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The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine

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001 - The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece

Tác giả: Eva March Tappan

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001 - The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece
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002 - India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note
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003 - Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda
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004 - The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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005 - Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed
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006 - India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note
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007 - The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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008 - Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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009 - Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus
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010 - India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note
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011 - Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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012 - The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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013 - The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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014 - The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble
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015 - The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian
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016 - Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian
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017 - The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian
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018 - The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian
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019 - Some Indian proverbs
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020 - India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note
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021 - Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch
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022 - Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90
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023 - The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith
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024 - Poems by King Bhartrihari
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025 - Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa
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026 - India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note
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027 - Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114
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028 - The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier
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029 - The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor
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030 - On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier
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031 - Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142
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032 - The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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033 - India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note
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034 - How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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035 - The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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036 - The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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037 - Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone
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038 - The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell
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039 - Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180
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040 - When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
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041 - India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note
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042 - What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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043 - The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude
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044 - An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200
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045 - How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude
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046 - Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male
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047 - Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
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048 - The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
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049 - The last voyage, painting p. 245
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050 - Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day
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051 - The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore
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052 - Siam: historical note
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053 - The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens
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054 - The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine
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055 - Afghanistan: historical note
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056 - ''The hill of bones'', by Rev. Arthur Male
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057 - Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note
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058 - Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold
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059 - When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon
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060 - Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302
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061 - How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott
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062 - The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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063 - King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church
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064 - How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus
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065 - Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note
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066 - The last king of Persia, by Plutarch
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067 - The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368
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068 - Dara, by James Russell Lowell
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069 - The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed
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070 - Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century
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071 - Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note
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072 - Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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073 - The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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074 - The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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075 - A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills
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076 - The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen
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077 - New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson
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078 - Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note
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079 - How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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080 - The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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081 - How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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082 - Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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083 - Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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084 - How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson
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085 - Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note
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086 - The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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087 - How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero
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088 - The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay
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089 - The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474
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090 - How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce
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091 - The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron
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092 - Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note
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093 - How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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094 - The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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095 - Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament
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096 - Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine
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097 - The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott
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098 - Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note
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099 - The journey to the promised land
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100 - The shepherd boy who became king
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101 - The story of King Solomon
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102 - Stories from the Talmud
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103 - The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
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104 - Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582
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105 - Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note
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106 - On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton
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107 - The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
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108 - Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note
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109 - ''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
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110 - The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610
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111 - The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott
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112 - The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan
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113 - The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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114 - St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud