The Historians' History of the World

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The Historians' History of the World, subtitled A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages, is a 25-volume encyclopedia of world history originally published in English near the beginning of the 20th century. It is quite extensive but its perspective is entirely Eurocentric. It was compiled by Henry Smith Williams, a medical doctor and author of many books on medicine, science, and history, as well as other authorities on history, and published in New York in 1904 by Encyclopædia Britannica, it was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh.

Others involved were historian Walter Lynwood Fleming, and Rupert Hughes[1] as editor.

Digital reproductions of the volumes are available via the Google Books project (links below). Most have been converted to the DjVu file format and made available [2] on archive.org.

Contents 1 List of Volumes 1.1 Volume I: Prolegomena, Egypt, Mesopotamia 1.2 Volume II: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, minor nations of Western Asia 1.3 Volume III: Greece to the Peloponnesian war 1.4 Volume IV: Greece to the Roman conquest 1.5 Volume V: The Roman Republic 1.6 Volume VI: The early Roman empire 1.7 Volume VII: The later Roman Empire 1.8 Volume VIII: Parthians, Sassanids, and Arabs, the Crusades and the Papacy 1.9 Volume IX: Italy 1.10 Volume X: Spain and Portugal 1.11 Volume XI: France, 843-1715 1.12 Volume XII: France, 1715-1815 1.13 Volume XIII: France, 1815-1904; Netherlands 1.14 Volume XIV: The Netherlands (concluded), the Germanic empires 1.15 Volume XV: Germanic empires (concluded) 1.16 Volume XVI: Scandinavia, Switzerland to 1715 1.17 Volume XVII: Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland 1.18 Volume XVIII: England to 1485 1.19 Volume XIX England, 1485-1642 1.20 Volume XX: England, 1642-1791 1.21 Volume XXI: Scotland, Ireland, England since 1792 1.22 Volume XXII: The British colonies, the United States (early colonial period) 1.23 Volume XXIII: The United States (concluded), Spanish America 1.24 Volume XXIV: Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, minor Eastern states, China, Japan 1.25 Volume XXV: Index 2 External links

[edit] List of Volumes

[edit] Volume I: Prolegomena, Egypt, Mesopotamia

The prolegomena discuss various topics relating to the practice of historical study.

[edit] Volume II: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, minor nations of Western Asia

[edit] Volume III: Greece to the Peloponnesian war

[edit] Volume IV: Greece to the Roman conquest

[edit] Volume V: The Roman Republic

[edit] Volume VI: The early Roman empire

[edit] Volume VII: The later Roman Empire

[edit] Volume VIII: Parthians, Sassanids, and Arabs, the Crusades and the Papacy

[edit] Volume IX: Italy

[edit] Volume X: Spain and Portugal

[edit] Volume XI: France, 843-1715

[edit] Volume XII: France, 1715-1815

[edit] Volume XIII: France, 1815-1904; Netherlands

[edit] Volume XIV: The Netherlands (concluded), the Germanic empires

[edit] Volume XV: Germanic empires (concluded)

[edit] Volume XVI: Scandinavia, Switzerland to 1715

[edit] Volume XVII: Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland

[edit] Volume XVIII: England to 1485

[edit] Volume XIX England, 1485-1642

[edit] Volume XX: England, 1642-1791

[edit] Volume XXI: Scotland, Ireland, England since 1792

[edit] Volume XXII: The British colonies, the United States (early colonial period)

[edit] Volume XXIII: The United States (concluded), Spanish America

[edit] Volume XXIV: Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, minor Eastern states, China, Japan

[edit] Volume XXV: Index

[edit] External links

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