The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History

Author(s): Karl Ploetz, William H. Tillinghast

Narrators: Sonia, Jim Locke, AllenO, Jennie Hughes, Colleen McMahon, Adrian Stephens, Availle, Devorah Allen, Alan Mapstone, Tomas Peter, Abbya22, Matthew McClallen, Kristine Bekere, Sshoger, ToddHW, Parsa2020, Muna Nahhas, Adeline Chris, BettyB

Number of Chapters: 101

Length: 37 hours and 34 minutes

Language: English

The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. This book lists a detailed timeline of important events, starting from the early Eastern cultures till up to recent events from the beginning of the 20th century. The original book was compiled in German by historian Karl Ploetz (1819-1881) and translated into English for this series by William H. Tillinghast (1854-1913). - Summary by Sonia

Introduction (Sonia)

Universal History. A general view of its principal divisions (Sonia)

I. Ancient History. A. Eastern peoples. Part 1. Egyptians (Jim Locke)

Part 2. Jews (Hebrews, Israelites) (AllenO)

Part 3. Babylonians and Assyrians (Jennie Hughes)

Part 4. Phoenicians and Carthaginians (Jim Locke)

Part 5. Lydians and Phrygians (Colleen McMahon)

Part 6. Indians (Jim Locke)

Part 7. Bactrians, Medes, Persians (Adrian Stephens)

Part 8. Parthians (Adrian Stephens)

Part 9. Chinese (Jim Locke)

Part 10. Japanese (Availle)

B. Western peoples. Part 1. Celts. (Devorah Allen)

Part 2. Grecian History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Greece (Adrian Stephens)

b. Religion of the Greeks (Alan Mapstone)

c. First Period. Mythical time, down to the Thessalian and Dorian migration (x-1104?) (Jim Locke)

d. Second Period. From the Thessalian and Dorian migration to the beginning of the Persian Wars (1104?-500) (Jim Locke)

e. Third Period. From the beginning of the Persian Wars to the loss of independence by the Battle of Chaeronae (500-338) (Jim Locke)

f. Fourth Period. Graeco-Macedonian or Hellenistic Epoch down to the subjugation of Greece by the Romans (338-146) (Jim Locke)

Part 3. Roman History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Italy (Jim Locke)

b. Religion of the Ancient Romans (Alan Mapstone)

c. Ethnographical sketch of Italy (Alan Mapstone)

d. First Period. Mythical Epoch of the Kings (753-510) (Jim Locke)

e. Second Period. Struggles between Patricians and Plebeians, subjugation of Italy proper, to the beginning of the Punic Wars (510-264) (Jim Locke)

f. Third Period. Punic Wars. From the beginning of Rome's universal Empire, to the destruction of Carthage and Corinth (264-146) (Jim Locke)

g. Fourth Period. Firm establishment of the universal power of Rome. Period of the Civil Wars (146-31) First Part (Jim Locke)

g. Fourth Period. Firm establishment of the universal power of Rome. Period of the Civil Wars (146-31) Second Part (Jim Locke)

h. Fifth Period. Reigns of the Roman Emperors down to the Fall of the Western Empire (31 B.C.-476 A.D.) (Devorah Allen)

Part 4. Teutons (Jim Locke)

Part 5. Slavs and Lithuanians (Tomas Peter)

II. Mediaeval History. First Period. From the Beginning of the migrations of the Northern tribes to the Treaty of Verdun (375-843). Part 1. Migrations of the Northern Peoples (Jennie Hughes)

Part 2. Teutonic Kingdoms in Britain (Sonia)

Part 3. The Kingdom of the Franks under the Merowingians (abbya22)

Part 4. Mohammed (Mahomet) and the Caliphate (Alan Mapstone)

Part 5. Kingdom of the Franks under the Carolingians (abbya22)

Part 6. New Persian Empire of the Sassanidae (226-641) (Jim Locke)

Second Period. From the Treaty of Verdun to the beginning of the Crusades (843-1096). Part 1. Italy and Germany (Jim Locke)

Part 2. France (Jim Locke)

Part 3. England (Sonia)

Part 4. The North (abbya22)

Part 5. Spanish Peninsula (Alan Mapstone)

Part 6. The East (Jim Locke)

Third Period. Epoch of the Crusades (1096-1270). Part 1. Crusades (Jim Locke)

Part 2. Germany and Italy (Jim Locke)

Part 3. France (abbya22)

Part 4. England (Matthew McClallen)

Part 5. The North (Kristine Bekere)

Part 6. Spanish Peninsula (Alan Mapstone)

Part 7. The East (Jim Locke)

Fourth Period. From the conclusion of the Crusades to the discovery of America (1270-1492). Part 1. Germany (Jim Locke)

Part 2. France (Sshoger)

Part 3. Italy (Alan Mapstone)

Part 4. England (Jim Locke)

Part 5. Spanish Peninsula (Alan Mapstone)

Part 6. The North and East (Tomas Peter)

III. Modern History. First Period. From the discovery of America to the Peace of Westphalia (1492-1648) Part 1. Inventions, discoveries and colonies (Alan Mapstone)

Part 2. America (Jim Locke)

English, Dutch and Swedish Colonies in North America (ToddHW)

Part 3. Germany to the Thirty Years' War. The Reformation (Jim Locke)

Part 4. The Thirty Years' War (Parsa2020)

Part 5. France (Jim Locke)

Part 6. Italy (Muna Nahhas)

Part 7. Spanish Peninsula and the Netherlands (Jim Locke)

Part 8. England and Scotland (Matthew McClallen)

Part 9. The North and East (Jim Locke)

Second Period. From the Peace of Westphalia to the beginning of the French Revolution (1648-1789) A. The second half of the 17th Century. Part 1. America (Matthew McClallen)

Part 2. France (Jim Locke)

Part 3. Germany (Alan Mapstone)

Part 4. The North and East (Alan Mapstone)

Part 5. England (Jim Locke)

Part 6. India (Alan Mapstone)

Part 7. China (Alan Mapstone)

B. The 18th Century to the French Revolution. Part 1. War of the Spanish Succession (Jim Locke)

Part 2. The Northern War (Matthew McClallen)

Part 3. Germany (Jim Locke)

Part 4. Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Poland (Tomas Peter)

Part 5. Spain and Portugal (Alan Mapstone)

Part 6. Italy (Alan Mapstone)

Part 7. America (Jim Locke)

Part 8. Great Britain (Jim Locke)

Part 9. The East (Availle)

Part 10. France (Adrian Stephens)

Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). First Part (Jim Locke)

Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Second Part (Jim Locke)

Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Third Part (Jim Locke)

Third Period. From the beginning of the first French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna (1789-1815). Fourth Part (Jim Locke)

Fourth Period. From the Congress of Vienna to the present day (1815-x). Part 1. Inventions (Alan Mapstone)

Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). First Part (Jim Locke)

Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Second Part (Jim Locke)

Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Third Part (Jim Locke)

Part 2. Continental Europe (1817-1882). Fourth Part (Adeline Chris)

Part 3. France (1815-1882) (Jim Locke)

Part 4. Great Britain (1783-1882) (Adrian Stephens)

Part 5. United States (1789-1882) (Jim Locke)

Part 6. China (1796-1882) (Colleen McMahon)

Part 7. Japan (1817-1882) (Availle)

Appendix (1883-x). Part 8. Great Britain (1883-1903) (Colleen McMahon)

Part 9. Continental Europe (1883-1903) (Colleen McMahon)

Part 10. United States (1883-1903) (BettyB)

Part 11. Asia (1883-1903) (Availle)

Part 12. Leading events (1904-1914) (BettyB)

The audiobook The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History falls under the genres of War & Military, History. It is written by Karl Ploetz, William H. Tillinghast.

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