The History of the Ancient Civilizations

The History of the Ancient Civilizations
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"The History of the Ancient Civilizations" in 6 volumes is one of the best-known works by historian Max Duncker. The author's object in regard to the ancient East was not to retrace the beginning of human civilization, but rather to understand and establish the value and extent of those early phases of civilization to which the entire development of the human race goes back. The narrative embraces the independent civilizations of the ancient East which came to exercise a mutual influence on each other. First it follows the realm on the Nile and the kingdoms of Hither Asia as far as the point where the nations of Iran began to influence their destinies, and then it attempts to set forth the peculiar development of the Aryan tribes in the valleys of the Indus and the Ganges, down to the times of Tshandragupta and Asoka. Then follows the history of the Bactrians, the Medes, and the Persians, until the period when the nations of the table-land of Iran were united by Cyrus and Darius with the countries of Western Asia, when Aryan life and Aryan civilization gained the supremacy over the whole region from Ceylon to the Nile and the Hellespont. The forms of life at which the great empires of Asia had arrived are finally brought face to face with the more youthful civilization attained by the Hellenes in their mountain cantons. This new development is followed down to the first great shock when East and West met in conflict, and the Achaemenids sought to crush the Hellenes under the weight of Asia. With the failure of this attempt «The History of Antiquity» concludes.

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Duncker Max. The History of the Ancient Civilizations

The History of the Ancient Civilizations

Table of Contents

Volume 1

PREFACE. TO THE ENGLISH EDITION

BOOK I. EGYPT

CHAPTER I. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE ANTIQUITY OF THE CIVILISATION IN THE VALLEY. OF THE NILE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE RELIGION OF THE EGYPTIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE KINGDOM OF MEMPHIS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE HYKSOS AND THE RESTORATION OF THE EGYPTIAN. KINGDOM

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. THE HOUSE OF RAMSES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE MONUMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF RAMSES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. LIFE AND MANNERS OF THE EGYPTIANS

FOOTNOTES:

BOOK II. THE SEMITIC NATIONS

CHAPTER I. THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF BABYLON

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE RELIGION AND SCIENCE OF THE CHALDÆANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE ART AND TRADE OF BABYLONIA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE ARABS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE CANAANITES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. THE RELIGIOUS RITES OF THE CANAANITES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE ORIGIN AND DESCENT OF THE HEBREWS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. THE HEBREWS IN EGYPT

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. THE LIBERATION OF THE HEBREWS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. THE HEBREWS IN THE DESERT

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XI. THE HEBREW INVASION OF CANAAN

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XII. THE NATIONS OF ASIA MINOR

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 2

ASSYRIA

CHAPTER I. THE STORY OF NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ASSYRIAN KINGDOM

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE NAVIGATION AND COLONIES OF THE PHENICIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONARCHY IN ISRAEL

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. DAVID'S STRUGGLE AGAINST SAUL AND ISHBOSHETH

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE RULE OF DAVID

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. KING SOLOMON

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. THE LAW OF THE PRIESTS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. JUDAH AND ISRAEL

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XI. THE CITIES OF THE PHENICIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XII. THE TRADE OF THE PHENICIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIII. THE RISE OF ASSYRIA

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 3

ASSYRIA

CHAPTER I. THE CAMPAIGNS OF TIGLATH PILESAR II

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE PHARAOHS OF TANIS, BUBASTIS, AND NAPATA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST COLLISION OF ASSYRIA AND EGYPT

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. ASSYRIA IN THE REIGNS OF SARGON AND SENNACHERIB

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. SENNACHERIB IN SYRIA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. ESARHADDON

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. ASSURBANIPAL'S WARS AND VICTORIES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. THE CONSTITUTION, ARMY, AND ART OF THE ASSYRIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. JUDAH UNDER MANASSES AND JOSIAH

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XI. THE NATIONS OF THE NORTH

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XII. THE FALL OF ASSYRIA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIII. EGYPT UNDER PSAMMETICHUS AND NECHO

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIV. THE RESTORATION OF BABYLON

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR AND HIS SUCCESSORS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVI. EGYPT UNDER THE LAST PHARAOHS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVII. THE OVERTHROW OF THE HERACLEIDS IN LYDIA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVIII. LYDIA UNDER THE MERMNADÆ

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 4

INDIA

CHAPTER I. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE ARYAS ON THE INDUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE CONQUEST OF THE LAND OF THE GANGES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE FORMATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE ORDERS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE OLD AND THE NEW RELIGION

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THE INDIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE CASTES AND THE FAMILY

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. THE THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE BRAHMANS

FOOTNOTES:

BOOK VI. BUDDHISTS AND BRAHMANS

CHAPTER I. THE STATES ON THE GANGES IN THE SIXTH CENTURY B.C

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. BUDDHA'S LIFE AND TEACHING

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE KINGDOM OF MAGADHA AND THE SETTLEMENTS. IN THE SOUTH

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE NATIONS AND PRINCES OF THE LAND OF THE INDUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE INDIANS IN THE. FOURTH CENTURY B.C

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. CHANDRAGUPTA OF MAGADHA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE RELIGION OF THE BUDDHISTS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. THE REFORMS OF THE BRAHMANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. AÇOKA OF MAGADHA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. RETROSPECT

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 5

BOOK VII. THE ARIANS OF EASTERN IRAN

EASTERN IRAN

CHAPTER I. THE LAND AND THE TRIBES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE KINGDOM OF THE BACTRIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE SCRIPTURES OF IRAN.[76]

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. ZARATHRUSTRA AND THE DATE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE AVESTA.[118]

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE ARIANS IN IRAN

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VI. THE REFORM OF THE FAITH

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE DOCTRINE OF THE AVESTA

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. THE PRIESTHOOD OF IRAN

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. THE LAW OF THE PRIESTS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. THE LATER DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN IRAN

FOOTNOTES:

BOOK VIII. THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS

THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES. AND PERSIANS

CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATION OF THE MEDIAN KINGDOM

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II. THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER III. THE TRIBES OF THE PERSIANS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IV. THE FALL OF THE MEDIAN KINGDOM

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF THE PERSIAN KINGDOM

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 6

BOOK VIII. (CONTINUED.) THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND. PERSIANS

EASTERN IRAN

CHAPTER VI. THE FALL OF THE LYDIAN EMPIRE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VII. THE SUBJUGATION OF ASIA MINOR

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER VIII. THE FALL OF BABYLON

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX. THE KINGDOM OF CYRUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF EGYPT

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XI. THE MARCH TO MEROE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XII. THE DEATH OF CAMBYSES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIII. THE RISE OF DARIUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIV. THE REBELLIONS IN THE PROVINCES

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XV. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DARIUS ON THE INDUS AND THE DANUBE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVI. THE CONQUESTS IN AFRICA AND EUROPE

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVII. THE STATE OF DARIUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XVIII. THE FINANCE AND ARMY OF DARIUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XIX. THE COURT OF DARIUS

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XX. RETROSPECT

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Max Duncker

Egypt, Assyria, Phoenicia, Israel, Babylon, Lydia, Arians, Buddhists and Brahmans, The Medes and Persians…

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[72] Herod. 2, 40, 42, 144.

[73] Plut. "De Isid." c. 35, 39.

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