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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03

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Language
English
Subjects
World history
Length
378,640 words · about 26 h 31 min
Sections
110 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (110)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Chapter I under 1 min
  3. Chapter II under 1 min
  4. Chapter III under 1 min
  5. Chapter IV under 1 min
  6. Chapter V under 1 min
  7. Chapter VI under 1 min
  8. Chapter VII under 1 min
  9. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  10. Chapter IX under 1 min
  11. Chapter X under 1 min
  12. Chapter XI under 1 min
  13. Chapter XII under 1 min
  14. Chapter XIII under 1 min
  15. Chapter XIV under 1 min
  16. Chapter XV under 1 min
  17. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVII under 1 min
  19. Chapter XVIII under 1 min
  20. Chapter XIX under 1 min
  21. Chapter XX under 1 min
  22. Chapter XXI under 1 min
  23. Chapter XXII under 1 min
  24. Chapter XXIII under 1 min
  25. Chapter XXIV under 1 min
  26. Chapter XXV under 1 min
  27. Chapter XXVI under 1 min
  28. Chapter XXVII under 1 min
  29. Chapter XXVIII under 1 min
  30. Chapter XXIX under 1 min
  31. Chapter XXX under 1 min
  32. Chapter XXXI under 1 min
  33. Chapter XXXII under 1 min
  34. Chapter XXXIII under 1 min
  35. Chapter XXXIV under 1 min
  36. Chapter XXXV under 1 min
  37. Chapter XXXVI under 1 min
  38. IX. THE HISTORY OF GREECE about 59 min
  39. I. LAND AND PEOPLE about 36 min
  40. II. THE MYCENÆAN AGE about 1 h 2 min
  41. III. THE HEROIC AGE about 1 h 24 min
  42. IV. THE TRANSITION TO SECURE HISTORY about 24 min
  43. V. THE DORIANS about 48 min
  44. VI. SPARTA AND LYCURGUS about 38 min
  45. VII. THE MESSENIAN WARS OF SPARTA about 21 min
  46. VIII. THE IONIANS about 37 min
  47. IX. SOME CHARACTERISTIC INSTITUTIONS about 35 min
  48. X. THE SMALLER CITIES AND STATES about 30 min
  49. XI. CRETE AND THE COLONIES about 34 min
  50. XII. SOLON THE LAWGIVER about 38 min
  51. XIII. PISISTRATUS THE TYRANT about 23 min
  52. XIV. DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED AT ATHENS about 1 h 17 min
  53. XV. THE FIRST FOREIGN INVASION about 47 min
  54. XVI. MILTIADES AND THE ALLEGED FICKLENESS OF REPUBLICS about 12 min
  55. XVII. THE PLANS OF XERXES about 51 min
  56. XVIII. PROCEEDINGS IN GREECE FROM MARATHON TO THERMOPYLÆ about 36 min
  57. XIX. THERMOPYLÆ about 21 min
  58. XX. THE BATTLES OF ARTEMISIUM AND SALAMIS about 59 min
  59. XXI. FROM SALAMIS TO MYCALE about 1 h 9 min
  60. XXII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR about 50 min
  61. XXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE about 33 min
  62. XXIV. THE RISE OF PERICLES about 53 min
  63. XXV. ATHENS AT WAR about 23 min
  64. XXVI. IMPERIAL ATHENS UNDER PERICLES about 42 min
  65. XXVII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE AGE OF PERICLES about 29 min
  66. XXVIII. ART OF THE PERICLEAN AGE about 30 min
  67. XXIX. GREEK LITERATURE about 37 min
  68. XXX. THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR about 1 h 8 min
  69. XXXI. THE PLAGUE; AND THE DEATH OF PERICLES about 47 min
  70. XXXII. THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR about 31 min
  71. XXXIII. THE FOURTH TO THE TENTH YEARS--AND PEACE about 46 min
  72. XXXIV. THE RISE OF ALCIBIADES about 17 min
  73. XXXV. THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION about 1 h 3 min
  74. XXXVI. CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR about 1 h 9 min
  75. I. LAND AND PEOPLE under 1 min
  76. II. THE MYCENÆAN AGE under 1 min
  77. III. THE HEROIC AGE under 1 min
  78. IV. THE TRANSITION TO SECURE HISTORY under 1 min
  79. V. THE DORIANS under 1 min
  80. VI. SPARTA AND LYCURGUS under 1 min
  81. VII. THE MESSENIAN WARS OF SPARTA under 1 min
  82. VIII. THE IONIANS under 1 min
  83. IX. SOME CHARACTERISTIC INSTITUTIONS under 1 min
  84. X. THE SMALLER CITIES AND STATES under 1 min
  85. XI. CRETE AND THE COLONIES under 1 min
  86. XII. SOLON THE LAWGIVER under 1 min
  87. XIII. PISISTRATUS THE TYRANT under 1 min
  88. XIV. DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED AT ATHENS under 1 min
  89. XV. THE FIRST FOREIGN INVASION under 1 min
  90. XVI. MILTIADES AND THE ALLEGED FICKLENESS OF REPUBLICS under 1 min
  91. XVII. THE PLANS OF XERXES under 1 min
  92. XVIII. PROCEEDINGS IN GREECE FROM MARATHON TO THERMOPYLÆ under 1 min
  93. XIX. THERMOPYLÆ under 1 min
  94. XX. THE BATTLES OF ARTEMISIUM AND SALAMIS under 1 min
  95. XXI. FROM SALAMIS TO MYCALE under 1 min
  96. XXII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR under 1 min
  97. XXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE under 1 min
  98. XXIV. THE RISE OF PERICLES under 1 min
  99. XXV. ATHENS AT WAR under 1 min
  100. XXVI. IMPERIAL ATHENS UNDER PERICLES under 1 min
  101. XXVII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE AGE OF PERICLES under 1 min
  102. XXVIII. ART OF THE PERICLEAN AGE under 1 min
  103. XXIX. GREEK LITERATURE under 1 min
  104. XXX. THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR under 1 min
  105. XXXI. THE PLAGUE; AND THE DEATH OF PERICLES under 1 min
  106. XXXII. THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR under 1 min
  107. XXXIII. THE FOURTH TO THE TENTH YEARS under 1 min
  108. XXXIV. THE RISE OF ALCIBIADES under 1 min
  109. XXXV. THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION under 1 min
  110. XXXVI. CLOSE OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR under 1 min