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Start of eBook	1
VOLUME I	1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	1
THE GREAT EVENTS	1
FAMOUS HISTORIANS	1
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE	9
THE GREAT EVENTS	9
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS	9
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF	9
CHARLES F. HORNE	9
SOURCES OF EARLY KNOWLEDGE	10
THE RACES OF MAN	11
THE ARYANS	14
THE GREEKS AND LATINS	16
(FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME II.)	19
G.C.C. MASPERO	19
COMPILATION OF THE EARLIEST CODE	29
HAMMURABI	29
CODE OF LAWS	31
THE EPILOGUE	48
THESEUS FOUNDS ATHENS	51
PLUTARCH	51
THE FORMATION OF THE CASTES IN INDIA	56
GUSTAVE LE BON[23] W.W. HUNTER	56
W.W. HUNTER	60
FALL OF TROY	69
GEORGE GROTE	69
ACCESSION OF SOLOMON	86
B.C. 1017	86
RISE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA	96
B.C. 789	96
THE FOUNDATION OF ROME	104
BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR	104
PRINCE JIMMU FOUNDS JAPAN’S CAPITAL	122
THE “NEHONGI”	126
THE FOUNDATION OF BUDDHISM	136
THOMAS WILLIAM RHYS-DAVIDS	136
PYTHIAN GAMES AT DELPHI	151
GEORGE GROTE	151
SOLON’S EARLY GREEK LEGISLATION	168
GEORGE GROTE	168
CONQUESTS OF CYRUS THE GREAT	204
GEORGE GROTE	204
RISE OF CONFUCIUS, THE CHINESE SAGE	219
R.K. DOUGLAS	220
ROME ESTABLISHED AS A REPUBLIC	243
B.C. 510-494	243
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON	259
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY	259
	283
INVASION OF GREECE BY PERSIANS UNDER XERXES	284
B.C. 480	284
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY	296
B.C. 5867—B.C. 451	296
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY	296
B.C. 5867—B.C. 451	296
END OF VOLUME I	302
THE ROSETTA STONE	303
K A L A RE SA W SA RE M HA HER RE M T	304

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