Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . as Maccabseus drives the Syrians out of the Jewish kingdom 166 Chang, emperor of China 67 Pontus, with other parts of Asia Minor, conquered by the Ro-mans 64 Syria and Canaan conquered by the Romans 61 Herod, king of the Jews 37 Vati, emperor of China 33 Jesus Christ was born 4004 years after the creation : this period ifcalled the Christian era. It is the custom in all Christian countriesto date from the birth of Christ. B. C. means before Christ; A. after Christ; A. D. stands for Anno Domini, that is, in theyear of our
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . as Maccabseus drives the Syrians out of the Jewish kingdom 166 Chang, emperor of China 67 Pontus, with other parts of Asia Minor, conquered by the Ro-mans 64 Syria and Canaan conquered by the Romans 61 Herod, king of the Jews 37 Vati, emperor of China 33 Jesus Christ was born 4004 years after the creation : this period ifcalled the Christian era. It is the custom in all Christian countriesto date from the birth of Christ. B. C. means before Christ; A. after Christ; A. D. stands for Anno Domini, that is, in theyear of our Lord. Thus we say A. D. 1S37, by which we mean inthe year of our Lord, or from the birth of Christ, 1837 years. A. D. Jesus Christ born 0 Christ crucified 33 Paul arrives at Piome 61 Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 70 Birth of Mahomet 570 Mahomet obliged to fly from his enemies 622 This is called the Hegira, and is the era from which the Turksdate, as we do from the birth of Christ. Death of Mahomet 632 Saracen empire established 638 68 AFRICA Map of p& The teacher will here put such questions as he deems necessary. AFRICA 69 Bagdad, the seat of the caliphs, founded ........ 672 Chosroes the Great, king of Persia, began to reign .... 660 Si-g\ven, emperor of China, began to reign 617 Chwang-tsong 1037 Genghis Khan invaded China 1209 Saracen empire overturned by the Turks ... .... 1258 Japan discovered by Europeans 1400 Shah Abbas ascended the throne of Persia 1589 Shah Husseyn 1694 Kouli Khan made king of Persia 1730 Yong-tching came to the throne of China 1737 Taou-kwang ascended the throne of China 1820 British Expedition against China 1S40 Canton taken . 1841 N. B.—The teacher may now proceed to ask such questions as he deems proper, in re-gard to the several events noticed in the table ; it may be well to turn to the pages wherethe details are given respecting the events, and interrogate the pujnl upon them. Questions like the following may be useful: How long
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