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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02

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370,596 words · about 25 h 57 min to read

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Language
English
Subjects
World history
Length
370,596 words · about 25 h 57 min
Sections
131 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (131)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. IV. ISRAEL under 1 min
  3. Chapter I under 1 min
  4. Chapter II under 1 min
  5. Chapter III under 1 min
  6. Chapter IV under 1 min
  7. Chapter V under 1 min
  8. Chapter VI under 1 min
  9. Chapter VII under 1 min
  10. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  11. Chapter IX under 1 min
  12. Chapter X under 1 min
  13. Chapter XI under 1 min
  14. Chapter XII under 1 min
  15. Chapter XIII under 1 min
  16. Chapter XIV under 1 min
  17. Chapter XV under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  19. V. PHŒNICIA under 1 min
  20. Chapter I under 1 min
  21. Chapter II under 1 min
  22. Chapter III under 1 min
  23. Chapter IV under 1 min
  24. Chapter V under 1 min
  25. Chapter VI under 1 min
  26. Chapter VII under 1 min
  27. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  28. VI. WESTERN ASIA under 1 min
  29. Chapter I under 1 min
  30. Chapter II under 1 min
  31. Chapter III under 1 min
  32. Chapter IV about 1 min
  33. VII. ANCIENT INDIA under 1 min
  34. Chapter I under 1 min
  35. Chapter II under 1 min
  36. Chapter III under 1 min
  37. Chapter IV under 1 min
  38. VIII. ANCIENT PERSIA under 1 min
  39. Chapter I under 1 min
  40. Chapter II under 1 min
  41. Chapter III under 1 min
  42. Chapter IV under 1 min
  43. Chapter V under 1 min
  44. IV. THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL about 1 min
  45. IV. ISRAEL about 1 h 37 min
  46. I. LAND AND PEOPLE about 27 min
  47. II. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY about 41 min
  48. III. THE JUDGES about 12 min
  49. IV. SAMUEL AND SAUL about 23 min
  50. V. DAVID’S REIGN about 30 min
  51. VI. SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY about 16 min
  52. VII. DECAY AND CAPTIVITY about 40 min
  53. VIII. THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY about 26 min
  54. IX. FROM NEHEMIAH TO ANTIOCHUS about 32 min
  55. X. THE MACCABÆAN WAR about 31 min
  56. XI. FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE ROMANS about 21 min
  57. XII. THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY about 24 min
  58. XIII. THE REVOLT AGAINST ROME about 35 min
  59. XIV. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM about 33 min
  60. XV. HEBREW CIVILISATION about 24 min
  61. XVI. THE PROPHETS AND THE HISTORY OF SEMITIC STYLE about 26 min
  62. I. LAND AND PEOPLE under 1 min
  63. II. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY under 1 min
  64. III. THE JUDGES under 1 min
  65. IV. SAMUEL AND SAUL under 1 min
  66. V. DAVID’S REIGN under 1 min
  67. VI. SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY under 1 min
  68. VII. DECAY AND CAPTIVITY under 1 min
  69. VIII. THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY under 1 min
  70. IX. FROM NEHEMIAH TO ANTIOCHUS under 1 min
  71. X. THE MACCABÆAN WAR under 1 min
  72. XI. FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE ROMANS under 1 min
  73. XII. THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY under 1 min
  74. XIII. THE REVOLT AGAINST ROME under 1 min
  75. XIV. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM under 1 min
  76. XV. HEBREW CIVILISATION under 1 min
  77. XVI. THE PROPHETS AND THE HISTORY OF SEMITIC STYLE about 32 min
  78. V. THE HISTORY OF PHŒNICIA about 1 min
  79. V. PHŒNICIA under 1 min
  80. VIII. PHŒNICIAN CIVILISATION 346 about 20 min
  81. I. LAND AND PEOPLE about 20 min
  82. II. EARLY HISTORY AND INFLUENCES about 40 min
  83. III. THE PHŒNICIAN TIME OF POWER about 24 min
  84. IV. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE PERSIANS about 30 min
  85. V. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE GREEKS, THE ROMANS, AND THE SARACENS about 16 min
  86. VI. THE STORY OF CARTHAGE about 53 min
  87. VII. PHŒNICIAN COMMERCE about 40 min
  88. VIII. PHŒNICIAN CIVILISATION about 34 min
  89. I. LAND AND PEOPLE under 1 min
  90. II. EARLY HISTORY AND INFLUENCES under 1 min
  91. III. THE PHŒNICIAN TIME OF POWER under 1 min
  92. IV. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE PERSIANS under 1 min
  93. V. PHŒNICIA UNDER THE GREEKS, THE ROMANS, AND THE SARACENS under 1 min
  94. VI. THE STORY OF CARTHAGE under 1 min
  95. VII. PHŒNICIAN COMMERCE under 1 min
  96. VIII. PHŒNICIAN CIVILISATION about 18 min
  97. VI. THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ASIA under 1 min
  98. VI. WESTERN ASIA under 1 min
  99. IV. THE LYDIANS 421 about 37 min
  100. I. THE HITTITES about 20 min
  101. II. SCYTHIANS AND CIMMERIANS about 31 min
  102. III. SOME PEOPLES OF SYRIA, ASIA MINOR, AND ARMENIA about 18 min
  103. IV. THE LYDIANS about 1 h 46 min
  104. I. THE HITTITES under 1 min
  105. II. SCYTHIANS AND CIMMERIANS under 1 min
  106. III. SOME PEOPLES OF SYRIA, ASIA MINOR, AND ARMENIA under 1 min
  107. IV. THE LYDIANS about 9 min
  108. VII. THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT INDIA under 1 min
  109. VII. ANCIENT INDIA under 1 min
  110. IV. BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM 525 about 19 min
  111. I. LAND AND PEOPLE about 27 min
  112. II. INDIAN HISTORY--LEGEND AND REALITY about 34 min
  113. III. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS about 40 min
  114. IV. BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM about 1 h 1 min
  115. I. LAND AND PEOPLE under 1 min
  116. II. INDIAN HISTORY--LEGEND AND REALITY under 1 min
  117. III. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS under 1 min
  118. IV. BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM about 14 min
  119. VIII. THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT PERSIA under 1 min
  120. VIII. ANCIENT PERSIA under 1 min
  121. V. PERSIAN CIVILISATION 634 about 9 min
  122. I. LAND AND PEOPLE about 18 min
  123. II. THE MEDIAN OR SCYTHIAN EMPIRE about 35 min
  124. III. THE EARLY ACHÆMENIANS AND THE ELAMITES, CYRUS AND CAMBYSES about 45 min
  125. IV. THE PERSIAN DYNASTY: DARIUS I TO DARIUS III about 1 h 13 min
  126. V. PERSIAN CIVILISATION about 1 h 9 min
  127. I. LAND AND PEOPLE under 1 min
  128. II. THE MEDIAN OR SCYTHIAN EMPIRE under 1 min
  129. III. THE EARLY ACHÆMENIANS AND THE ELAMITES, CYRUS AND CAMBYSES under 1 min
  130. IV. THE PERSIAN DYNASTY: DARIUS I TO DARIUS III under 1 min
  131. V. PERSIAN CIVILISATION about 11 min

The opening of IV. ISRAEL

ISRAEL AS A WORLD INFLUENCE

BY BERNHARD STADE

Translated for the present work from Geschichte des Volks Israel.

Many a nation has walked God’s earth, has long enjoyed its good things, has come into being and passed away, without our knowing anything of its history, or even whether it had a history at all. For no nation has a history except one that makes history, that is to say, that influences the course of human development. It is with races as with individuals; none is kept in mind by posterity save those who have distinguished themselves by ideas that have modified the life of mankind, or (which comes to the same thing) have been pioneers in fresh fields of action. The greater the spiritual gain a nation has brought to the rest of the world, the longer and more steadily its life has flowed in the channels it was the first to make, the longer is its history told among them. The nations of history are those which have put forward, in one fashion or another, their claim to the dominion of the world.

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