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The Ancient Fragments: Containing What Remains of the Writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho; Also the Hermetic creed, the Old Chronicle, the Laterculus of Eratosthenes, the Tyrian annals, the Oracles of Zoroaster, and the Periplus of Hanno (in Greek and English; London: W. Pickering, 1828), ed. by Isaac Preston Cory- Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and Other Writers; With an Introductory Dissertation and an Inquiry into the Philosophy and Trinity of the Ancients (second edition, in Greek and English; London: W. Pickering, 1832), ed. by Isaac Preston Cory
- Ancient History: Illustrated by Colored Maps, and a Chronological Chart, for the Use of Families and Schools (New York: Clark and Maynard, 1867), by C. A. Bloss, ed. by John J. Anderson
- Ancient Times: A History of the Early World (Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1916), by James Henry Breasted
- Antiquity Online: Civilizations, Philosophies, and Changing Religions, by Frank E. Smitha (HTML at fsmitha.com)
- Cory's Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian and Other Authors (new and enlarged edition; London: Reeves and Turner, 1876), ed. by Isaac Preston Cory and E. Richmond Hodges
- Early European History, by Hutton Webster (Gutenberg text)
- The Gentile Nations: or, The History and Religion of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, and Romans (Sacred Annals v3; New York: Carlton and Phillips, 1854), by George Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Gentile Nations: or, The History and Religion of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, and Romans (third edition; New York: Carlton and Porter, ca. 1854), by George Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Histoire Primitive du Genre Humain (in French; Tournai: H. Casterman; et al., 1864), by A. Fr. Gfrörer, trans. by Charles Sainte-Foi
- Light and Truth: Collected From the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, From the Creation of the World to the Present Time (Boston: Pub. by a Committee of Colored Gentlemen, B. F. Roberts, printer, 1844), by R. B. Lewis
- Light and Truth: Collected From the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, From the Creation of the World to the Present Time (Boston: Pub. by a Committee of Colored Men, B. F. Roberts, printer, 1849), by R. B. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Light and Truth: Collected From the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, From the Creation of the World to the Present Time (second edition; Boston: M. M. Taylor, 1851), by R. B. Lewis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Light and Truth, From Ancient and Sacred History (Portland, ME: D. C. Colesworthy, 1836), by R. B. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Manual of Ancient History (Cincinnati and New York: Wilson, Hinkle and Co, c1872), by M. E. Thalheimer (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- Stories of the East From Herodotus (New York: Scribner and Welford, 1881), by Alfred John Church, contrib. by Herodotus
- Stories of the East From Herodotus (sixth thousand; London: Seeley and Co., 1891), by Alfred John Church, contrib. by Herodotus (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- The Struggle of the Nations: Egypt, Syria and Assyria (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1896), by G. Maspero, ed. by A. H. Sayce, trans. by M. L. McClure (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Struggle of the Nations: Egypt, Syria and Assyria (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1897), by G. Maspero, ed. by A. H. Sayce, trans. by M. L. McClure (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Survey of the Ancient World (Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1919), by James Henry Breasted (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Riddles of Prehistoric Times (New York et al.: Broadway Pub. Co., 1911), by James H. Anderson
- The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended: To Which Is Prefix'd a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great (London: Printed for J. Tonson, J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1728), by Isaac Newton
- La Chronologie des Anciens Royaumes Corrigée: À Laquelle on a Joint une Chronique Abregée, qui Contient ce qui s'est Passé Anciennement en Europe, Jusqu'à la Conquête de la Perse par Alexandre le Grand (in French; Paris: chez G. Martin et al., 1728), by Isaac Newton, trans. by François Granet, contrib. by Edmond Halley (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Alphabetical Encyclopaedia of Institutions, Persons, Events, etc., of Ancient History and Geography (London: Swan Sonnenschein; New York: Macmillan, 1906), by Emil Reich (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Claudius Aelianus, His Various History (London: Printed for T. Dring, 1666), by Aelian, trans. by Thomas Stanley (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, in Fifteen Books (London: Printed by E. Jones for A. and J. Churchill, 1700), by Diodorus Siculus, trans. by George Booth, contrib. by Saint Photius I, Henri de Valois, Lorenz Rhodoman, and Fulvio Orsini
- The General History of Polybius, in Five Books (translation of the first 5 books and extracts from books 6-17; London: J. Davis, 1811), by Polybius, trans. by Mr. Hampton
- Justini Historiae Philippicae: Ex Editione Abrahami Gronovii, cum Notis et Interpretatione in Usum Delphini, Variis Lectionibus, Notis Variorum, Recensu Editionum et Codicum, et Indice Locupletissimo (2 volumes in Latin; London: A. J. Valpy, 1822), by Marcus Junianus Justinus, ed. by Abraham Gronovius (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aeliani Varia Historia, Heraclidis Pontici et Nicolai Damasceni Quae Supersunt (in Greek, with Latin editorial apparatus; Leipzig: C. Tauchnitz, 1829), by Aelian, Ponticus Heraclides, and Nicolaus of Damascus
- The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu, by Joannes Bishop of Nikiou, ed. by R. H. Charles (HTML at tertullian.org)
- Excerpta Historica Iussu Imp. Constantini Porphyrogeniti Confecta (4 volumes in 6 parts of Greek text compiled by Constantine VII, with Latin commentary; Berlin: Apud Weidmannos, 1903-1910), ed. by Emperor of the East Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, U. Ph. Boissevain, Carl de Boor, Theodor Büttner-Wobst, and A. G. Roos
- Herodotus, With an English Translation by A. D. Godley (Loeb Classical Library edition, 4 volumes in Greek and English; originally published 1920-1925), by Herodotus, ed. by A. D. Godley
- The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, by Diodorus Siculus (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- Histories (translation modernized), by Herodotus, trans. by A. D. Godley (HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Histories, by Polybius, trans. by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (searchable HTML with commentary at Perseus)
- The Histories of Polybius, Translated From the Text of F. Hultsch (2 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Polybius, trans. by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, contrib. by Fridericus Hultsch
- The History of Herodotus, by Herodotus, trans. by G. C. Macaulay
- The History of Herodotus (with English and Greek in parallel), by Herodotus, trans. by G. C. Macaulay (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- History of Herodotus (new edition, 4 volumes; London: J. Murray, 1862), by Herodotus, trans. by George Rawlinson
- Euterpe: Being the Second Book of the Famous History of Herodotus (London: David Nutt, 1888), by Herodotus, ed. by Andrew Lang, trans. by Barnabe Rich (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Ancient History Encyclopedia (online resource) (illustrated HTML at ancient.eu)
- Telling Wonders: Ethnographic and Political Discourse in the Work of Herodotus (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2001), by Rosaria Vignolo Munson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations (1922), by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Book of the Ancient World for Younger Readers: An Account of Our Common Heritage From the Dawn of Civilization to the Coming of the Greeks (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1923), by Dorothy Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
- De l'Histoire Profane dans les Actes Grecs des Bollandistes: Extraits Grecs, Traduction Française, Notes, avec les Fragments Laissés Inédis par les Bollandistes (in French; Paris: F. Didot, 1874), ed. by A. Tougard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Ancient Monuments of Egypt and Western Asia (new series, 6 volumes; London: S. Bagster and Sons, ca. 1888-1892), ed. by A. H. Sayce
- Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments, Published Under the Sanction of the Society of Biblical Archaeology (12 volumes; London: S. Bagster and Sons, ca. 1873-1881), ed. by Samuel Birch
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VII: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VIII: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IX: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume X: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XI: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume XII: multiple formats at archive.org
- The Lion and the Cross: Early Christianity in Victorian Novels (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2009), by Royal W. Rhodes (PDF at Ohio State)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: World history- Unmaking the West: "What-If?" Scenarios That Rewrite World History (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2006), ed. by Philip E. Tetlock, Richard Ned Lebow, and Geoffrey Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Scientific Revolution Revisited (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2015), by Mikuláš Teich (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (Columbus, OH: J. and H. Miller, 1856), by Thomas H. Prescott
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (St. Louis: J. and H. Miller, 1856), by Thomas H. Prescott (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (Columbus OH: J. and H. Miller, 1857), by Thomas H. Prescott
- A General History for Colleges and High Schools (ca.1889), by P. V. N. Myers (Gutenberg text)
- A General History for Colleges and High Schools (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1889), by P. V. N. Myers
- General History for Colleges and High Schools (revised edition; Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1906), by P. V. N. Myers
- General History of Western Nations From 5000 B.C. to 1900 A.D., I: Antiquity (the only 2 volumes published; London, Macmillan and Co., 1908), by Emil Reich
- History of the World (9 volumes; ca.1923), by John Clark Ridpath (illustrated HTML with commentary at Ohio State)
- Landmarks of History (3 volumes; London: J. and C. Mozley et al., 1852-1857), by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Lardner's Outlines of Universal History: Embracing a Concise History of the World, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (originally written by Keightley for Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia; first American edition; Philadelphia: Hogan and Thompson, 1835), by Thomas Keightley, ed. by John Frost, contrib. by Dionysius Lardner, illust. by Ezra Atherton and Charles N. Parmelee
- Lardner's Outlines of Universal History: Embracing a Concise History of the World, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time (originally written by Keightley for Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia; second American edition; Philadelphia: Hogan and Thompson, 1843), by Thomas Keightley, contrib. by Dionysius Lardner, illust. by Ezra Atherton and Charles N. Parmelee (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind (Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., c1920), by H. G. Wells, contrib. by Ernest Barker, Harry Johnston, E. Ray Lankester, and Gilbert Murray, illust. by J. F. Horrabin
- The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind (2 volumes in 1; Garden City, NY: Macmillan, 1920), by H. G. Wells, contrib. by Ernest Barker, Harry Johnston, E. Ray Lankester, and Gilbert Murray, illust. by J. F. Horrabin (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind (New York: Macmillan, 1921), by H. G. Wells, illust. by J. F. Horrabin (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-Book and for Private Reading (New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Co., c1885), by George Park Fisher
- Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-Book and for Private Reading (revised edition, 1904), by George Park Fisher (Gutenberg text)
- A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations, from the Earliest Dates to the Present Time (2 volumes; New York: Selmar Hess, c1882), by Charlotte M. Yonge and John Andrew Doyle
- Retrospection: or, A Review of the Most Striking and Important Events, Characters, Situations, and Their Consequences, Which the Last Eighteen Hundred Years Have Presented to the View of Mankind (2 volumes in 1; London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1801), by Hester Lynch Piozzi (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Short History of the World (New York: J. J. Little and Ives Co., 1922), by H. G. Wells (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- A Short History of the World (New York: Macmillan, 1922), by H. G. Wells
- The Valet's Tragedy, and Other Studies, by Andrew Lang (Gutenberg text)
- The World Displayed in its History and Geography, Embracing a History of the World from the Creation to the Present Day (2 volumes in 1; New York: W. W. Reed and Co., 1832), by Royal Robbins (page images at HathiTrust)
- The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art (15 volumes; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1914-1918), ed. by Eva March Tappan, contrib. by Carl Ploetz, William H. Tillinghast, and Horatio W. Dresser (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Scope of History: Studies in the Historiography of Alfonso el Sabio (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1996), by Charles F. Fraker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chronicles Selected From the Originals of Cartaphilus, the Wandering Jew: Embracing a Period of Nearly XIX Centuries (3 volumes; London: T. Bosworth, 1853-1854), by David Hoffman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Man the Measure: A New Approach to History (New York: Pantheon Books Inc., c1943), by Erich Kahler (page images at HathiTrust)
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