Universal History - The Oldest Historical Group of Nations and the Greeks

Klappentext Published 1884, this work in English translation focuses on the Mediterranean and the Middle East, from ancient Egypt to Alexander. Zusammenfassung Published in 1884, this work in English translation, though limited to the Mediterranean and the Middle East, takes a broad overview of 'the oldest historical group of nations and the Greeks'. Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886) begins with ancient Egypt and concludes with Alexander the Great and his immediate successors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Amon-Ra, Baal, Jehovah, and ancient Egypt; 2. The twelve tribes of Israel; 3. Tyre and Assur; 4. The Medo-Persian kingdom; 5. Ancient Hellas; 6. The encounter between the Greeks and the Persian empire; 7. The Athenian democracy and its leaders; 8. Antagonism and growth of religious ideas in Greek literature; 9. The relations of Persia and Greece during the first half of the fourth century; 10. The universal monarchy of Makedonia; 11. Origin of the Graeco-Makedonian kingdoms; 12. A glance at Carthage and Syracuse; Index.

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• Authors: Leopold Von Ranke
• Assisted by: George Walter Prothero (Translation), Prothero George Walter (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2014
• EAN: 9781108075183
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07518-3
• No. of pages: 522
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory