Chapter 1

_General Introduction_

_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_ CHARLES F. HORNE

_Dawn of Civilization_ (_B.C. 5867_) G.C.C. MASPERO

_Compilation of the Earliest Code_ (_B.C. 2250_) HAMMURABI

_Theseus Founds Athens_ (_B.C. 1235_) PLUTARCH

_The Formation of the Castes in India_ (_B.C. 1200_) GUSTAVE LE BON W.W. HUNTER

_Fall of Troy_ (_B.C. 1184_) GEORGE GROTE

_Accession of Solomon_ _Building of the Temple at Jerusalem_ (_B.C. 1017_) HENRY HART MILMAN

_Rise and Fall of Assyria_ _Destruction of Nineveh_ (_B.C. 789_) F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER

_The Foundation of Rome_ (_B.C. 753_) BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR

_Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital_ (_B.C. 660_) SIR EDWARD REED THE "NEHONGI"

_The Foundation of Buddhism_ (_B.C. 623_) THOMAS W. RHYS-DAVIDS

_Pythian Games at Delphi_ (_B.C. 585_) GEORGE GROTE

_Solon's Early Greek Legislation_ (_B.C. 594_) GEORGE GROTE

_Conquests of Cyrus the Great_ (_B.C. 550_) GEORGE GROTE

_Rise of Confucius, the Chinese Sage_ (_B.C. 550_) R.K. DOUGLAS

_Rome Established as a Republic_ _Institution of Tribunes_ (_B.C. 510-494_) HENRY GEORGE LIDDELL

_The Battle of Marathon_ (_B.C. 490_) SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY

_Invasion of Greece by Persians under Xerxes_ _Defence of Thermopylæ_ (_B.C. 480_) HERODOTUS

_Universal Chronology_ (_B.C. 5867-451_) JOHN RUDD

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