Donate to LibriVox Thank a reader

LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.

Download cover art Download CD case insert

The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia

Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the third 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 III include Egypt, Northern, Western and Central Africa, South Africa and Arabia. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The Death of Cleopatra:

Dolabella: Tomas Peter
Charmian: Monika M.C.
Cleopatra: Sandra Schmit
Iras: Eva Davis
Guardsman: Roger Melin
Clown: Nemo
First Guard: DrPGould
Second Guard: Larry Wilson
Caesar: alanmapstone
Narrator: Sonia

Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Poetry, *Non-fiction

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece	Sonia	00:03:08
Play 02	Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note	Sonia	00:02:20
Play 03	Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus	Sonia	00:07:32
Play 04	Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards	Sonia	00:05:56
Play 05	How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards	Sonia	00:05:59
Play 06	Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 10	Sonia	00:02:18
Play 07	The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero	Jim Locke	00:14:38
Play 08	How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson	Jim Locke	00:19:19
Play 09	An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus	Jim Locke	00:02:43
Play 10	Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note	Jim Locke	00:02:12
Play 11	From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley	Nemo	00:03:56
Play 12	The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie	DrPGould	00:05:09
Play 13	Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 40	Keith Hunter	00:01:35
Play 14	The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie	DrPGould	00:09:57
Play 15	The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie	DrPGould	00:15:22
Play 16	Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:41
Play 17	A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor	Monika M. C.	00:16:05
Play 18	How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus	thestorygirl	00:05:41
Play 19	Building the pyramids, painting p. 68	thestorygirl	00:03:28
Play 20	Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner	Jim Locke	00:13:01
Play 21	Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 74	thestorygirl	00:01:46
Play 22	How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie	April6090	00:18:34
Play 23	Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 84	thestorygirl	00:01:59
Play 24	Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:06
Play 25	The mighty reign of Sesostris (Rameses II), by Diodorus the Sicilian	Jim Locke	00:18:00
Play 26	The story of Joseph, from the Old Testament	thestorygirl	00:53:40
Play 27	Joseph sold by his brethren, painting p. 100	thestorygirl	00:01:42
Play 28	In the brick fields, by Rev. J. H. Ingraham	Jim Locke	00:26:25
Play 29	'Let my people go'', by Théophile Gautier; translated by Augusta McC. Wright	Jim Locke	00:34:06
Play 30	The victory over the Khita, by Pen-Ta-Ur, 1326 B.C. put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley	Jim Locke	00:12:43
Play 31	Finding Pharaoh, by Edward L. Wilson	Jim Locke	00:24:39
Play 32	Going to see Pharaoh (Rameses II), by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley	Jim Locke	00:24:00
Play 33	Egypt Part V: The glory wanes: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:50
Play 34	Why Phanes was exiled, by Georg Ebers	Dave Lantz	00:18:33
Play 35	The founding of Alexandria (332 B.C.), by Plutarch	Alan Mapstone	00:03:15
Play 36	Antony and Cleopatra, painting p. 204	Alan Mapstone	00:03:29
Play 37	The death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.), by William Shakespeare	Group	00:12:30
Play 38	Egypt Part VI: Modern Egypt: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:43
Play 39	Bonaparte in Egypt, painting p. 214	Foon	00:01:31
Play 40	The battle of the pyramids (1798), by John S. C. Abbott	DrPGould	00:23:56
Play 41	Bonaparte before the Sphinx, painting p. 228	Tomas Peter	00:02:08
Play 42	The story of the Suez Canal, from ''All the year round'', 1854	thestorygirl	00:20:12
Play 43	How General Gordon outwitted the King of Abyssinia (between 1873 and 1880), by Alfred Egmont Hake	Chris Fields	00:02:37
Play 44	The death of General Gordon at Khartoum (1885), by Anonymous	Graham Scott	00:17:47
Play 45	Up the cataracts of the Nile (1875), by Charles Dudley Warner	Scotty Smith	00:28:37
Play 46	Northern Africa Part I: Legendary history and the story of Carthage: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:29
Play 47	Ulysses in the land of the Lotus-Eaters (Tripoli), by Homer	Alan Mapstone	00:02:10
Play 48	Aeneas at Carthage, by Virgil	Dave Lantz	00:13:50
Play 49	Aeneas at the court of Dido, painting p. 276	Alan Mapstone	00:02:14
Play 50	The cutting of the aqueduct, by Gustave Flaubert	April6090	00:15:01
Play 51	The fall of Carthage (146 B.C.) by Rev. Alfred J. Church	DrPGould	00:19:06
Play 52	Northern Africa Part II: Life and customs in Northern Africa: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:06
Play 53	How the Barbary pirates learned to respect the American flag (1815), by John Bach McMaster	Graham Scott	00:13:34
Play 54	Traditions of the sheikhs of Morocco (sixteenth century), by T. H. Weir	Farnood	00:19:14
Play 55	Morocco law (sixteenth century), by Edmondo de Amicis	Angelique G. Campbell	00:07:01
Play 56	Hawking in Algeria, painting p. 322	April6090	00:02:19
Play 57	One day in Morocco (nineteenth century) by Edmondo de Amicis	Farnood	00:20:46
Play 58	The great market of Tripoli (latter part of nineteenth century), by George E. Thompson	April6090	00:06:46
Play 59	Northern Africa Part III: The mystery of the desert: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:28
Play 60	The hour of prayer in the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson	Farnood	00:13:12
Play 61	The oasis of the great-grandfather (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson	Farnood	00:13:44
Play 62	The music of the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson	TJ Burns	00:30:19
Play 63	Western and Central Africa Part I: Unveiling the dark continent: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:20
Play 64	Writing a charm (about 1795), by Mungo Park	Tomas Peter	00:02:30
Play 65	A zealous missionary (about 1795), by Mungo Park	DrPGould	00:04:43
Play 66	A visit to King Moselekatse (1829), by Anne Manning Rathbone	DrPGould	00:12:55
Play 67	'The mountain with several caves'' (1854), by David Livingstone	DrPGould	00:02:30
Play 68	A magic lantern in Africa (1854), by David Livingstone	Devorah Allen	00:01:38
Play 69	The electric wind of the desert (1854), by David Livingstone	Devorah Allen	00:02:11
Play 70	The merman missionary (1854), by David Livingstone	Robin Cook	00:02:25
Play 71	How I found Livingstone (1871), by Sir Henry M. Stanley	DrPGould	00:09:43
Play 72	Western and Central Africa Part II: Adventures in the African jungle: Historical note	Foon	00:02:06
Play 73	The village of dwarfs (about 1870), by Paul du Chaillu	Jim Locke	00:38:52
Play 74	Crossing an African bridge (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu	Jim Locke	00:09:01
Play 75	Consulting the Man in the Moon (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu	Tomas Peter	00:07:21
Play 76	Du Chaillu the First, King of the Apingi (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu	Jim Locke	00:03:45
Play 77	South Africa: Historical note	Nella	00:01:53
Play 78	The last trek, painting p. 436	Foon	00:01:23
Play 79	The diamond fields of South Africa (about 1870), by Anthony Trollope	April6090	00:37:38
Play 80	A modern battlefield (about 1898), by Julian Ralph	Farnood	00:12:40
Play 81	In the South African army (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen	Jim Locke	00:19:44
Play 82	Advancing upon the enemy (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen	Jim Locke	00:17:37
Play 83	Arabia Part I: Early history: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:02:04
Play 84	The legend of the Arabs, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine	Farnood	00:10:25
Play 85	Mohammed (about 570-632), by Eva March Tappan	April6090	00:07:22
Play 86	A reading from the Koran, painting p. 496	April6090	00:02:17
Play 87	The ''Square House'', or Kabah, by Hadji Khan and Wilfrid Sparroy	Foon	00:07:56
Play 88	Arabia Part II: Stories of the caliphs of Bagdad: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:36
Play 89	Al Mansur, builder of Bagdad, and the poet (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field	TJ Burns	00:03:49
Play 90	Al Mansur rebuked (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field	Angelique G. Campbell	00:02:34
Play 91	Al Mahdi and the two wishes (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field	Foon	00:07:05
Play 92	Haroun Al Rashid and the musician (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field	DrPGould	00:05:52
Play 93	The caliph and the poet of the Barmeks (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer	swalkerl	00:05:28
Play 94	The division of the reward (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer	Tomas Peter	00:03:17
Play 95	The caliph and ''the man with the stew'' (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer	Michele Fry	00:06:20
Play 96	The poet and the jester (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer	Michele Fry	00:02:02
Play 97	Arabia Part III: Stories of modern Arabia: Historical note	J. M. Smallheer	00:01:41
Play 98	Justice in Arabia (nineteenth century), by Colonel L. Du Couret	DrPGould	00:07:56
Play 99	Wit from Arabia, by Colonel L. Du Couret	Sonia	00:04:49
Play 100	Arabian Horsemen in battle, painting p. 536	Sonia	00:01:34
Play 101	A pilgrimage to Mecca, by Sir Richard F. Burton	Sonia	00:10:35

LibriVox

Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

Browse the catalog

Listen/Download (help?)

Production details

Links

The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia