Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Complete Historical Compendium, or Short History of the Human Race; Ancient, Medieval and Modern: Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National Life, Civil Government, Religion, Science, Literature, Art and Social Life
The work is divided into three parts, each containing the record of an import ant era in the history of the world. Part First contains an historical account of the ancient world - the period fiom the earliest dawn of civilization to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, A. D. 476. Part Second embraces the history of the Middle Ages - the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Discovery of America, A. D. 1492. Part Third comprises a record of the modern epoch - the period from the Discovery of America to the present time.
Great historical events have been arranged logically rather than chronologically, and great care has been taken to detail facts in proportion to their relative im portance. The author has also taken great pains to omit what is irrelevant, and he has selected from the great mass of historical matter those events which have exerted a controlling in?uence upon the destinies of the world.
The greatest prominence is given to the annals of those nations of ancient and modern times which have acted a leading part on the stage of the world's history; and, with this view, Greece and Rome are made to stand out with their due prominence among the nations of antiquity, while Germany, France, England and America are exhibited as the leading actors in the modern drama.
To assist the reader in acquiring and retaining a knowledge of the facts related, and to observe their historical relation, the subject-matter of this work is arranged in chapters, and these chapters are divided into sections; while each subject is minutely analyzed, and the outlines of the various subjects furnish appropriate headings for the different paragraphs.
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