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

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

by Eva March Tappan

English· 17:57:22· 114 chapters
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

LibriVox recordings are public domain in the United States; copyright status may differ elsewhere.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece

    02:25
  2. Chapter 2

    India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note

    01:57
  3. Chapter 3

    Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda

    02:27
  4. Chapter 4

    The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

    10:40
  5. Chapter 5

    Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed

    28:56
  6. Chapter 6

    India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note

    01:40
  7. Chapter 7

    The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

    09:50
  8. Chapter 8

    Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold

    20:51
  9. Chapter 9

    Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus

    31:48
  10. Chapter 10

    India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note

    01:14
  11. Chapter 11

    Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

    03:43
  12. Chapter 12

    The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

    02:50
  13. Chapter 13

    The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

    01:32
  14. Chapter 14

    The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble

    01:29
  15. Chapter 15

    The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian

    02:48
  16. Chapter 16

    Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian

    01:13
  17. Chapter 17

    The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian

    04:19
  18. Chapter 18

    The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian

    01:26
  19. Chapter 19

    Some Indian proverbs

    00:58
  20. Chapter 20

    India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note

    01:38
  21. Chapter 21

    Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch

    15:14
  22. Chapter 22

    Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90

    03:03
  23. Chapter 23

    The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith

    12:55
  24. Chapter 24

    Poems by King Bhartrihari

    01:27
  25. Chapter 25

    Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa

    19:46
  26. Chapter 26

    India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note

    02:23
  27. Chapter 27

    Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114

    03:03
  28. Chapter 28

    The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier

    06:30
  29. Chapter 29

    The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor

    16:32
  30. Chapter 30

    On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier

    27:51
  31. Chapter 31

    Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142

    02:33
  32. Chapter 32

    The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

    09:09
  33. Chapter 33

    India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note

    03:06
  34. Chapter 34

    How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

    11:23
  35. Chapter 35

    The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

    09:22
  36. Chapter 36

    The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

    14:10
  37. Chapter 37

    Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone

    22:22
  38. Chapter 38

    The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell

    04:53
  39. Chapter 39

    Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180

    01:44
  40. Chapter 40

    When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts

    13:46
  41. Chapter 41

    India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note

    01:52
  42. Chapter 42

    What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

    05:36
  43. Chapter 43

    The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude

    08:59
  44. Chapter 44

    An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200

    02:41
  45. Chapter 45

    How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude

    28:49
  46. Chapter 46

    Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male

    15:24
  47. Chapter 47

    Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

    17:10
  48. Chapter 48

    The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

    19:05
  49. Chapter 49

    The last voyage, painting p. 245

    02:04
  50. Chapter 50

    Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day

    06:26
  51. Chapter 51

    The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore

    19:51
  52. Chapter 52

    Siam: historical note

    01:40
  53. Chapter 53

    The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens

    11:57
  54. Chapter 54

    The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine

    04:27
  55. Chapter 55

    Afghanistan: historical note

    01:35
  56. Chapter 56

    "The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male

    14:24
  57. Chapter 57

    Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note

    02:07
  58. Chapter 58

    Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold

    16:23
  59. Chapter 59

    When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon

    13:24
  60. Chapter 60

    Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302

    01:50
  61. Chapter 61

    How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott

    46:17
  62. Chapter 62

    The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    06:46
  63. Chapter 63

    King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church

    22:39
  64. Chapter 64

    How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus

    27:38
  65. Chapter 65

    Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note

    01:39
  66. Chapter 66

    The last king of Persia, by Plutarch

    25:16
  67. Chapter 67

    The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368

    01:54
  68. Chapter 68

    Dara, by James Russell Lowell

    04:40
  69. Chapter 69

    The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed

    11:14
  70. Chapter 70

    Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century

    04:42
  71. Chapter 71

    Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note

    01:20
  72. Chapter 72

    Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy

    13:07
  73. Chapter 73

    The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy

    08:36
  74. Chapter 74

    The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy

    08:41
  75. Chapter 75

    A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills

    18:57
  76. Chapter 76

    The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen

    15:31
  77. Chapter 77

    New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson

    26:56
  78. Chapter 78

    Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note

    00:52
  79. Chapter 79

    How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin

    03:23
  80. Chapter 80

    The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin

    02:48
  81. Chapter 81

    How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin

    06:24
  82. Chapter 82

    Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin

    02:23
  83. Chapter 83

    Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin

    01:22
  84. Chapter 84

    How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson

    05:01
  85. Chapter 85

    Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note

    01:50
  86. Chapter 86

    The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian

    07:33
  87. Chapter 87

    How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero

    07:57
  88. Chapter 88

    The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay

    02:44
  89. Chapter 89

    The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474

    02:01
  90. Chapter 90

    How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce

    14:39
  91. Chapter 91

    The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

    03:05
  92. Chapter 92

    Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note

    02:26
  93. Chapter 93

    How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian

    10:34
  94. Chapter 94

    The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian

    12:41
  95. Chapter 95

    Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament

    11:08
  96. Chapter 96

    Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine

    02:47
  97. Chapter 97

    The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott

    30:37
  98. Chapter 98

    Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note

    01:20
  99. Chapter 99

    The journey to the promised land

    30:10
  100. Chapter 100

    The shepherd boy who became king

    23:51
  101. Chapter 101

    The story of King Solomon

    18:36
  102. Chapter 102

    Stories from the Talmud

    13:26
  103. Chapter 103

    The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

    07:11
  104. Chapter 104

    Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582

    02:00
  105. Chapter 105

    Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note

    01:10
  106. Chapter 106

    On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton

    11:35
  107. Chapter 107

    The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

    11:30
  108. Chapter 108

    Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note

    01:26
  109. Chapter 109

    ''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

    10:32
  110. Chapter 110

    The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610

    01:52
  111. Chapter 111

    The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott

    14:21
  112. Chapter 112

    The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan

    05:07
  113. Chapter 113

    The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    01:38
  114. Chapter 114

    St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud

    12:49