Identifier: storyofgreatestn01elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Persia—Chronology lo-? Pelusium and overthrow of Egypt. 524—Cambyses loses his armies in thedesert. 522—Revolt of the false Smerdis; Cambyses commits suicide. 521—Darius overthrows the false Smerdis and reconquers the revolted prov-inces. 515—Darius organizes the Persian empire; he invades European Scythia.490—The Greeks repel the Persians at Alarathon. 485—Darius is succeededby Xerxes. 480—The great invasion of Greece by Xerxes repelled at Salamis;Xerxes retires to PersepoHs. 479—The Persians driven from Greece by thedefeats of Platasa and IMycale. 470—Repeated naval defeats at the hands ofGreeks. 465—Xerxes assassinated; the rule of the palace officials begins.460—Egypt rebels, but is reconquered after six years of war. 405—Egypt winsindependence. 401—Cyrus, a Persian prince, fights for the empire by the aidof Greek mercenaries; he is defeated; retreat of the ten thousand Greeksunder Xenophon. 365—Asia Minor revolts from Persia. 340—Artaxerxes III.rec

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