“The” Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations from the Earliest Times as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages

Henry Smith Williams

History association, 1907 - World history

Contents

• second partition 88 The revolt of the patriots 91 Kosciuszko named dictator: 92
• Victories of Kosciuszko 93 The tide turns against the patriots 95 Uprising in: 100
• opment under the new charter 108 Infractions of the charter 111 The national: 117
• BRIEF REFERENCELIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS: 124
• Formation of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 130 Mircea: 146
• CHAPTER II: 156
• of the Bulgarian Empire 164 Bogomiles 165 Bulgaria is incorporated into: 168
• The second Bulgarian Empire 168 Death of Asen reign of Kaloyan 169 The Bul: 176
• Nationality recognised 177 The revolt of 1876 178 Treaty of Berlin 178: 182
• THE HISTORY OF SERVIA: 187
• Urosh III expansion under Dushan 191 The decline and fall of: 200
• CHAPTER IV: 207
• the Porte 209 Albania 211 Bosnia and Herzegovina 215 Macedonia 217 Mount: 219
• disputed land 223 The Mohammedan government 223 The conspiracy of Catherine: 227
• The Battle of Navarino 233 Müller on the Battle of Navarino: 233
• BRIEF REFERENCELIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS: 239
• THE HISTORY OF THE TURKISH: 257
• Social state of the Turkish nations 261 Religion of the Turks 262 Wars: 266
• empires and the Mongols 272 Jenghiz Khan and the Mongolian Empire 274 Temu: 292
• Mongolian Empire at the beginning of the fourteenth century 294 State of Trans: 302
• CHAPTER II: 310
• Scanderbeg 325 Accession of Muhammed II 326 Capture of Con: 329
• between Russia and Turkey 337 Selim I: 338
• The meeting of the janissaries 344 Campaigns in Asia 345 Under: 348
• Literature under Suleiman 363 Arts and architecture 365 Causes for: 356
• decline of the empire 366 Selim II 367 Persian War 371 Death of Murad: 372
• Muhammed III 373 Ahmed I 374 The sultans Mustapha I Osman II Mustapha: 381
• Treaty of Vasvar 385 Candia and Crete 386 The Cossacks the Polish campaign: 401
• Treaty of 1740 A D 411 The rise of the Wahhabees 411 Relations with Europe: 412
• death of Mustapha 418 The Treaty of KutchukKainardji hastens the fall of Turkey: 419
• TURKEY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY A Vambéry: 425
• BRIEF REFERENCELIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS: 437
• SOME MINOR STATES: 443
• organisation of the country 446 The French expedition to Egypt 447 Mehemet Ali: 449
• firman of investiture 454 The last days of Mehemet Ali 454 The successors: 466
• Foreign relations 470 The conquest of the Sudan 471 Fall of: 476
• The organisation of Ottoman Africa 479 The Corsairs the Barbary: 487
• Persia in the nineteenth century: 494
• THE BUFFER STATES OF CENTRAL ASIA: 500
• History 501 Tibet 504 People 505 The capital: 507
• Farther India 513 Siam 513 People 514 History 515 French IndoChina: 517
• THE HISTORY OF CHINA AND JAPAN: 523
• according to the system of Confucius 526 The worship of spirits 527 Moral teaching: 530
• The state 530 Mandarins supervisors and the army 532 Education agriculture: 536
• CHAPTER II: 542
• Conditions leading to the Taiping rebellion 545 HungSiuTsuen 546 The progress: 552
• The moral results of the struggle 557 Antiforeign agitations 557 War with Japan: 558
• Railway concessions 564 The reform movement 564 The reform edicts: 567
• German agreement 572 The negotiations 572 The Manchurian convention: 573
• CHAPTER III: 579
• OLD JAPAN: 586
• in Japan 597 Trade with China 599 First contact with Russia 601 American: 607
• Japanese account of Perrys coming 618 A Japanese view of the significance of Perrys: 620
• The antifeudal idea 625 Motives of the reformers 626 Adoption of radical meas: 628
• with Korea 631 Satsuma insurrection 632 Steps of progress 632 Development: 640
• dom of the press 648 Foreign wars 649 The Korean question 650 The rupture: 657
• APPENDIX: 660
• TREATY OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN: 670

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Bibliographic information

• Title: “The” Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations from the Earliest Times as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages; Volume 24 of The Historians' History of the World, Henry Smith Williams; Volume 24 of The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by the Great Writers of All Ages, Henry Smith Williams
• Editor: Henry Smith Williams
• Publisher: History association, 1907