A Manual of Ancient History

southern Italy, consists chiefly of a rich, unbroken plain, from twenty to forty miles in width, gently sloping from the mountains to the sea. In ancient times it maintained gre...

=1.= Of the three peninsulas which extend southward into the Mediterranean, the most easterly was first settled, and became the seat of the highest civilization which the ancien...

=1.= The Kingdom of Macedon, lying north of Thessaly and east of Illyr´icum, was of little importance before the reign of Philip II., whose aggressions ended the independent his...

=12.= ASIA, the largest division of the Eastern Hemisphere, possesses the greatest variety of soil, climate, and products. Its central and principal portion is a vast table-land...

=1.= About 650 B. C., a warlike people, from the highlands east of the Caspian, took possession of the hilly country north of the Persian Gulf. They belonged, like the Medes, to...

=114.= The continent of Africa differs in many important respects from that of Asia. The latter, extending into three zones, has its greatest extent in the most favored of all,...

1. What three successive forms of government in ancient Rome? § 8. 2. What races inhabited Italy? 9-11. 3. Describe, severally, their origin, character, and institutions. 4. Rel...

=104.= Aristobu´lus, son of Hyrcanus, was the first of the family who assumed the title of king. He reigned but a year, and was succeeded by his brother, Alexander Jannæ´us (B....

Reigns of Augustus, 326; Tiberius, 328; Caligula, Claudius, 330; Nero, 331; Galba, Otho, Vitellius, 333; Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, 334; Nerva, Trajan, 335; Hadrian, T. Antonin...

=1.= ITALY, bounded by the Alps, and the Adriatic, Ionian, and Tyrrhe´nian seas, is the smallest of the three peninsulas of southern Europe. It is inferior to Greece in the numb...

1. By what names has Greece been known? § 8. 2. What tribes were included among the Hellenes? 9. 3. What foreigners aided to civilize Greece? 10. 4. Describe three of the Greek...

1. What are the sources of historical information? §§ 1-4. 2. Describe the character and movements of the three families of the sons of Noah. 5, 6. 3. Into what periods may hist...

1. Describe the rise of Macedonia. §§ 1, 2. 2. The successive steps of the ascendency of Philip. 2-5. 3. The youth, education, and character of Alexander. 6, 7. 4. His conquests...

1. Who and what were the Persians? § 1. 2. What were their relations with the Medes? Book I, 39; Book II, 2. 3. What led to the revolution in the Medo-Persian dominion? 3, 4. 4....

1. What is remarkable in the early history of Egypt? §§ 126-128. 2. Describe the first monarch of the united empire. 129. 3. His successors in the same dynasty. 130. 4. How many...

her eye upon the map, and pronouncing the name of each locality mentioned, _only when it is found_. By this means the names will become familiar, and questions upon the peculiar...

History of the Chaldæan Monarchy. 17. The Assyrian Monarchy. 18. The Median Monarchy. 22. The Babylonian Monarchy. 24. Kingdoms of Asia Minor. 29. Phœnicia. 30. Syria. 33. Judæa...