A Manual of Ancient HistoryThalheimer, M. E. (Mary Elsie)
History
A Manual of Ancient History
Thalheimer, M. E. (Mary Elsie)
History, Ancient
1. Describe the rise of Macedonia. §§ 1, 2.
2. The successive steps of the ascendency of Philip. 2-5.
3. The youth, education, and character of Alexander. 6, 7.
4. His conquests and Asiatic policy. 8-12, 14-17.
5. His projects and death. 18.
6. The war of the regents. 19.
7. What was done by Antipater? 19, 20, 66, 67.
8. By Antigonus and his son? 20, 22-25, 29, 68.
9. What became of the near relatives of Alexander? 21-23.
10. What were the results of the battle of Ipsus? 25.
11. Effects upon Europe and Asia of Alexander’s conquests? 26, 27.
12. Describe the extent and organization of the kingdom of
Seleucus. 28-30.
13. Name the Seleucidæ, and relate one incident of each. 28-48.
14. Describe in detail the reign of Antiochus the Great. 34-37, 100.
15. The last but one of the kings of Syria. 48, 97.
16. The incursions of the Gauls. 31, 70, 71.
17. The condition of Egypt under the Ptolemies. 49, 51, 54.
18. Alexandria and its schools. 52, 53.
19. The conquests of the first three Ptolemies. 50, 54, 56.
20. The character of their successors. 56, 57, 60, 62-65.
21. What was the result to Athens of the Lamian War? 68.
22. What became of the sons of Cassander? 67.
23. How many kings of Thrace and Macedonia B. C. 281? 69, 70.
24. Describe the two reigns of Antigonus Gonatas. 72, 74.
25. The character of Pyrrhus. 72, 73.
26. Tell the history of the Achæan League. 75-79, 82, 86.
27. What occurred in Sparta during the Macedonian regency
of Antigonus Doson? 77.
28. Describe the character and reign of Philip V. 78-81, 83.
29. The successive interventions of the Romans in
affairs of Macedonia and Greece. 76, 79, 81-83, 85, 86.
30. The last of the Antigonidæ. 84.
31. How many kings of other families or nations reigned in
Macedonia during the Third Period?
32. Describe the Thracians. 87.
33. The origin and history of Pergamus. 88-90.
34. Of Bithynia. 91.
35. The early history of Pontus. 92.
36. Tell the story of Mithridates V. 93-95.
37. Describe Cappadocia. 96.
38.
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