The Ancient World: From the Earliest Times to 800 A.D

Willis Mason West

Allyn and Bacon, 1913 - History, Ancient - 667 pages

Contents

• THE ORIENTAL PEOPLES: 7
• Preliminary Survey: 9
• Egypt: 15
• The TigrisEuphrates States: 50
• The Middle States Phoenicians and Hebrews: 72
• The Persian Empire: 82
• Summary of Oriental Civilization: 92
• THE GREEKS: 96
• The Influence of Geography 05: 97
• How we know about Prehistoric Hellas: 101
• The First Cretan Civilization: 107
• The Homeric Age 111: 108
• From the Achaeans to the Persian Wars: 126
• The Persian Wars: 163
• The Age of Pericles: 187
• Life in the Age of Pericles: 230
• The Peloponnesian War: 242
• From the Fall of Athens to the Fall of Hellas 404338: 250
• Mingling of East and WestAlexander and his Conquests: 263
• The Widespread Hellenistic World: 273
• CHAPTJB PAO XIX The Place of Rome in History: 297
• The Land and the Peoples: 300
• Legendary History: 307
• Conclusions about Rome under the Kings: 311
• Class Struggles in the Republic 510367: 323
• The Unification of Italy 367260: 333
• United Italy under Roman Rule: 339
• Government of the Republic: 347
• The Army: 353
• Roman Society 367200 b c: 357
• The Winning of the West 264146 b c: 363
• The West from 200 to 146 b c: 382
• The Winning of the East 201146 b c: 387
• New Strife of Classes 14649 b c: 399
• The Gracchi: 419
• Marius and Sulla: 428
• Pompey and Caesar 487: 437
• Julius and Augustus: 445
• Story of the Emperors: 465
• Topical: 466
• Survey: 481
• The Decline in the Third Century: 526
• The Rise of Christianity: 533
• Story of the Emperors: 541
• Topical Survey: 556
• The Teutons: 570
• The Wandering of the Peoples 376565 a d: 576
• The Dark Ages: 596
• Western Europe 600768 a d: 608
• The Empire of Charlemagne: 624
• A Classified List of Selected Books for a High School Library in History: 637

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Ancient World: From the Earliest Times to 800 A.D; Allyn and Bacon's series of school histories
• Author: Willis Mason West
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, 1913
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Mar 13, 2007
• Length: 667 pages