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World's Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
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
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
- Chapter 1
The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece
02:25 - Chapter 2
India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note
01:57 - Chapter 3
Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda
02:27 - Chapter 4
The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
10:40 - Chapter 5
Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed
28:56 - Chapter 6
India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note
01:40 - Chapter 7
The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
09:50 - Chapter 8
Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold
20:51 - Chapter 9
Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus
31:48 - Chapter 10
India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note
01:14 - Chapter 11
Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
03:43 - Chapter 12
The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
02:50 - Chapter 13
The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
01:32 - Chapter 14
The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble
01:29 - Chapter 15
The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian
02:48 - Chapter 16
Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian
01:13 - Chapter 17
The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian
04:19 - Chapter 18
The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian
01:26 - Chapter 19
Some Indian proverbs
00:58 - Chapter 20
India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note
01:38 - Chapter 21
Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch
15:14 - Chapter 22
Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90
03:03 - Chapter 23
The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith
12:55 - Chapter 24
Poems by King Bhartrihari
01:27 - Chapter 25
Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa
19:46 - Chapter 26
India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note
02:23 - Chapter 27
Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114
03:03 - Chapter 28
The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier
06:30 - Chapter 29
The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor
16:32 - Chapter 30
On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier
27:51 - Chapter 31
Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142
02:33 - Chapter 32
The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
09:09 - Chapter 33
India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note
03:06 - Chapter 34
How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
11:23 - Chapter 35
The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
09:22 - Chapter 36
The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
14:10 - Chapter 37
Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone
22:22 - Chapter 38
The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell
04:53 - Chapter 39
Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180
01:44 - Chapter 40
When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
13:46 - Chapter 41
India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note
01:52 - Chapter 42
What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
05:36 - Chapter 43
The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-deen, late king of Oude
08:59 - Chapter 44
An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200
02:41 - 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 - Chapter 46
Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male
15:24 - Chapter 47
Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
17:10 - Chapter 48
The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
19:05 - Chapter 49
The last voyage, painting p. 245
02:04 - Chapter 50
Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day
06:26 - Chapter 51
The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore
19:51 - Chapter 52
Siam: historical note
01:40 - Chapter 53
The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens
11:57 - Chapter 54
The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine
04:27 - Chapter 55
Afghanistan: historical note
01:35 - Chapter 56
"The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male
14:24 - Chapter 57
Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note
02:07 - Chapter 58
Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold
16:23 - Chapter 59
When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon
13:24 - Chapter 60
Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302
01:50 - Chapter 61
How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott
46:17 - Chapter 62
The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
06:46 - Chapter 63
King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church
22:39 - Chapter 64
How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus
27:38 - Chapter 65
Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note
01:39 - Chapter 66
The last king of Persia, by Plutarch
25:16 - Chapter 67
The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368
01:54 - Chapter 68
Dara, by James Russell Lowell
04:40 - Chapter 69
The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed
11:14 - Chapter 70
Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century
04:42 - Chapter 71
Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note
01:20 - Chapter 72
Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy
13:07 - Chapter 73
The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy
08:36 - Chapter 74
The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy
08:41 - Chapter 75
A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills
18:57 - Chapter 76
The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen
15:31 - Chapter 77
New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson
26:56 - Chapter 78
Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note
00:52 - Chapter 79
How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin
03:23 - Chapter 80
The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin
02:48 - Chapter 81
How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin
06:24 - Chapter 82
Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin
02:23 - Chapter 83
Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin
01:22 - Chapter 84
How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson
05:01 - Chapter 85
Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note
01:50 - Chapter 86
The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian
07:33 - Chapter 87
How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero
07:57 - Chapter 88
The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay
02:44 - Chapter 89
The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474
02:01 - Chapter 90
How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce
14:39 - Chapter 91
The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron
03:05 - Chapter 92
Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note
02:26 - Chapter 93
How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian
10:34 - Chapter 94
The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian
12:41 - Chapter 95
Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament
11:08 - Chapter 96
Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine
02:47 - Chapter 97
The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott
30:37 - Chapter 98
Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note
01:20 - Chapter 99
The journey to the promised land
30:10 - Chapter 100
The shepherd boy who became king
23:51 - Chapter 101
The story of King Solomon
18:36 - Chapter 102
Stories from the Talmud
13:26 - Chapter 103
The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
07:11 - Chapter 104
Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582
02:00 - Chapter 105
Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note
01:10 - Chapter 106
On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton
11:35 - Chapter 107
The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
11:30 - Chapter 108
Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note
01:26 - Chapter 109
''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
10:32 - Chapter 110
The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610
01:52 - Chapter 111
The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott
14:21 - Chapter 112
The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan
05:07 - Chapter 113
The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
01:38 - Chapter 114
St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud
12:49