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Excerpt from Ancient History The advent of the Messias, which is the crowning event of history, divides it into two parts: Ancient History, or that time which preceded the birth of Jesus Christ, and Modern History, or the time which has elapsed since that event. This division is so natural that, by referring all events to Jesus Christ, we give to history its unity: in ancient times by Sacred History, or that of the people chosen to prepare the way for the advent of the Messias, and in modern times by the History of the Church, or that of the society set up to propagate throughout the world the work of the Saviour. Prevailing usage, however, divides universal history into three parts: Ancient History, from the creation to the division of the Roman Empire, in 395; Mediœval History, from the said division to the taking of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, in 1453; Modem History, from the taking of Constantinople to contemporary events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.