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Excerpt from Universal History, Vol. 1 of 6: From the Creation of the World to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century Various plans of historical Prelections - Ch ronological Me thod - Method of treating History as subservient only to the Science of Politics - Plan of the present Work Division by Epochs rejected, and, why - A predominant Nation always the principal Object - Ancient History Greece - Collateral Objects, Egypt, Phoenicia, &c. Views of Government, Science, Arts, &c. - Rome, its collateral and incidental Objects of History - Decline of the Empire - Gothic Nations - Modern History - Sara cens - Charlemagne - Laws, &c. Of that Age - Britain; Continental European Kingdoms - Crusades - Russia, Switzerland - Fall of Eastern empire-moors - Portu guese Discoveries - The Reformation - Asia - India Revolt of the Netherlands - Age of Henry IV. And Elizabeth - Revolution and close of British History, Spain - France - Sweden - Age of Louis XIV. - Charles xii.-peter the Great - Conclusion - Progress of Sci ence and Literature in Europe. 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.