On the Shores of the Great Sea
M. B. Synge
54 chapters · 4 h 52 min · English
Read by Jonathan R. Jackson, Aadel Bussinger, Patti Cunningham, Dorlene Kaplan, StephenC, TriciaG and others
History
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Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related. Ages 9-18 (Summary from the Baldwin Project)
Chapters
1 The Home of Abraham 5 min 2 Into Africa 6 min 3 An Old Trade-Route 5 min 4 Joseph in Egypt 5 min 5 The Story of the Nile Flood 5 min 6 In a Strange Land 6 min 7 The Children of Israel 6 min 8 Back to the Fatherland 6 min 9 The First Merchant Fleet 6 min 10 Conquerors of the Sea 6 min 11 Early Pioneers 4 min 12 Hiram, King of Tyre 4 min 13 King Solomon's Fleet 4 min 14 The Story of Carthage 5 min 15 Out of the Shadowland 6 min 16 The Story of the Argonauts 7 min 17 The Siege of Troy 5 min 18 The Adventures of Ulysses 6 min 19 The Dawn of History 5 min 20 The Fall of Tyre 4 min 21 The Rise of Carthage 2 min 22 Hanno's Adventures 5 min 23 Some More About Greece 5 min 24 A Cloud in the East 5 min 25 The Battle of Marathon 5 min 26 King Ahasuerus 5 min 27 How Leonidas Kept the Pass 6 min 28 Victory for the Greeks 5 min 29 Some Greek Colonies 4 min 30 Across the Blue Waters 4 min 31 The Beauty of Athens 5 min 32 The Death of Socrates 7 min 33 Retreat of the Ten Thousand 6 min 34 The Story of Romulus and Remus 6 min 35 How Horatius Kept the Bridge 7 min 36 Coriolanus 7 min 37 Alexander the Great 5 min 38 King of Macedonia 4 min 39 Conquest of the East 6 min 40 The Conquest of India 7 min 41 Alexander's City 6 min 42 Back to Rome Again 6 min 43 A Great Conflict 7 min 44 The Roman Fleet 6 min 45 Hannibal's Vow 5 min 46 The Adventures of Hannibal 6 min 47 The End of Carthage 6 min 48 The Triumph of Rome 5 min 49 Two Young Romans 5 min 50 Julius Caesar 5 min 51 The Flight of Pompey 5 min 52 The Death of Caesar 7 min 53 The Empire of Rome 5 min 54 Pax Romana 3 min
