The Course of Empire: Outlines of the Chief Political Changes in the History of the World (arranged by Centuries)J.R. Osgood & Company, 1883 - 459 páginas |
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... Western world , have much interest to us , and they principally in the degree of their connection with European civilization . Among the nations outside of the Caucasian race , the vast empire of the Chinese stands forth as having ...
... Western world , have much interest to us , and they principally in the degree of their connection with European civilization . Among the nations outside of the Caucasian race , the vast empire of the Chinese stands forth as having ...
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... Western history deserves entire neglect ; whole centuries and empires in the East may be safely passed over by all except professed Oriental historians . FREEMAN . Slow conquests , long struggles of race against race , amalgamations ...
... Western history deserves entire neglect ; whole centuries and empires in the East may be safely passed over by all except professed Oriental historians . FREEMAN . Slow conquests , long struggles of race against race , amalgamations ...
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... Western Asia , and into Europe and Africa ; it drew together Bactria , Parthia , Media , Assyria , Syria , Palestine , Phoenicia , Asia Minor , Armenia , Thrace , Egypt , and the Cyrenaica . The voice of the Great King was law from the ...
... Western Asia , and into Europe and Africa ; it drew together Bactria , Parthia , Media , Assyria , Syria , Palestine , Phoenicia , Asia Minor , Armenia , Thrace , Egypt , and the Cyrenaica . The voice of the Great King was law from the ...
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... Western Asia at the year 500 B. C. are shown in a broad and general way upon the accompanying map . We shall now try to trace the chief political changes and national movements from the date of this map ( 500 B. C. ) down to the year ...
... Western Asia at the year 500 B. C. are shown in a broad and general way upon the accompanying map . We shall now try to trace the chief political changes and national movements from the date of this map ( 500 B. C. ) down to the year ...
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... Western races of mankind . The infant energies of Europe would have been trodden out beneath universal conquest , and the history of the world , like the history of Asia , would have become a mere record of the rise and fall of despotic ...
... Western races of mankind . The infant energies of Europe would have been trodden out beneath universal conquest , and the history of the world , like the history of Asia , would have become a mere record of the rise and fall of despotic ...
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Africa Alexandria ancient Asia Athenian Athens Augustus barbarians barbarous battle became beginning Britain BYRON Cæsar Caliphate Carthage century Charlemagne Charles Christ Christian CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE Church civilization conquered conqueror conquest Constantinople Crusades defeated Diocletian dominion dynasty earth East Eastern Empire EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Egypt emperor England English Europe feudal France Franks Gaul genius German GIBBON glory Goths Greece Greek GUIZOT Heliotype Printing human hundred Huns invaded Italy Jerusalem Julius Cæsar King kingdom land liberty Lombards Macedonia mankind Middle Ages mind monarchy moral nations northern o'er Odoacer Ostrogoths PARTHIA peace period persecution Persian philosophers PLUTARCH political Pompey Pope prince PROMINENT NAMES Punic race reign religion republic Revolution Roman Empire Roman province Rome RUSSIA Saracens Saxons Seljuk Turks Sicily Spain spirit sword Syria territory thou thousand throne tion tribes Turks vast victory Visigoths Western WESTERN FRANKS whole
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Página 138 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 92 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...
Página 107 - No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by.
Página 19 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis ; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations ; — all were his ! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they ? And where are they, and where art thou, My country?
Página 45 - Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick- warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 33 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were : First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away — is this the whole ? A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour ! The warrior's weapon and the sophist's stole Are sought in vain, and o'er each mouldering tower, Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Página 15 - Islands of the Blest.' The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Página 410 - Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Página 244 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Página 111 - It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three Had Rome been growing up to might, And now was queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing wars; Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain: Apollo, Pallas, Jove, and Mars Held undisturbed their ancient reign, In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago.