solomon, .

8. The Kingdom of Israel,

9. The Kingdom of fudah,

7. Media and Persia,

HISTORY OF GREECE.

1 Geography of Ancient Greece,

2 Grecian Mythology, 3. Legendary Period of Greece,

1 . Early Settlements in Greece,

2. The Heroic Age, ....

3. The Amphictyonic Council and the Olympic Festival,

4. Greek Colonies, .... ( The Period of the Lawgivers,

1. Lycurgus, the Spartan Lawgiver,

2. The Messenian Wars,

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3. Draco and Solon, the Lawgivers of Athens ,

4. The Tyrants of Athens,

5. The Seven Wise Men of Greeee, ^. TitF Flourishing Period ok Grkece,

2. Affairs of Athens and Sparta, . . <.

3. The Peloponnesian War,

4. Retreat of the Ten Thousand and Peace of Antalcidas.

5. The Olynthian and Theban Wars, . 6 The Macedonian Period, ....

1. Philip of Macedon, ....

2. Alexander the Great, .... 3 Antipater and Alexander'' s Successors,

4. The Achaian League and the Fall of Greece,

5. The Ptolemies, the Seleucidce, and the Maccabees,

HISTORY OF ROME.

1. Ancient Italy, .....

2. Rome under the Kings,

2. The Successors of Romulus, . %. The Roman Republic, ....

1. Wars with the Etruscans and with Porsenna,

2. Contests between the Patricians and the Plebeians,

3. Conquest of Veii and the Invasion of the Gauls,

4. The Laws of Caius Licinius Stolo,

5. Wars with the Samnites and the Latins,

6. The War with Pyrrhus, ....

7. The First Punic War, . .

8. lllyrian and Gallic Wars,

9. The Second Punic War,

10. Macedonian^ Syrian, and Grecian Wars,

11. The Third Punic War,

12. Roman Conquest of Spain,

13. Sedition of the Gracchi,

14. Age of Caius Marius and Cornelius Sylla,

15. Civil War of Marius and Sylla,

1 6. Age of Cnicus Pompey and Julius Casar, 17 Civil War of Pompey and Co: sar,

18. C(tsar''s Dictatorship, • . . .

19. Mark Antony and Octavius Ctrsar, .

20. Civil War of Octavius and Antony, 4 The Roman Empire, ....

I. The Reigns of the Ctesars,

1. The Reign of Augustus, .

2. Reign of Tiberius, ....

3. Reign of Caligula,

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4. Reign of Claudius, .

5. Reigii of Nero, .

6. Reign of Galba,

7. Reign of Otho, .

8. Reign of Vitellius, .

9. Reign of Vespasian,

10. Rt ign of Titus,

11. Reign of Domitian,

2 The Five Good Emperors,

I. Reign of Nerva, ,

2 Reign of Trajan,

3. Reign of Adrian,

4. Reign of Antoninus Pius, .

5. Reign of Marcus Aurelius,

3 The Period of Military Despotism,

1 . Reign of Commodus,

2. Reign of Pertinax, .

3. Reign of Didius Julianus,

4. Reign of Septimius Severus,

5. Reign of Caracalla,

6. Reign of Macrinus, ,

7. Reign of Heliogabalus, .

8. Reign of Alexander Severus,

9. Reign of Maximin,

10. Reign of Gordian, . .

11. Reign of Philip,

12. Reign of Decius,

13. Reign of Gall us,

14. Reign of Valerian, .

15. Reign of Gallienus,

16. Reign of Flavius Claudius, .

17. Reign of Aurelian,

18. Reign of Tacitus,

19. Reign of Probus, .

20. Reign of Carus,

21. Reign of Diocletian,

22. Reign of Con,stantine the Great,

23. Reign of Constantius II.,

24. Reign of Julian the Apostate,

25. Reign of Jovian, 4, Barbarian Inroads and Fall of the Western

1. Reign of Valentinian and Valens

2. Reign of Theodosius the Great,

3. Reign of Ilonorius,

4. Reign of Valentinian III.,

5. Reign of Maximus,

6. The Last Roman Emperors of the West,

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Book Second-the Middle Ages. The Dark Ages

I r.MY AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE,

I. [taiy under the Heruli and the Ostrogoths, 2 The Byzantine Empire under Justinian, 3. The Lombard Kingdom in Northern Italy,

T:iE Angles and Saxons in Britain, .

The Saracen Empire,

1. Mohammed, ....

2. Mohammed^ s Successors,

1. Keign of Abubekir,

2. Reign of Omar, . .

3. Reign of Olhman,

4. Reign of Ah,

5. Reigns of the Ominiyades,

6. Reigns of the Abbassides, The Frank Empire,

1. The Reigns of the Merovingians,

2. The Reigns of the Carlovingians,

1. Reign of Pepin the Little, .

2. Reign of Charlemagne, .

3. Charlemagne's Successors, . .

Bardarian Ravages in Europe,

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS.

1. The Feudal System,

2. Chivalry,

3. The Papacy and Hierarchy,

4. MoNACHISM,

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THE CRUSADES.

The First Crusade, The Second Crusade, .

The Third Crusade, The Fourth Crusade. .

The Fifth Crusade, The Sixth Crusade, 1 HE Seventh Crusade, Consequences of the Crusades,

LATIN STATES.

Italian States,

1. The Papal States of Rome,

2. The Duchy of Milan,

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J. The Republic of Venice,

4. The Republic of Genoa, ,

5. The Republic of Florence,

fj. The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, 3 Kingdom of France,

1. Carlovingian Kings of France, .

2. France tinder House of Capet,

1. Reign of Hugh Capet,

2. Reign of Robert,

3 Reign of Henry I., .

4. Reign of Philip I.,

5. Reign of Louis VI.,

6. Reign of Louis VIL,

7. Reign of Philip Augustus, .

8. Reign of Louis VHL, .

9. Reign of Louis IX., or St. Louis,

10. Reign of Philip the Hardy,

11. Reign of Philip the Fair,

12. Reign of Louis X.,

13. Reign of Philip the Tall,

14. Reign of Charles the Fair,

3. France under the House of Valois,

1. Reign of Philip of Valois,

2. Reign of John the Good,

3. Reign of Charles the Wise,

4. Reign of Charles VI.,

5. Reign of Charles the Victorious,

6. Reign of Louis XL,

7. Reign of Charles the Courteous,

8. Reign of Louis XII., J. Iberian Kingdoms,

I. The Holy Roman Empire of Germany, .

1 . Carlovingian Sovereigns of Germany,

2. Germany under the Saxon attd Frankish Emperors

1. Reign of Conrad I., of Franconia,

2. Reign of Henry the Fowler,

3. Reign of Otho the Great,

4. Reign of Otho II., .

5. Reign of Otho III.,

6. Reign of Henry the Saint, .

7. Reign of Conrad II.,

8. Reign of Henry III., Q. Reign of Henry IV., .

10. Reign of Henry V.,

11. Reign of Lothaire the Saxon,

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3. Germany under the Hohenstauffens, I. Reign of Conrad III., . 2 Reign of Fretleric Barbarossa,

3. Reign of Henry VI.,

4. Reign of Olho IV. and Philip of Swabia,

5. Reign of Frederic II., . 4 The hiterrei^iium, t,, Eviperors of Different Houses,

1. Reign of Rodolph of Hapsburg,

2. Reign of Adolph of Nassau,

3. Reign of Albert of Austria, .

4. Reign of Henry VII., of Lu.xemburg, ..

5. Reign of Louis the Bavarian and Frederic the Fair

6. Germany under the House 0/ Luxemburg,

1. Reign of Charles IV.,

2. Reign of Wenceslaus,

3. Reign of Rupert of the Palatinate,

4. Reign of Sigismund,

7. Germany under the House of Hapsburg

1. Reign of Albert II.,

2. Reign of Frederic III., .

3. Reign of Maximilian I., 2. The Kingdom of England,

1 . England under the Saxon and Datiish Kings,

1. The Reigns of Ihe Anglo-Sa.\on F-ings,

2. The Danish Kings of England,

3. The Restored Saxon Dynasty,

2. England under the A^orman Dynasty,

1. Reign of William the Conqueror,

2. Reign of William Rufus,

3. Reign of Ilenry I.,

4. Reign of Stephen of Blois, .

3. England under the Plantagenets,

1. Reign of Ilenry II.,

2. Reign of Richard the Lion-hearted,

3. Reign of John,

4. Reign of Henry III.,

5. Reign of Edward L,

6. Reign of Ivhvard H., .

7. Reign of Edward HI.,

8. Reign of Rich.wl H., .

4. England under the House of Lancaster,

1. Reign of Ilenry IV.,

2. Reign of Henry V.,

3. Reign of Ilenry VI., $. England under the House of York,

I. Reign of Edward IV.. .

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2. Reigii of Edward V., . . .

3. Reign of Richard III., .

6. England under the House of Tudor, I. Reign of Henry VII., J The Scandinavian Kingdoms,

SLAVONIC STATES.

, The Kingdom OF Poland, I. The Russian or Muscovite Empire,

TARTARIC STATES.

1. The Kingdom of Hungary,

2. The Mogul and Ottoman Empires, .

DISCOVERIES.

1 Important Inventions,

2 The Sea- Passage to India,

3. The Discovery of America,

1 . Spanish Expeditions and Discoveries,

2. English and French Expeditions and Discoveries,

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