The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . 1-29. 1-29 I The Hebrews—Chronology ^j by a plague. 621—Discovery of The Book of the Law, and religious revivalunder King Josiah. 608—Josiah defea
The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . 1-29. 1-29 I The Hebrews—Chronology ^j by a plague. 621—Discovery of The Book of the Law, and religious revivalunder King Josiah. 608—Josiah defeated and slain by the Egyptians at Me-giddo. Judah becomes an Eg>ptian province. 601—Judah surrenders toNebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 597—Jehoiakim heads a rebellion, and Jerusalemis stormed and its chief people carried away in the first captivity. 588 -Zedekiah heads a rebellion. 586—Jerusalem destroyed and most of its remain-ing people carried away in the second captivity. 538—Cyrus the Persianpermits the Jews to return to Jerusalem, a caravan does so under —The new Temple is finished and dedicated. 483—Ezra leads a secondmigration of Jews back to Jerusalem. 445—Nehemiah made governor t)fJerusalem, aids Ezra to estabHsh the theocratic rule. 415—An hereditaryhigh priesthood estabhshed. 204—Judea becomes part of the Syrian empire ofAntiochus the Great. 170—Antiochus IV begins the religious persecution ofthe J
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