User:Chuck Marean/Myers, P. (1890) General History. Index

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Note. -- In the case of words whose correct pronunciation has not seemed to be clearly indicated by their accentuation and syllabication, the sounds of the letters have been denoted thus: ā, like a in grāy; ấ like ā, only less prolonged;  ǎ, like a in hǎve; ä, like a in fär; ē, like ee in fēēt; ě, like e in ěnd;  e and eh, like k; ç, like s;  ġ, like j; ô like o in for; ş, like z.

Ac’cad, 41, 45.

Accadians, civilization of, 41.

Africa, circumnavigation of, in reign of Necho II., 26.

Agadê (äg-a-dā’), 42.

A-ma’sis, k. of Egypt, 33, 110, n.

A-mo’sis, 21.

Am’u-noph III., 22.

Antiquity of man, 1.

A’pis, 29.

Astrology, among the Chaldaeans, 45.
 * Architecture: Assyrian, 55, 56; Babylonian, 61, 62; Chaldaean, 43, 44; Grecian, 176-182; Pelasgian, 176, 177; Persian, 84-86; Roman, 350-353
 * Aryans: migrations of, 4, 5; early culture of, 5, 6; importance of Aryan studies, 6; enter India, 8.

Babel, tower of, 46.

Babylonia, the name, 43.

Basques (basks), 3, 405.

Boulak (boo-läk’) Museum, 39.

Brahma, 10.

Brahmanism, 9-11; modified by Buddhism, 12.

Brahmans, 8.

Buddha (bōōd’ha), 11.

Buddhism, 11, 12; introduced into China, 17.

Cai’ro, 32, 401.

Cathay (kath-ā’), 13.
 * Calendar: origin of, in Egypt, 36; reformed by Caesar, 298.

Caucasian Race, 2, 3.

Chaldaea, political history of, 40-43.
 * Celts: the, 4, 7, 369; Christianity among, 379-381.

Champollion (sham-pol’le-on), 36.
 * Chaldaean literature: 44-47; religion, 45, 46; mythology, 46.
 * Chaldaeans: mixed character of, 41; arts, religion, and general culture of, 43-47.

Ched-or-lā’o-mer, 43.

Che Hwang-te, 13.

Cinderella, romance of, 36.
 * China: ancient history of, 12-17; Great Wall of, 13; religions in, 16; ancestor worship in, 17.
 * Chinese Writing: 14; literature, 14-16; great wall, 13, n.; morality, 16; competitive examinations, 16.

Confucius, 15, 16, 17.

Cuneiform writing, origin of, 44; key to, 79, n.

E’lam-ites, the, 42.
 * Egypt: ancient history of, 18-26; geology of, 18; delta of the Nile, 18; climate of, 19; dynasties and chronology, 19, 20.
 * Egyptians: racial affinities of, 3; ancient classes of, 27; religious doctrines, 27, 28; animal-worship, 28, 29; judgment of the dead, 29-31; tombs, 31; pyramids, 31; palaces and temples, 32, 33; sculptures, 33, 34; glass manufacture, 35; writing and literature, 35, 36; science, 36; art of embalming, 37; royal mummies, 38, 39.

Embalming, art of, 37-39.

English, origin of the, 7.

Ē’rech, 45.

Esquimaux, 3.

Finns, the, 2, 382.
 * Eu-phra’tes: valley of the, 40; turned by Darius I., 60, n.

Genesis, Chaldaean account of, 46.

Hamites, 3.

Hinduism, 12.
 * Hebrews: enter Egypt, 21; history of, 63-68; their religion and literature, 68, 69.
 * Her’a-clēs: 93, 94, 97; Chaldaean origin of the myth of, 47.
 * Hieroglyphical writing: Egyptian, 35, 36; among the Accadians, 41.

History, Divisions of, 1.

Hittites, 23, 24.

Ho’rus, 28.

Huns, the, 13, 337, 345.

Hyk’sos, 21.

Il, 45.

I’sis, 28.
 * India: ancient history of, 8-12; invasion of, by Alexander, 12; partly subdued by Darius I., 79; British Empire in, 723-727; Afghan War of 1838-1842, 725; Sepoy Mutiny, 726, 727; government of, transferred to the English crown 727; progress in, 727, n.

Iz-du-bär’, Epic of, 46.

Kar’nak, temple of, 22, 33.

Khita (khee’ta), 23.

Ku’dur-Na-Khun’tā, 42.

Ku’fu I., 20.

Lapps, the, 3.

Lṳx’or, temple of, 33.
 * Literature: Egyptian, 36; Chaldaean, 44-47; Assyrian, 57; Hebrew, 68, 69; Grecian, 190-192; Roman, 354-359; French, beginnings of, 496-498; under Louis XIV., 599; Spanish, 500, 501; German, beginnings of, 508; English, under Henry VIII., 529; of the Elizabethan Age, 561; of the Puritan p., 617, 618; of the Restoration, 624; of Queen Anne’s Age, 629.

Man’e-tho, 19.

Mariette (mä’re-ett’), 29.

Maspero, Professor, quoted, 39.

Medes, 4, 74.

Memnon, statues of, 34.

Memphis, 20.

Me-neph’tha, 24.

Mē’nēs, 20.

Ne’cho II., 25, 26.

Negro Race, 2.

Nirvana (nir’vah-na), 12.
 * Nile: the valley of, 1; inundation of, 18; delta of, 18; cataracts of, 18, n.; deposits of, 18, n.; Canopic branch of, 25.

Nu’bi-a, 33.

O-si’ris, 28, 29, 30.

Papyrus paper, 35.

Pä’ri-ahs, 9.

Printing in China, 14.
 * Persians: origin of, 4; relation to the Medes, 74; literature and religion, 83, 84.

Psam-met’i-chus I., 24, 25.

Pyramid kings, 20.

Ra, 45.
 * Pyramids: the, 31, 32; battle of the, 669.

Races of mankind, 2; table of, 7.

Ra-me’ses II., 23, 33; mummy of, 39.

Rig-Veda, the, 9.

Rosetta Stone, 36.

Sā’bӕ-an-ĭsm, 45.

Sä’is, 25.

Sar’gon I., k. of Assyria, 42, 48, 49.

Scar-a-bae’us, the, 29.

Semitic peoples, 4.

Se-sos’tris. See Rameses II.

Set, 28.

Se’ti I., 23.

Shä’man-ĭsm, 45.

Shu’mir, 41.

Sphinx, great Egyptian, 34.

Sū’dras, 8, 11.

Su’sa, 42, 78.

Sut-tee’, 12, n.

Tao, 17.

Taoism (tä’o-ism), 17.

Thebes, in Egypt, 20; royal tombs at, 31.

Thoth’mes II., 22.

Tig’lath-i-nin’, 43, 58.

Tigris, valley of the, 40.

Turanian peoples, 2, 3.
 * Transmigration: of souls, among the Brahmans, 10, 11; among the Egyptians, 30, 31.

Ty’phon. See Set.

Vě’das, 9.