A General History for Colleges and High Schools

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A GENERAL HISTORY FOR COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
BY P. V. N. MYERS, A.M.

[Illustration: VIEW OF THE ATTIC PLAINS, WITH A GLIMPSE OF
THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS.--Frontispiece.]
PREFACE.
This volume is based upon my Ancient History and _Mediæval and
Modern History_. In some instances I have changed the perspective and
the proportions of the narrative; but in the main, the book is constructed
upon the same lines as those drawn for the earlier works. In dealing
with so wide a range of facts, and tracing so many historic movements,
I cannot hope that I have always avoided falling into error. I have,
however, taken the greatest care to verify statements of fact, and to give
the latest results of discovery and criticism.
Considering the very general character of the present work, an
enumeration of the books that have contributed facts to my narration, or
have helped to mould my views on this or that subject, would hardly be
looked for; yet I wish here to acknowledge my special indebtedness, in
the earlier parts of the history, to the works of George Rawlinson,
Sayce, Wilkinson, Brugsch, Grote, Curtius, Mommsen, Merivale, and
Leighton; and in the later parts, and on special periods, to the writings
of Hodgkin, Emerton, Ranke, Freeman, Michaud, Bryce, Symonds,

Green (J. R.), Motley, Hallam, Thiers, Lecky, Baird, and Müller.
Several of the colored maps, with which the book will be found
liberally provided, were engraved especially for my _Ancient History_;
but the larger number are authorized reproductions of charts
accompanying Professor Freeman's Historical Geography of Europe.
The Roman maps were prepared for Professor William F. Allen's
History of Rome, which is to be issued soon, and it is to his courtesy
that I am indebted for their use.
The illustrations have been carefully selected with reference to their
authenticity and historical truthfulness. Many of those in the Oriental
and Greek part of the work are taken from Oscar Jäger's
_Weltgeschichte_; while most of those in the Roman portion are from
Professor Allen's forthcoming work on Rome, to which I have just
referred, the author having most generously granted me the privilege of
using them in my work, notwithstanding it is to appear in advance of
his.
Further acknowledgments of indebtedness are also due from me to
many friends who have aided me with their scholarly suggestions and
criticism. My warmest thanks are particularly due to Professor W.F.
Allen, of the University of Wisconsin; to Dr. E.W. Coy, Principal of
Hughes High School, Cincinnati; to Professor William A. Merrill, of
Miami University; and to Mr. D. H. Montgomery, author of The
Leading Facts of History series.
P. V. N. M. COLLEGE HILL, OHIO, July, 1889.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE LIST OF MAPS GENERAL INTRODUCTION: THE
RACES AND THEIR EARLY MIGRATIONS

PART I.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
SECTION I.--THE EASTERN NATIONS.

CHAPTER I.
India and China. 1. India. 2. China. II. Egypt. 1. Political History. 2.
Religion, Arts, and General Culture. III. Chaldæa. 1. Political History.
2. Arts and General Culture. IV. Assyria. 1. Political History. 2.
Religion, Arts, and General Culture. V. Babylonia. VI. The Hebrews.
VII. The Phoenicians. VIII. The Persian Empire. 1. Political History. 2.
Government, Religion, and Arts.
SECTION II.--GRECIAN HISTORY.
IX. The Land and the People. X. The Legendary or Heroic Age. XI.
Religion of the Greeks. XII. Age of the Tyrants and of