The Story of World Progress

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Allyn and Bacon, 1922 - 716 pages
World progress in the West.

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Contents

1
32
Babylonian Lion from the Sacred Way
34
Laws of Hammurapi
35
Babylonian Deluge Tablet and Contract Tablet Plate XI facing
36
An Assyrian Book Plate XII facing
36
Impression from a Kings Seal
39
IV
41
Persian Gold Armlet
42
Reliefs from Assyrian Palaces Plate XIII facing
43
Plate XIV facing
45
V
46
The Land of Goshen Today
48
THE GREEKS
52
Palace Sewer at Knossos
52
The Vaphio Cups Plate XV facing
54
Scroll from the Vaphio Cups Plate XVI facing
55
Gate of the Lions at Mycenae
56
Bronze Dagger from Mycenae inlaid with gold
57
VII
58
Part of the Excavations at Troy
60
Zeus
65
FROM THE TROJAN TO THE PERSIAN WAR 1000500
67
Ruins of Stadium at Olympia and of That at Delphi Plate XVII facing
68
Attic Vase of the Sixth Century B C
70
Ground Plan of the Temple of Theseus at Athens
71
Doric Ionic and Corinthian Columns
72
A Doric Capital from the Parthenon
75
Temple of Theseus socalled at Athens
79
Site of Ancient Sparta and the Modern City Plate XVIII facing
84
Vale of Tempe Plate XIX facing
85
Greek Women at Their Music Scroll from an Attic Vase
88
Marathon Today
89
Athenian Youth in the Procession in Honor of Athene from the Parthenon frieze
97
Ruins of the Piraeus Walls
98
Bay of Salamis
102
XI
103
Plan of the Acropolis of Athens facing
106
The Acropolis Today Plate XX facing
106
Theater of Dionysus at Athens Today Plate XXI facing
108
Parthenon and Erechtheum Today Plate XXII facing
109
Augustus Caesar the Vatican statue 66
110
The Roman Forum and a Restoration Benvenuti
111
A Restoration of the Parthenon Colored facing
112
The Bronze Janus Coin of Nero
113
Detail from Arch of Titus
114
Greek Girls at Play from a vase painting
115
XII
116
Plan of a Fifthcentury Greek House
117
Greek Women at Their Toilet from a bowl painting
118
The Wrestlers after Myron
121
Greek School Scenes from a bowl painting
122
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR AND THE FALL OF HELLAS
124
The Hermes of Praxiteles
126
Copy of Praxiteles Satyr The Marble Faun
128
Theater of Apollo at Delphi
129
Plan of the Battle of Leuctra
131
Philip II of Macedon from a gold medallion
134
XIV
135
Alexander the Great two sides of the medallion of Tarsus
138
Public Buildings of Pergamos
140
The Apollo Belvedere
141
Tower of Pharos Alexandrian Lighthouse
142
Venus Aphrodite of Melos
143
ROME
147
Etruscan Vase
149
Etruscan Tombs at Orvieto
152
Temple of Vesta socalled
153
Wall of Servius socalled
155
A Coin of Pyrrhus
162
XVIII
164
The Appian Way Today
166
Etruscan Ruins at Sutri Plate XXIII facing
170
Excavations at Pompeii Plate XXIV facing
171
Coin of Hiero II of Syracuse
177
THE WINNING OF THE WORLD 264164 B C
183
The Discus Thrower Myron Plate XXV facing
184
Two Views of the Ruins of a Roman Villa Plate XXVI facing
185
Temple of Apollo House of the Vettii Plate XXVII facing
188
Court of a Roman House Boulangers painting Plate XXVIII facing
189
THE GRACCHI 133121 B C
191
A Roman Holiday with Procession Colored a modern painting facing
193
THE SENATE AND MILITARY CHIEFS
197
A Roman Chariot Race a modern painting Plate XXIX facing
200
Views of the Roman Forum Today Plate XXX facing
201
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212
The Netherlands at the Truce of 1609
216
Plate XXXIII facing
216
Triumphal Arch of Titus showing also the Colosseum Plate XXXIV facing
217
St Basils Moscow
219
Plate XXXVI facing
224
Crosssection of the Pantheon
225
Marcus Aurelius the Capitoline bust 125 Views of the Colosseum
227
Plate XXXVII facing
228
Trajans Arch at Beneventum 127 Roman Amphitheater at Nîmes
232
Serfs in Roman Gaul 129 Imperial Bodyguard of Germans Marcus Aurelius 130 Arch of Constantine at Rome 131 Constantines Column at Constanti...
234
XL
242
Restoration
242
Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars and Benvenutis 135 Roman Coins
243
PART VIROMANOTEUTONIC EUROPE
244
A Roman Temple at Nîmes well preserved 138 Silver Coin of Justinian
246
The Abbey of Citeaux
252
Court of Lions in the Alhambra Plate XLIV facing
255
Cloisters of St John Lateran
257
Seal of Charlemagne
259
Saracenic Walls of Jerusalem and the Damascus Gate Plate XLI facing 243 243
261
Conway Castle
265
Remains of a Viking Ship
266
St Martins Church near Canterbury
268
Entrance to a Feudal Castle after Gautier
269
Bodlam Castle
270
Knight in Plate Armor from Lacroix
271
Reapers Cart fourteenth century
274
Falconry
275
A Court Jester
276
Siege of a Medieval Town
296
Town Hall at Oudenarde 13th century Plate XLV facing
298
Old Street in Rouen present condition Plate XLVI facing
299
A Medieval Coopers Shop
300
Workshop of Etienne Delaulne 16thcentury goldsmith
302
Flying Buttresses Norwich Cathedral
304
PART VIIAGE OF THE RENAISSANCE
305
A Luxurious English Carriage fourteenth century
308
Parliament of 1399
310
Guys Tower
311
Joan of Arc at Orleans Plate XLIX facing
312
OTHER EUROPEAN STATES
313
Illustration from Fifteenthcentury Manuscript showing historical characters Plate LI facing
316
Church of St Sophia Constantinople Plate LII facing
317
Hall of the Clothmakers Gild at Ypres
318
THE RENAISSANCE
320
Ca dOro at Venice and Ducal Palace Plate LIII facing
322
St Marks Venice Plate LIV facing
323
Columbus before Isabella Brozik Colored facing
326
exterior and interior views Plate LV
328
PART VIII THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
329
Luthers Defiance at Worms Von Werner
331
Luthers Room in the Wartburg
332
Charles V at Muhlberg Plate LVI facing
334
Village Maypole Festival sixteenth century
336
ENGLAND AND THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT
339
Sir Thomas More Rubens copy of Holbeins portrait
341
English Abbeys Tintern and Tewksbury Plate LVII facing
342
Kenilworth Castle 1620 and Today Plate LVIII facing
343
Shakesperes Theater The Globe
344
Queen Elizabeth at the Tilbury Rally
345
A CENTURY OF RELIGIOUS WARS
348
Francis Drake Knighted by Queen Elizabeth
349
Dutch Windmills
350
Henry IV of France with his children Plate LIX facing
352
Richelieu on the Mole at La Rochelle Plate LX facing
353
Death of Gustavus Adolphus Plate LXI facing
354
FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
355
Territorial Changes of the Thirty Years
356
Rheinstein a Medieval Castle on the Rhine Colored
358
Ruins of a Rhine Castle above a modern town
360
Charles I of England Van Dyck Plate LXII facing
372
Oliver Cromwell Visiting John Milton David Neal Plate LXIII facing
373
Charles Is Attempt to Seize the Five Members in the Com mons Copley Plate LXIV facing
376
Cromwell in Armor Robert Walkers life portrait Plate LXV facing
377
Trial of Charles I Plate LXVI facing
378
Great Seal of the English Commonwealth
379
Blakes Victory over Von Tromp
380
Whites Chocolate House in London Hogarth Plate LXVII facing
384
House of Commons Hogarth in 1730
385
La Salle Taking Possession of the Mississippi Valley for France Marchand
387
Page from the New England Primer of 1680
388
English America 16601690 Colored
388
XLI
390
The French in Heidelberg horrors of Louis XIVs Wars Plate LXIX facing
392
Louis XIV and the Great Condé Plate LXX facing
393
Prussia at the Death of Frederick II
397
PART XTHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
403
THE REVOLUTION IN PEACE 17891791
412
Gardens and Palace at Versailles
414
THE REVOLUTION IN WAR TIME
420
Rouget De Lisle Singing the Marseillaise for the First Time
424
XLV
432
Bonaparte at Arcola
433
The Vendôme Column
440
Rising of Prussia against Napoleon in 1813
444
REACTION 18151848
448
Napoleon at Waterloo Steuben
450
A Spinning Wheel in a Swiss Home
462
Steam Navigation the Clermont and the Britannic
470
PART XII
480
Europe in 1802
485
Louis Napoleons Landing at Boulogne Deutsch
490
FROM THE YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS TO THE FRANCO
491
France is Tranquil Harpers Magazine
494
PART XIII
505
LIV
514
Queen Victoria
519
Disraeli
523
WAR UPON POVERTY
528
ENGLISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES
537
Plate XCI facing
538
CONTINENTAL EUROPE 18711914
544
Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles Von
545
sian Invasion in 1871
554
THE GERMAN EMPIRE 18711914
558
Africa in 1914 Colored
562
Bismarck after dismissal from office
567
A Norwegian FjordSogndal
580
The Kremlin Moscow
588
Forging a Railway Car Axle
596
facing
603
Hasedera Temple Japan
606
after
610
Plate CII facing
618
THE WORLD
621
The Congress of Berlin in 1878
622
World Powers in 1914 Colored
625
FOUR YEARS OF WAR
630
French Dugout
632
facing
646
SINCE THE WAR
651
APPENDIX A Short List of Books on European History for High
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INDEX 9
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French Infantry in Action and
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Review of French Troops Range
22
247
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Osiris Isis and Hathor bronze statues
26
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Plate XLIII facing 254
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