John Rudd

Name: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 — Universal Chronology
Author: John Rudd

The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

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“The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 — Universal Chronology”, published in 1905, is a work by John Rudd. It explores elements such as Persian, Egypt and Athens.

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Athens burned. The Persian fleet vanquished by Themistocles and Eurybiades at Salamis. Retreat of Xerxes.
The Carthaginians attempt the conquest of the Greek cities of Sicily. Gelon, the tyrant of Syracuse, defeats their army at Himera.
Birth of Euripides, the celebrated Greek tragic poet. [1] [1] -479.- The Greeks, under the command of Pausanias, at the battle of Platæa, crush the Persian army under the lead of Mardonius. Leotychides and Nanthippus gain a simultaneous victory over the Persian fleet at Mycale. End of the Persian invasion of Greece. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ B.C.
-5867.- Menes, the first human ruler recorded in history, unites the two kingdoms of Egypt under one crown; introduces the cult of Apis; founds the city of Memphis; rears the great temple of Ptah. See "DAWN OF CIVILIZATION," i, 1.
-5000.- Babylonia is invaded by a race of Semites; they conquer the land and become the Babylonians of history.
-4500 (before) -. A patesi (priest-ruler) , by name En-shag-kush-anna, is King of Kengi, Southern Babylonia ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Fall of the tyrants at Syracuse.
-465.- Murder of Xerxes I, by Artabanus, captain of his guard; accession of Artaxerxes I to the Persian throne.
-464.- Sparta destroyed by an earthquake which shook the whole of Laconia, opened great chasms in the ground, rolled down huge masses from the peaks of Taygetus, and threw Sparta into a heap of ruins. Not more than five houses are said to have remained standing. Twenty thousand persons lost their lives by the shock. The flower of the Spartan youth was slain by the overthrow of the building in which they were exercising. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Cambyses succeeds him on the throne of Persia.
-527.- Hippias and Hipparchus succeed their father, Pisistratus, at Athens, in the government of that city.
-525 (527) .- Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, King of Persia. He completely subdued it, and, after an attempted rising, crushed Egypt with merciless severity. Cambyses treated the Egyptian deities, priests, and temples with insult and contempt.
Æschylus, Greek tragic poet, born.
-522.- Pseudo-Smerdis usurps the Persian throne. Cambyses had slain his brother Bardes, whom Herodotus calls Smerdis. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ The city was taken and during the pillage was accidentally burned. The Ionian forces were utterly inadequate to hold Sardis; and their return was not effected without a serious defeat by the pursuing army of Persians. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Hezekiah ascends the throne of Judah.
-722.- [1] King Sargon of Assyria conquers Samaria; he puts an end to the kingdom of Israel. Captivity of the Ten Tribes.
-701.- Siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib; he encounters the Egyptian and Ethiopian forces; his expedition into Syria fails.
-697.- Accession of Manasseh to the throne of Judah.
-685-668.- The second war between Sparta and Messenia.
-660.- [1] Prince Jimmu establishes Yamato as the capital of Japan. See "PRINCE JIMMU FOUNDS JAPAN'S CAPITAL," i, 140.
-650.- [1] The whole of Egypt united under Psammetichus I, founder of the XXVI dynasty. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Be the time when he lived what it may, it is certain that, as the Persian national religion, it dates little further back than B.C. 559 and up to A.D. 641. The four elements—fire, air, earth, and water, especially the first—were recognized as the only proper objects of human reverence.
-2300.- A chart of the heavens in China.
-2250.- Commencement of the reign of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia: the earliest compilation of a code of laws was made in this reign. See "COMPILATION OF THE EARLIEST CODE," i, 14.
-2200-1700.- Dominion of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, in Egypt. ”

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John Rudd, The Great Events by Famous Historians… (1905)

“ Jerusalem captured by Nebuchadnezzar, who carries away the principal inhabitants.
-595.- The Delphic Games in Greece. See "PYTHIAN GAMES AT DELPHI," i, 181.
-594.- Adoption of the Constitution of Solon at Athens, See "SOLON'S EARLY GREEK LEGISLATION," i, 203.
-586.- [1] Nebuchadnezzar captures and destroys Jerusalem; puts an end to the kingdom of Judah. The Babylonish captivity.
-570.- [1] Egypt attacked by Nebuchadnezzar, who dethrones Hophra (Apries) ; he places Amasis on the throne.
-560.- Tyranny of Pisistratus at Athens. ”

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