Audiobook: World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
1 - The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece
1. The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece 2. India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note 3. Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda 4. The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter 5. Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed 6. India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note 7. The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter 8. Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold 9. Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus 10. India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note 11. Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson 12. The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson 13. The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson 14. The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble 15. The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian 16. Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian 17. The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian 18. The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian 19. Some Indian proverbs 20. India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note 21. Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch 22. Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90 23. The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith 24. Poems by King Bhartrihari 25. Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa 26. India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note 27. Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114 28. The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier 29. The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor 30. On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier 31. Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142 32. The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay 33. India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note 34. How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay 35. The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay 36. The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay 37. Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone 38. The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell 39. Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180 40. When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts 41. India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note 42. What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter 43. The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude 44. An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200 45. How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude 46. Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male 47. Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams 48. The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams 49. The last voyage, painting p. 245 50. Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day 51. The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore 52. Siam: historical note 53. The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens 54. The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine 55. Afghanistan: historical note 56. "The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male 57. Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note 58. Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold 59. When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon 60. Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302 61. How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott 62. The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 63. King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church 64. How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus 65. Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note 66. The last king of Persia, by Plutarch 67. The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368 68. Dara, by James Russell Lowell 69. The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed 70. Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century 71. Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note 72. Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy 73. The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy 74. The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy 75. A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills 76. The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen 77. New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson 78. Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note 79. How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin 80. The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin 81. How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin 82. Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin 83. Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin 84. How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson 85. Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note 86. The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian 87. How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero 88. The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay 89. The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474 90. How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce 91. The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron 92. Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note 93. How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian 94. The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian 95. Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament 96. Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine 97. The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott 98. Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note 99. The journey to the promised land 100. The shepherd boy who became king 101. The story of King Solomon 102. Stories from the Talmud 103. The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard 104. Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582 105. Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note 106. On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton 107. The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard 108. Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note 109. ''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot 110. The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610 111. The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott 112. The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan 113. The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 114. St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud
Audiobooks Genres Author Description 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:Tomas Peter Eva Davis TJ Burns lorda Monika M.C. DrPGould ToddHW Sandra Schmit Nemo Sonia
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