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The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History

Karl Ploetz (1819 - 1881)
Translated by William H. Tillinghast (1854 - 1913)

The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. This book lists a detailed timeline of important events, starting from the early Eastern cultures till up to recent events from the beginning of the 20th century. The original book was compiled in German by historian Karl Ploetz (1819-1881) and translated into English for this series by William H. Tillinghast (1854-1913). - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): War & Military, History

Language: English

Group: World's Story

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction	Sonia	00:10:26
Play 02	Universal History. A general view of its principal divisions	Sonia	00:03:16
Play 03	I. Ancient History. A. Eastern peoples. Part 1. Egyptians	Jim Locke	00:19:36
Play 04	Part 2. Jews (Hebrews, Israelites)	AllenO	00:18:50
Play 05	Part 3. Babylonians and Assyrians	Jennie Hughes	00:17:39
Play 06	Part 4. Phoenicians and Carthaginians	Jim Locke	00:15:00
Play 07	Part 5. Lydians and Phrygians	Colleen McMahon	00:05:28
Play 08	Part 6. Indians	Jim Locke	00:08:24
Play 09	Part 7. Bactrians, Medes, Persians	Adrian Stephens	00:21:09
Play 10	Part 8. Parthians	Adrian Stephens	00:05:59
Play 11	Part 9. Chinese	Jim Locke	00:07:32
Play 12	Part 10. Japanese	Availle	00:07:32
Play 13	B. Western peoples. Part 1. Celts.	Devorah Allen	00:22:35
Play 14	Part 2. Grecian History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Greece	Adrian Stephens	00:12:00
Play 15	b. Religion of the Greeks	Alan Mapstone	00:06:55
Play 16	c. First Period. Mythical time, down to the Thessalian and Dorian migration (x-1104?)	Jim Locke	00:19:58
Play 17	d. Second Period. From the Thessalian and Dorian migration to the beginning of the Persian Wars (1104?-500)	Jim Locke	00:32:25
Play 18	e. Third Period. From the beginning of the Persian Wars to the loss of independence by the Battle of Chaeronae (500-338)	Jim Locke	01:00:11
Play 19	f. Fourth Period. Graeco-Macedonian or Hellenistic Epoch down to the subjugation of Greece by the Romans (338-146)	Jim Locke	00:27:03
Play 20	Part 3. Roman History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Italy	Jim Locke	00:13:20
Play 21	b. Religion of the Ancient Romans	Alan Mapstone	00:07:27
Play 22	c. Ethnographical sketch of Italy	Alan Mapstone	00:05:30
Play 23	d. First Period. Mythical Epoch of the Kings (753-510)	Jim Locke	00:21:22
Play 24	e. Second Period. Struggles between Patricians and Plebeians, subjugation of Italy proper, to the beginning of the Punic Wars (510-264)	Jim Locke	01:03:28
Play 25	f. Third Period. Punic Wars. From the beginning of Rome's universal Empire, to the destruction of Carthage and Corinth (264-146)	Jim Locke	00:53:28
Play 26	g. Fourth Period. Firm establishment of the universal power of Rome. Period of the Civil Wars (146-31) First Part	Jim Locke	00:47:02
Play 27	g. Fourth Period. Firm establishment of the universal power of Rome. Period of the Civil Wars (146-31) Second Part	Jim Locke	00:44:09
Play 28	h. Fifth Period. Reigns of the Roman Emperors down to the Fall of the Western Empire (31 B.C.-476 A.D.)	Devorah Allen	00:54:07
Play 29	Part 4. Teutons	Jim Locke	00:24:45
Play 30	Part 5. Slavs and Lithuanians	Tomas Peter	00:03:30
Play 31	II. Mediaeval History. First Period. From the Beginning of the migrations of the Northern tribes to the Treaty of Verdun (375-843). Part 1. Migrations of the Northern Peoples	Jennie Hughes	00:18:54
Play 32	Part 2. Teutonic Kingdoms in Britain	Sonia	00:18:09
Play 33	Part 3. The Kingdom of the Franks under the Merowingians	abbya22	00:04:49
Play 34	Part 4. Mohammed (Mahomet) and the Caliphate	Alan Mapstone	00:06:24
Play 35	Part 5. Kingdom of the Franks under the Carolingians	abbya22	00:14:43
Play 36	Part 6. New Persian Empire of the Sassanidae (226-641)	Jim Locke	00:20:18
Play 37	Second Period. From the Treaty of Verdun to the beginning of the Crusades (843-1096). Part 1. Italy and Germany	Jim Locke	00:31:54
Play 38	Part 2. France	Jim Locke	00:08:32
Play 39	Part 3. England	Sonia	00:12:52
Play 40	Part 4. The North	abbya22	00:09:46
Play 41	Part 5. Spanish Peninsula	Alan Mapstone	00:03:13
Play 42	Part 6. The East	Jim Locke	00:13:18
Play 43	Third Period. Epoch of the Crusades (1096-1270). Part 1. Crusades	Jim Locke	00:18:34
Play 44	Part 2. Germany and Italy	Jim Locke	00:26:55
Play 45	Part 3. France	abbya22	00:06:27
Play 46	Part 4. England	Matthew McClallen	00:21:58
Play 47	Part 5. The North	Kristine Bekere	00:18:00
Play 48	Part 6. Spanish Peninsula	Alan Mapstone	00:02:06
Play 49	Part 7. The East	Jim Locke	00:12:59
Play 50	Fourth Period. From the conclusion of the Crusades to the discovery of America (1270-1492). Part 1. Germany	Jim Locke	00:37:56
Play 51	Part 2. France	Sshoger	00:22:00
Play 52	Part 3. Italy	Alan Mapstone	00:07:27
Play 53	Part 4. England	Jim Locke	00:33:11
Play 54	Part 5. Spanish Peninsula	Alan Mapstone	00:03:50
Play 55	Part 6. The North and East	Tomas Peter	00:08:07
Play 56	III. Modern History. First Period. From the discovery of America to the Peace of Westphalia (1492-1648) Part 1. Inventions, discoveries and colonies	Alan Mapstone	00:06:26
Play 57	Part 2. America	Jim Locke	00:37:51
Play 58	English, Dutch and Swedish Colonies in North America	ToddHW	00:28:56
Play 59	Part 3. Germany to the Thirty Years' War. The Reformation	Jim Locke	00:27:09
Play 60	Part 4. The Thirty Years' War	Parsa2020	00:34:23
Play 61	Part 5. France	Jim Locke	00:20:59
Play 62	Part 6. Italy	Muna Nahhas	00:06:35
Play 63	Part 7. Spanish Peninsula and the Netherlands	Jim Locke	00:15:11
Play 64	Part 8. England and Scotland	Matthew McClallen	01:05:35
Play 65	Part 9. The North and East	Jim Locke	00:19:42
Play 66	Second Period. From the Peace of Westphalia to the beginning of the French Revolution (1648-1789) A. The second half of the 17th Century. Part 1. America	Matthew McClallen	00:29:48
Play 67	Part 2. France	Jim Locke	00:20:09
Play 68	Part 3. Germany	Alan Mapstone	00:05:29
Play 69	Part 4. The North and East	Alan Mapstone	00:08:48
Play 70	Part 5. England	Jim Locke	00:52:22
Play 71	Part 6. India	Alan Mapstone	00:03:42
Play 72	Part 7. China	Alan Mapstone	00:01:05
Play 73	B. The 18th Century to the French Revolution. Part 1. War of the Spanish Succession	Jim Locke	00:15:31
Play 74	Part 2. The Northern War	Matthew McClallen	00:10:42
Play 75	Part 3. Germany	Jim Locke	00:38:46
Play 76	Part 4. Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Poland	Tomas Peter	00:17:53
Play 77	Part 5. Spain and Portugal	Alan Mapstone	00:03:40
Play 78	Part 6. Italy	Alan Mapstone	00:06:58
Play 79	Part 7. America	Jim Locke	00:54:52
Play 80	Part 8. Great Britain	Jim Locke	00:32:32
Play 81	Part 9. The East	Availle	00:13:16
Play 82	Part 10. France	Adrian Stephens	00:09:01
Play 83	Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). First Part	Jim Locke	00:21:03
Play 84	Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Second Part	Jim Locke	00:34:12
Play 85	Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Third Part	Jim Locke	00:33:07
Play 86	Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Fourth Part	Jim Locke	00:55:01
Play 87	Fourth Period. From the Congress of Vienna to the present day (1815-x). Part 1. Inventions	Alan Mapstone	00:08:47
Play 88	Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). First Part	Jim Locke	00:27:58
Play 89	Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Second Part	Jim Locke	00:42:42
Play 90	Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Third Part	Jim Locke	00:45:52
Play 91	Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Fourth Part	Adeline Chris	00:29:29
Play 92	Part 3. France (1815-1882)	Jim Locke	00:27:31
Play 93	Part 4. Great Britain (1783-1882)	Adrian Stephens	00:50:46
Play 94	Part 5. United States (1789-1882)	Jim Locke	00:48:21
Play 95	Part 6. China (1796-1882)	Colleen McMahon	00:07:58
Play 96	Part 7. Japan (1817-1882)	Availle	00:08:14
Play 97	Appendix (1883-x). Part 8. Great Britain (1883-1903)	Colleen McMahon	00:30:29
Play 98	Part 9. Continental Europe (1883-1903)	Colleen McMahon	00:46:46
Play 99	Part 10. United States (1883-1903)	BettyB	00:33:06
Play 100	Part 11. Asia (1883-1903)	Availle	00:21:27
Play 101	Part 12. Leading events (1904-1914)	BettyB	00:51:55

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