Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . le before Acre.—Drawn by Gustave Dun- 740 TmCKNAMENT of CHAMPA XII. Fortress of th>-; Kmir (Battle ok ( w Kn Drawn by N. Saiu-sLandinc of Saint hwThe CorsT or Autois i Sochi.—Drawn liyDiCATii oK Saint Louis. Ms , . MiunKKo,- Tun,p. U-ye
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . le before Acre.—Drawn by Gustave Dun- 740 TmCKNAMENT of CHAMPA XII. Fortress of th>-; Kmir (Battle ok ( w Kn Drawn by N. Saiu-sLandinc of Saint hwThe CorsT or Autois i Sochi.—Drawn liyDiCATii oK Saint Louis. Ms , . MiunKKo,- Tun,p. Death of the \\.sDrawn by 11 IN Y. Battle OF iJoi ;, ,.sl> King John swearing Vengeance.—Drawn bv A. Maillard, . VS4 Death of ije Monti out.—Drawn by A. de Neuvilks . 7SG Caernarvon Castle, 788 Battle OF , jMiRDER OF Prince ArthIK, 790 Persecution op the Albigenses, 791 Chamber of Horrors, 792 Saint Louis sitting in Judgment 793 Death of the Last of the Hohenstaufens.— Drawn by H. Plueddeinann, 794 Funeral of St. Louis 9.) Tail-i-iece 90 Introduction to Volumes XI and XIL. ^r<)NG the States andvingdoms which men havereared as the politicalbulwarks of progress andcivilization, Rome has aui] easy preeminence. Thestructural qualities whichgave to her her rank and grandeur werepermanence and colossal magnitude. If wereckon from the founding of the city to thecapture of Constantinople by the Turks, wehave, in Uine, a span of more than twenty-twocenturies—a greater reach of duration thanhas fallen to any other civil organizationknown to history. If we measure from themountains of Wales to the borders of Parthia,we have, in space, a stretch of fifty-three de-grees of longitude—a breadth of territorialextent only rivaled by that of the UnitedStates and the Russian Empire. If we con-sider her physical development, we find in hermartial valor and successful conquest a recordunsurpassed in the annals of mankind. If westudy h
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