From such views of my undertaking, this second part, if it shall be so considered, of the "History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests," necessarily rises above the first in greatness and novelty of design: its execution, also, has been incomparably more difficult, from the variety, intricacy, and wide dispersion of my materials: on all which accounts, I anxiously crave for the present work the same public indulgence which its precursor continues to experience.

Upper Seymour-street, June 1807.

VOL. I.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF ALEXANDER'S CONQUSETS.

SECTION I.

Two Aspects of Alexander's Reign. Peculiarities in his Character

and Fortune. Resources commensurate to his Undertakings.

Political Geography of Asia. Delineation of Mount Taurus to

the northern and eastern Extremities of the Macedonian Con-

quests. Alexander's Transactions on those Frontiers. Notions

of the Greeks concerning Taurus, as the Ground of geograph-

ical Distinction, corrected by modern Discoveries. Military and

Caravan Roads through Asia. Alexander's Garrisons and Fac-

tories. His new Maxims: I. With regard to Government; II.

Religion; III. Revenue.
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SECTION II.

Two Classes of Asiatic Conquerors. Assyrians and Egyptians,

their Characteristics. Scythians, their Characteristics. Medes

and Persians to be classed with barbarous Conquerors. The

Babylonian Plain. Its Revolutions and successive Capitals.

Authentic History of Assyria, confirmed by local Circumstan-

ces. State of Asia antecedently to the first great Monarchy.

Inland Communication from the Mediterranean to India. Em-

poria in Assyria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Similarity of their In-

stitutions and Government. Pursuits and Attainments of the

Egyptian Priests. Their Brethren in Ethiopia. Meroe, its His-

tory and singular Theocracy. The Sabæans and Phoenicians.

Three main Staples. Babylon in Assyria. Bactra in Ariana.

Pessinus in Lesser Asia. .

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SECTION III.

Reasons for entering into a more particular Account of the Arts.

These best exemplified among the Egyptians and Phoenicians:

I. With regard to the Augmentation and Improvement of the

Articles of Food. II. The Composition and Embellishment

of the Articles of Raiment. III. The means of procuring solid

and secure Habitations. Egyptian Architecture: I. Temples.

II. Mausolea. The Labyrinth and Tomb of Osymandyas. III.

Obelisks. IV. Pyramids. Reign of Sesostris. Different Races

in Egypt. Senacherib's Invasion. State of Judæa and Egypt at

that Period. Greatness of Tarako, the Ethiopian. Destruction

of the Assyrian Army. Revolt of the Assyrian Provinces. Ni-

neveh demolished by Cyaxares and Nebopolassar. Babylon the

new Capital of Assyria. Jealousy of Necos King of Egypt. He

gains the Battle of Megiddo. Invades Mesopotamia, and garri-

sons Circesium. Nebuchadnezzar associated in Government

with his Father Nebopolassar. He forms an Engine of Defence

and glorious Victory. Battle of Circesium. . . . . . . Page 99

SECTION IV.

Nebuchadnezzar's extensive Conquests in Africa. His Invasion of

Syria. Description and History of that Country. Babylonish

Captivity. Importance of the Jews in Macedonian History. The

two Tyres. Commercial Connexions of the Phoenicians. Tar-

tessus. The Cassiterides. Ophir. Saba. Political State of the

Phoenicians. Their Manufactures and Inventions. Destruction

of the great Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. His Invasion of Egypt.

History of the East between the Reigns of Nebuchadnezzar and

Alexander. Babylon. Magnitude, Populousness, Manufactures,

Commerce, and Manners.

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SECTION V.

Application of the preceding Survey to Alexander's Undertakings

in the East. His Views with regard to the West. The Histo-

rian Livy's Defiance. State of Rome at that Period. Of Car-

thage. Alexander's Helps towards executing his boldest Pro-

jects. Especially from Greeks in the three Divisions of the

World. Alexander's last Operations in Babylonia, connected

with useful Establishments on his most remote Frontiers. His

Death and Testament..

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HISTORY OF THE WORLD, FROM ALEXANDER TO AUGUSTUS.

CHAPTER I.

Heirs in the Family of Alexander. Their respective Incompeten-

cies. Pretensions of his Generals. Their Proceedings conform-

able to their several Ranks and Situations. Arrhidæus chosen

King by the Phalanx. Perdiccas's Character and Views. Those

of Nearchus and Ptolemy. Bold Stratagem of Perdiccas, which

terminates the Sedition. Division of the Provinces. Lamenta-

tions of Alexander's Asiatic Subjects. His late Funeral.. 203-

CHAPTER II.

Distractions in the outlying Provinces. Events in Egypt and in

Thrace. Massacre of Greek Mercenaries. History of the two

Cappadocias. Wild Projects of Leonnatus. Rebellion of the

Pisidians. Perdiccas's lofty Designs. Confederacy against him.

Victories of Eumenes. Perdiccas's Expedition against Egypt.

His Murder. .

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CHAPTER III.

State of Greece. Proclamation for recalling Exiles. Opposition

of the Athenians and Etolians. Lamian War. Antipater nego-

tiates with the States separately. The Etolians alone refracto-

ry. History of the Greeks in Africa. Motives and Object of

their first Settlements there. Commercial Geography of Afri-

ca. Description and History of the Pentapolis. Its Productions

and Arts. Thimbron's Invasion. Cyrene reduced under Pto-

lemy Soter...

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CHAPTER IV.

Ptolemy declines the Protectorship. Funeral Procession of Alex-

ander. Aridæus and Python Protectors. Sedition excited by

Euridice. Resignation of the Protectors. Antipater sole Regent.

Abandonment of Alexander's great Undertakings. New Divi-

vision of the Provinces. Antigonus sent against Eumenes. War