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Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading
George Park Fisher
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PREFACE.
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UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
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PART I. ANCIENT HISTORY.
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DIVISION I.
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CHAPTER I. CHINA.
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CHAPTER II. INDIA.
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CHAPTER I. EGYPT.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III. THE PHOENICIANS AND CARTHAGINIANS.
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CHAPTER IV. THE HEBREWS.
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CHAPTER V. THE PERSIANS.
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DIVISION II. EUROPE.
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SECTION I. GRECIAN HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I. THE PREHISTORIC AGE.
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CHAPTER II. THE FORMATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES.
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CHAPTER I. THE PERSIAN WARS.
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CHAPTER II. THE ASCENDENCY OF ATHENS.
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CHAPTER III. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.
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CHAPTER IV. RELATIONS WITH PERSIA.—THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN HEGEMONY.
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CHAPTER I. PHILIP AND ALEXANDER.
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CHAPTER II. THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER.
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SECTION II. ROMAN HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS (753-509 B.C.).
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CHAPTER II. ROME UNDER THE PATRICIANS (509-304 B.C.).
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CHAPTER I. CONQUEST OF THE LATINS AND ITALIANS (304-282 B.C.).
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER I. THE FIRST AND SECOND PUNIC WABS (264-202 B.C.).
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CHAPTER II. CONQUEST OF MACEDONIA: THE THIRD PUNIC WAR: THE DESTRUCTION OF CORINTH (202-146 B.C.).
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CHAPTER I. THE GRACCHI: THE FIRST MITHRIDATIC WAR: MARIUS AND SULLA (146-78 B.C.).
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CHAPTER II. POMPEIUS AND THE EAST: TO THE DEATH OF CRASSUS (78-53 B.C.).
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CHAPTER III. POMPEIUS AND CAESAR: THE SECOND TRIUMVIRATE.
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CHAPTER I. THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS.
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THE CLAUDIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE.
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CHAPTER II. THE EMPERORS OF THE AUGUSTAN HOUSE.
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CHAPTER III. THE FLAVIANS AND THE ANTONINES.
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CHAPTER IV. THE EMPERORS MADE BY THE SOLDIERS: THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY.
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PART II. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I. CAUSES OF THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE: THE TEUTONIC CONFEDERACIES.
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CHAPTER II. THE TEUTONIC MIGRATIONS AND KINGDOMS.
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CHAPTER III. THE EASTERN EMPIRE.
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CHAPTER IV. MOHAMMEDANISM AND THE ARABIC CONQUESTS.
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CHAPTER I. THE CARLOVINGIAN EMPIRE TO THE DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE (A.D. 814).
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CHAPTER II. DISSOLUTION OP CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE: RISE OF THE KINGDOMS OF FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY.
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CHAPTER III. INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN AND OTHERS: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.
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CHAPTER I. THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE EMPIRE: TO THE CRUSADES, A.D. 1096.
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CHAPTER II. THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE CHURCH: TO THE END OF THE CRUSADES, A.D. 1270.
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CHAPTER III. ENGLAND AND FRANCE: THE FIRST PERIOD OF THEIR RIVALSHIP (1066-1217).
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CHAPTER IV. RISE OF THE BURGHER CLASS: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF THE CRUSADES.
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PERIOD IV. FROM THE END OF THE CRUSADES TO THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE. (A.D. 1270-1453.)
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CHAPTER I. ENGLAND AND FRANCE: SECOND PERIOD OP RIVALSHIP: THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1339-1453).
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THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR:
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THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR:
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THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR:
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THE THREE NORTHERN KINGDOMS BEFORE THE UNION OF CALMAR.
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CHAPTER II. GERMANY: ITALY: SPAIN: THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES: POLAND AND RUSSIA: HUNGARY: OTTOMAN TURKS: THE GREEK EMPIRE.
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CHAPTER III. THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN ASIA.
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PART III. MODERN HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I. FRANCE: ENGLAND: SPAIN: GERMANY: ITALY: THE OTTOMAN TURKS: RUSSIA: THE INVASIONS OF ITALY.
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CHAPTER II. INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE.
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PERIOD II. THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION. (1517-1648)
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CHAPTER I. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, TO THE TREATY OF NUREMBERG (1517-1532).
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CHAPTER II. THE REFORMATION IN TEUTONIC COUNTRIES: SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, ENGLAND.
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CHAPTER III. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, FROM THE PEACE OF NUREMBERG TO THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG (1532-1555).
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CHAPTER IV. CALVINISM IN GENEVA: BEGINNING OF THE CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION.
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CHAPTER V. PHILIP II., AND THE BEVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS.
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CHAPTER VI. THE CIVIL WARS IN FRANCE, TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IV. (1610).
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CHAPTER VII. THE THIRTY-YEARS' WAR, TO THE PEACE OP WESTPHALIA (1618-1648).
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FRANCE.—THE BOURBON KINGS.
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THIRD STAGE IN THE WAR (1632-1648).
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CHAPTER VIII. SECOND STAGE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND: TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH (1547-1603).
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CHAPTER IX. THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE COMMONWEALTH (1603-1658).
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CHAPTER X. COLONIZATION IN AMERICA: ASIATIC NATIONS; CULTURE AND LITERATURE (1517-1648).
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ASIATIC NATIONS.
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CHAPTER I. THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE: FIRST PART OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697): THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION OF 1688.
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CHAPTER II. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (TO THE PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713); DECLINE OF THE POWER OF FRANCE: POWER AND MARITIME SUPREMACY OF ENGLAND.
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CHAPTER III. THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR: THE FALL OP SWEDEN: GROWTH OF THE POWER OF RUSSIA.
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CHAPTER IV. WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION; GROWTH OP THE POWER OF PRUSSIA: THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND.
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CHAPTER V. CONTEST OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA: WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
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CHAPTER VI. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION.
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PERIOD IV. THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (1789-1815.)
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CHAPTER I. FROM THE ASSEMBLING OF THE STATES GENERAL TO THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. (1789-1793).
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CHAPTER II. FROM THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. TO THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE (JAN. 21, 1793-JULY 27, 1794).
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CHAPTER III. FROM THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE TO THE EMPIRE OF NAPOLEON (1794-1804).
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CHAPTER IV. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIBE TO THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1804-1812).
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CHAPTER V. FROM THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1812) TO THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1814-15).
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CHAPTER VI. AMERICAN HISTORY IN THIS PERIOD (1789-1815).
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CHAPTER VII. LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (1789-1815).
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PERIOD V. FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE PRESENT TIME.
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CHAPTER I. EUROPE, FROM THE CONGRESS OP VIENNA (1815) TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1830.
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CHAPTER II. EUROPE FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 TO THE REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH OF 1848.
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CHAPTER III. EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 TO THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (1866).
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CHAPTER IV. EUROPE, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR TO THE END OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (1866-1871).
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CHAPTER V. EUROPE, THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC, AND THE UNION OF ITALY (1871-).
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CHAPTER VI. THE UNITED STATES (1815-1890): MEXICO: SOUTH AMERICAN STATES: EASTERN ASIA.
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CHAPTER VII. THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
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CHAPTER VIII. DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: SCIENCE AND LITERATURE: PROGRESS OF HUMANE SENTIMENT: PROGRESS TOWARD THE UNITY OF MANKIND.
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CHAPTER I. EGYPT.
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