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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,

3. Assyria and Babylonia,

4. Egypt,

5. Phcenicia,

6. The Hebrews or Israelites,

1. The Patriarchs, .

2. The Hebrews in Egypt,

3. The Exodus of the Israelites,

4. The Period of the Judges,

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 G)-eece,

2. The Heroic Age, .....

3. The Amphictyonic Council and the Olympic Festival,

4. Greek Colonies, .....

4. 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, The Flourishing Period of Greece,

1. The Persian War, .....

2. Affairs of Athens and Sparta,

3. The Peloponnesian War, ....

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

5. The Olynthian and The ban Wars, .

The Macedonian Period, ....

1. Philip of Macedon, .....

2. Alexander the Great, ....

3. Antipater and Alexander'' s Successors,

4. 7>4<? Achaian League and the Pall of Greece,

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

HISTORY OF ROME.

1. Ancient Italy, .....

2. Rome under the Kings,

2. The Successors of Romulus, .

3. The Roman Republic, ....

1. Wars with the Etruscans andivith Porsenna,

2. Contests betzoeen 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 Samnitcs and the Latins,

6. The War with Pyrrhus, ....

7. The First Punic War,

8. Illyrian and Gallic Wars,

9. The Second Punic War,

ID. 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,

16. Age of Cnaus Pompey and fulius Ccrsar,

17. Civil War of Pompey and CcEsar, . ♦ .

18. CcEsar's Dictatorship, ....

19. Mark Antony and Octavius Cccsar, . ,

20. Civil War of Octavius and Antony,

4. The Roman Empire, . . . . -

I. The Reigns of the CcBsars,

1. The Reign of Augustus, .

2. Reign of Tiberius, ....

3. Reign of Caligula,

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4. Reign of Claudius, .

5. Reign of Nero, .

6. Reign of Galba,

7. Reign of Otho, .

8. Reign of Vitellius, .

9. Reign of Vespasian,

10. Reign of Titus,

11. Reign of Domitian,

2. The Five Good Emperors,

1. 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 Gallus,

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 Constantino 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 Honorius,

4. Reign of Valentinian III., .

5. Reign of Maximus,

6! The Last Roman Emperors of the West,

Roman

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Book Second-the Middle Ages. The Dark Ages

1. Italy and the Byzantine Empire,

1. Italy under the Heruli and the Ostrogoths,

2. The Byzantine Empire under Justinian,

3. The Lombard Kingdom in Northern Italy,

2. The Angles and Saxons in Britain, .

3. The Saracen Empire,

Mohammed, .

Mohammed' s Successors, I. Reign of Abubekir, Reign of Omar, Reign of Othman, Reign of Ali, Reigns of the Ommiyades, 6. Reigns of the Abbassides, The Frank Empire,

1. The /veigns of the Merovingians,

2. The Reigns of the Carlovingians,

1. Reign of Pepin the Little, .

2. Reign of Charlemagne, .

3. Charlemagne's Successors, .

Barbarian Ravages in Europe,

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS,

The Feudal System,

Chivalry,

The Papacy and Hierarchy,

Monachism,

THE CRUSADES.

1. The First Crusade,

2. The Second Crusade, .

3. The Third Crusade, '

4. The Fourth Crusade, .

5. The Fifth Crusade, .6. The Sixth Crusade,

7. The Seventh Crusade,

8. Consequences of the Crusades,

LATIN STATES.

I. Italian States,

1. The Papal States of Rome,

2. The Duchy of Milan, ,

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3. The Republic of Venice,

4. The Republic of Genoa, .

5. The Republic of Floretice,

. 6. The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily,

2. Kingdom of France,

1. Carlovingian Kings of France, .

2. France under 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 VII.,

7. Reign of Philip Augustus, .

8. Reign of Louis VIII., .

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.,

3. Iberian Kingdoms,

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GERMANIC STATES.

The Holy Roman Empire of Germany, .

1. Carlovingian Sovereigns of Germany,

2. Germany under the Saxon and Frankish Emperors ,

1. Reign of Conrad L, 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.,

9. Reign of Henry IV.,

10. Reign of Henry V.,

11. Reign of Lothaire the Saxon,

CONTENTS.

3. Germany under the Hohenstauffens,

1. Reign of Conrad III., .

2. Reign of Frederic Barbarossa,

3. Reign of Henry VI.,

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

5. Reign of Frederic II., .

4. The Interregnum, . ,

5. Emperors 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 Luxemburg, .

5. •Reign of Louis the Bavarian and Frederic the Fair

6. Germany under the House of 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 Hapsbitrg,

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 Danish Kings,

1. The Reigns of the Anglo-Saxon Kings,

2. The Danish Kings of England,

3. The Restored Saxon Dynasty, .

2. England under the Norman Dynasty,

1. Reign of William the Conqueror,

2. Reign of William Rufus,

3. Reign of Henry I.,

4. Reign of Stephen of Blois, .

3. England under the Plantagenets,

1. Reign of Henry II.,

2. Reign of Richard the Lion-hearted,

3. Reign of John,

4. Reign of Henry III.,

5. Reign of Edward I.,

6. Reign of Edward II.,

7. Reign of Edward HI.,

8. Reign of Richard II., .

4. England under the House of Lancaster, .

1. Reign of Henry IV.,

2. Reign of Henry V.,

3. Reign of Henry VI.,

5. England under the House of York,

I. Reign of Edward IV., .

of Austria,

CONTENTS.

2. Reign of Edward V.,

3. Reign of Richard III., .

6. England under the House of Tudor, I. Reign of Henry VII., 3. The Scandinavian Kingdoms,

SLAVONIC STATES.

1. The Kingdom of Poland,

2. The Russian or Muscovite Empire,

TARTARIC STATES.

1. The Kingdom of Hungary,

2. The Mogul and Otfoman 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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Book Third-modern History. Sixteenth Century

Age of Charles V. and Henry VIII.,

1. The German Reformation,

2. 77*1? Wars between Charles V. and Francis I.,

1. Ciiarles V., Francis I., and Henry VIII.,

2. First War between Charles V. and Francis I.,

3. Second War between Charles V. and Francis I.,

4. Wars against the Infidels,

5. Third War between Charles V. and Francis I.,

6. Fourth War between Charles V. and Francis I.,

7. War between Charles V. and Henry II. of France,

3. The Religious War in Germany,

4. The Reformation in England,

1. Reign of Henry VIII., ,

2. Reign of Edward VI.,

3. Reign of Mary, . 5-. The Reformation in the Scandinavian Kingdoms,

6. The Society of Jesuits,

7. Spanish Conquests in America,

8. Persia and India,

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2. Age of Philip II. and Elizabeth, .

1. Spain and Portugal,

2. The War of Independence in the Netherlands,

3. Civil and Religious Wars in France,

1. Reign of Henry II.,

2. Reign of J"rancis II.,

3. Reign of Charles IX,,

4. Reign of Henry III.,

5. House of Bourbon^ — Reign of Henry IV.,

4. Elizabeth of England and Alary of Scotland,

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

1. The Thirty Years' War, ....

2. Palatine Period of the War,

3. Danish Period of the War, ,

4. S-vedish Period of the War,

5. French Period of the War, .

2. The English Revolution, .

1. England under the House of Stuart,

1. Reign of James I., .

2. Reign of Charles I.,

3. The Civil War,

2. The Commonwealth of England,

3. The Restored House of Stuart,

1. Reign of Charles II.,

2. Reign of James II., .

3. The Revolution of 1688,

4. Reign of William and Mary,

3. The Wars of Louis XIV.,

1 . France under Richelieu and Mazarin, .

1. Richelieu's Administration,

2. Mazarin's Administration,

2. The Government and Wars of Louis XIV.,

1. Louis XIV., and his War with Spain,

2. The War with Holland,

3. Turkish Invasion of Austria,

4. Persecution of the Huguenots, .

5. The War of the League of Augsburg,

4. The Anglo-American Colonies,

1. Virginia, ....

1. Virginia under the London Company,

2. Virginia a Royal Province, .

2. Massachusetts,

1. The Plymouth Colony,

2. The Massachusetts Bay Colony,

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New York, .....

I. The Dutch Colony of New Nefherland,

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2. The English Province of New York,

New Hampshire, .....

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Maryland, . . . . .

Connecticut, ......

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Rhode Island, , .

Delaware, ......

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North and South Carolina,

I, North Carolina, .....

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2. South Carolina, ....

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New yersey, ......

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