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

Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century.

Topics in Part II include India, Siam, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for Sakoontala, or the lost ring:

King: Tomas Peter
First Attendant: Eva Davis
Second Attendant: TJ Burns
Child: lorda
Sakoontala: Monika M.C.
Matali: DrPGould
Kasyapa: ToddHW
Aditi: Sandra Schmit
Pupil: Nemo
Narrator: Sonia

Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Poetry, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece	Sonia	00:02:25
Play 02	India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note	Sonia	00:01:57
Play 03	Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda	Sonia	00:02:27
Play 04	The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter	Sonia	00:10:40
Play 05	Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed	Availle	00:28:56
Play 06	India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note	Monika M. C.	00:01:40
Play 07	The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter	Monika M. C.	00:09:50
Play 08	Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold	Monika M. C.	00:20:51
Play 09	Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus	April6090	00:31:48
Play 10	India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note	April6090	00:01:14
Play 11	Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson	Nemo	00:03:43
Play 12	The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson	Nemo	00:02:50
Play 13	The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson	DrPGould	00:01:32
Play 14	The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble	RajVO	00:01:29
Play 15	The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian	Tomas Peter	00:02:48
Play 16	Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian	April6090	00:01:13
Play 17	The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian	RajVO	00:04:19
Play 18	The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian	RajVO	00:01:26
Play 19	Some Indian proverbs	DrPGould	00:00:58
Play 20	India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note	RajVO	00:01:38
Play 21	Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch	Kevin Stewart	00:15:14
Play 22	Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90	RajVO	00:03:03
Play 23	The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith	Availle	00:12:55
Play 24	Poems by King Bhartrihari	DrPGould	00:01:27
Play 25	Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa	Group	00:19:46
Play 26	India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note	RajVO	00:02:23
Play 27	Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114	RajVO	00:03:03
Play 28	The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier	Jim Locke	00:06:30
Play 29	The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor	ToddHW	00:16:32
Play 30	On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier	Jim Locke	00:27:51
Play 31	Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142	Nemo	00:02:33
Play 32	The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay	Kevin Stewart	00:09:09
Play 33	India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note	Sonia	00:03:06
Play 34	How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay	Jim Locke	00:11:23
Play 35	The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay	Kevin Stewart	00:09:22
Play 36	The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay	Jim Locke	00:14:10
Play 37	Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone	Jim Locke	00:22:22
Play 38	The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell	Alan Mapstone	00:04:53
Play 39	Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180	Jim Locke	00:01:44
Play 40	When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts	Jim Locke	00:13:46
Play 41	India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note	Jim Locke	00:01:52
Play 42	What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter	Jim Locke	00:05:36
Play 43	The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude	Jim Locke	00:08:59
Play 44	An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200	Jim Locke	00:02:41
Play 45	How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude	Jim Locke	00:28:49
Play 46	Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male	Jim Locke	00:15:24
Play 47	Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams	Jim Locke	00:17:10
Play 48	The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams	Jim Locke	00:19:05
Play 49	The last voyage, painting p. 245	Jim Locke	00:02:04
Play 50	Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day	Jim Locke	00:06:26
Play 51	The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore	Jim Locke	00:19:51
Play 52	Siam: historical note	Jim Locke	00:01:40
Play 53	The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens	Jim Locke	00:11:57
Play 54	The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine	Jim Locke	00:04:27
Play 55	Afghanistan: historical note	Jim Locke	00:01:35
Play 56	"The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male	April6090	00:14:24
Play 57	Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note	Jim Locke	00:02:07
Play 58	Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold	Jim Locke	00:16:23
Play 59	When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon	DrPGould	00:13:24
Play 60	Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302	Tomas Peter	00:01:50
Play 61	How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott	Jim Locke	00:46:17
Play 62	The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Jim Locke	00:06:46
Play 63	King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church	Jim Locke	00:22:39
Play 64	How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus	DrPGould	00:27:38
Play 65	Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note	Chris Fields	00:01:39
Play 66	The last king of Persia, by Plutarch	Farnood	00:25:16
Play 67	The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:54
Play 68	Dara, by James Russell Lowell	Tomas Peter	00:04:40
Play 69	The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed	Farnood	00:11:14
Play 70	Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century	DrPGould	00:04:42
Play 71	Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:20
Play 72	Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy	Tomas Peter	00:13:07
Play 73	The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy	Kevin Stewart	00:08:36
Play 74	The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy	Kevin Stewart	00:08:41
Play 75	A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills	Farnood	00:18:57
Play 76	The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen	Farnood	00:15:31
Play 77	New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson	April6090	00:26:56
Play 78	Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:00:52
Play 79	How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin	Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	00:03:23
Play 80	The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin	yaelh	00:02:48
Play 81	How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin	yaelh	00:06:24
Play 82	Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin	yaelh	00:02:23
Play 83	Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin	April6090	00:01:22
Play 84	How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson	TJ Burns	00:05:01
Play 85	Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note	DrPGould	00:01:50
Play 86	The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian	DrPGould	00:07:33
Play 87	How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero	Sonia	00:07:57
Play 88	The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay	Devorah Allen	00:02:44
Play 89	The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:01
Play 90	How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce	DrPGould	00:14:39
Play 91	The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron	Nemo	00:03:05
Play 92	Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note	TJ Burns	00:02:26
Play 93	How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian	cathar maiden	00:10:34
Play 94	The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian	April6090	00:12:41
Play 95	Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament	Ellen Murphy	00:11:08
Play 96	Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine	cathar maiden	00:02:47
Play 97	The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott	realisticspeakers	00:30:37
Play 98	Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:20
Play 99	The journey to the promised land	Talie Hass	00:30:10
Play 100	The shepherd boy who became king	Talie Hass	00:23:51
Play 101	The story of King Solomon	Farnood	00:18:36
Play 102	Stories from the Talmud	yaelh	00:13:26
Play 103	The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard	Devorah Allen	00:07:11
Play 104	Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582	Larry Wilson	00:02:00
Play 105	Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note	Larry Wilson	00:01:10
Play 106	On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton	Larry Wilson	00:11:35
Play 107	The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard	Devorah Allen	00:11:30
Play 108	Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note	Sonia	00:01:26
Play 109	''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot	Sonia	00:10:32
Play 110	The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610	Sonia	00:01:52
Play 111	The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott	DrPGould	00:14:21
Play 112	The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan	April6090	00:05:07
Play 113	The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Tomas Peter	00:01:38
Play 114	St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud	Sonia	00:12:49

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