World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia

Eva March Tappan

101 chapters · 16 h 13 min · English

Read by Sonia, Jim Locke, Nemo, DrPGould, Keith Hunter, J. M. Smallheer and others

Poetry · Historical Fiction · Religion · Miscellaneous · Philosophy · History

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Chapters

1. 1Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece3 min
2. 2Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note2 min
3. 3Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus8 min
4. 4Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards6 min
5. 5How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards6 min
6. 6Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 102 min
7. 7The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero15 min
8. 8How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson19 min
9. 9An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus3 min
10. 10Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note2 min
11. 11From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley4 min
12. 12The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie5 min
13. 13Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 402 min
14. 14The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie10 min
15. 15The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie15 min
16. 16Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note2 min
17. 17A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor16 min
18. 18How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus6 min
19. 19Building the pyramids, painting p. 683 min
20. 20Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner13 min
21. 21Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 742 min
22. 22How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie19 min
23. 23Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 842 min
24. 24Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note1 min
25. 25The mighty reign of Sesostris (Rameses II), by Diodorus the Sicilian18 min
26. 26The story of Joseph, from the Old Testament54 min
27. 27Joseph sold by his brethren, painting p. 1002 min
28. 28In the brick fields, by Rev. J. H. Ingraham26 min
29. 29'Let my people go'', by Théophile Gautier; translated by Augusta McC. Wright34 min
30. 30The victory over the Khita, by Pen-Ta-Ur, 1326 B.C. put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley13 min
31. 31Finding Pharaoh, by Edward L. Wilson25 min
32. 32Going to see Pharaoh (Rameses II), by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley24 min
33. 33Egypt Part V: The glory wanes: Historical note2 min
34. 34Why Phanes was exiled, by Georg Ebers19 min
35. 35The founding of Alexandria (332 B.C.), by Plutarch3 min
36. 36Antony and Cleopatra, painting p. 2043 min
37. 37The death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.), by William Shakespeare12 min
38. 38Egypt Part VI: Modern Egypt: Historical note2 min
39. 39Bonaparte in Egypt, painting p. 2142 min
40. 40The battle of the pyramids (1798), by John S. C. Abbott24 min
41. 41Bonaparte before the Sphinx, painting p. 2282 min
42. 42The story of the Suez Canal, from ''All the year round'', 185420 min
43. 43How General Gordon outwitted the King of Abyssinia (between 1873 and 1880), by Alfred Egmont Hake3 min
44. 44The death of General Gordon at Khartoum (1885), by Anonymous18 min
45. 45Up the cataracts of the Nile (1875), by Charles Dudley Warner29 min
46. 46Northern Africa Part I: Legendary history and the story of Carthage: Historical note2 min
47. 47Ulysses in the land of the Lotus-Eaters (Tripoli), by Homer2 min
48. 48Aeneas at Carthage, by Virgil14 min
49. 49Aeneas at the court of Dido, painting p. 2762 min
50. 50The cutting of the aqueduct, by Gustave Flaubert15 min
51. 51The fall of Carthage (146 B.C.) by Rev. Alfred J. Church19 min
52. 52Northern Africa Part II: Life and customs in Northern Africa: Historical note2 min
53. 53How the Barbary pirates learned to respect the American flag (1815), by John Bach McMaster14 min
54. 54Traditions of the sheikhs of Morocco (sixteenth century), by T. H. Weir19 min
55. 55Morocco law (sixteenth century), by Edmondo de Amicis7 min
56. 56Hawking in Algeria, painting p. 3222 min
57. 57One day in Morocco (nineteenth century) by Edmondo de Amicis21 min
58. 58The great market of Tripoli (latter part of nineteenth century), by George E. Thompson7 min
59. 59Northern Africa Part III: The mystery of the desert: Historical note2 min
60. 60The hour of prayer in the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson13 min
61. 61The oasis of the great-grandfather (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson14 min
62. 62The music of the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson30 min
63. 63Western and Central Africa Part I: Unveiling the dark continent: Historical note2 min
64. 64Writing a charm (about 1795), by Mungo Park2 min
65. 65A zealous missionary (about 1795), by Mungo Park5 min
66. 66A visit to King Moselekatse (1829), by Anne Manning Rathbone13 min
67. 67'The mountain with several caves'' (1854), by David Livingstone2 min
68. 68A magic lantern in Africa (1854), by David Livingstone2 min
69. 69The electric wind of the desert (1854), by David Livingstone2 min
70. 70The merman missionary (1854), by David Livingstone2 min
71. 71How I found Livingstone (1871), by Sir Henry M. Stanley10 min
72. 72Western and Central Africa Part II: Adventures in the African jungle: Historical note2 min
73. 73The village of dwarfs (about 1870), by Paul du Chaillu39 min
74. 74Crossing an African bridge (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu9 min
75. 75Consulting the Man in the Moon (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu7 min
76. 76Du Chaillu the First, King of the Apingi (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu4 min
77. 77South Africa: Historical note2 min
78. 78The last trek, painting p. 4361 min
79. 79The diamond fields of South Africa (about 1870), by Anthony Trollope38 min
80. 80A modern battlefield (about 1898), by Julian Ralph13 min
81. 81In the South African army (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen20 min
82. 82Advancing upon the enemy (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen18 min
83. 83Arabia Part I: Early history: Historical note2 min
84. 84The legend of the Arabs, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine10 min
85. 85Mohammed (about 570-632), by Eva March Tappan7 min
86. 86A reading from the Koran, painting p. 4962 min
87. 87The ''Square House'', or Kabah, by Hadji Khan and Wilfrid Sparroy8 min
88. 88Arabia Part II: Stories of the caliphs of Bagdad: Historical note2 min
89. 89Al Mansur, builder of Bagdad, and the poet (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field4 min
90. 90Al Mansur rebuked (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field3 min
91. 91Al Mahdi and the two wishes (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field7 min
92. 92Haroun Al Rashid and the musician (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field6 min
93. 93The caliph and the poet of the Barmeks (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer5 min
94. 94The division of the reward (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer3 min
95. 95The caliph and ''the man with the stew'' (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer6 min
96. 96The poet and the jester (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer2 min
97. 97Arabia Part III: Stories of modern Arabia: Historical note2 min
98. 98Justice in Arabia (nineteenth century), by Colonel L. Du Couret8 min
99. 99Wit from Arabia, by Colonel L. Du Couret5 min
100. 100Arabian Horsemen in battle, painting p. 5362 min
101. 101A pilgrimage to Mecca, by Sir Richard F. Burton11 min