The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History, credited to Karl Ploetz, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History by Karl Ploetz. (Translated by William H. Tillinghast.) Read in English by Sonia; Jim Locke; AllenO; Jennie Hughes; Colleen McMahon; Adrian Stephens; Devorah Allen; Alan Mapstone; Tomas Peter; abbya22; Matthew McClallen; Kristine Bekere; Sshoger; ToddHW; Parsa2020; Muna Nahhas; Adeline Chris; BettyB 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
• Author credits: Karl Ploetz
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 101
• Combined MP3 track duration: 37:34:27

Catalogue topics

• history
• french revolution
• Roman Empire
• antiquity
• discoveries
• greek wars
• timeline
• american settlements

Opening tracks: first 24 of 101

1. 001 - Introduction — 10:26
2. 002 - Universal History. A general view of its principal divisions — 3:16
3. 003 - I. Ancient History. A. Eastern peoples. Part 1. Egyptians — 19:36
4. 004 - Part 2. Jews (Hebrews, Israelites) — 18:50
5. 005 - Part 3. Babylonians and Assyrians — 17:39
6. 006 - Part 4. Phoenicians and Carthaginians — 15:00
7. 007 - Part 5. Lydians and Phrygians — 5:28
8. 008 - Part 6. Indians — 8:24
9. 009 - Part 7. Bactrians, Medes, Persians — 21:09
10. 010 - Part 8. Parthians — 5:59
11. 011 - Part 9. Chinese — 7:32
12. 012 - Part 10. Japanese — 7:32
13. 013 - B. Western peoples. Part 1. Celts. — 22:35
14. 014 - Part 2. Grecian History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Greece — 12:00
15. 015 - b. Religion of the Greeks — 6:55
16. 016 - c. First Period. Mythical time, down to the Thessalian and Dorian migration (x-1104?) — 19:58
17. 017 - d. Second Period. From the Thessalian and Dorian migration to the beginning of the Persian Wars (1104?-500) — 32:25
18. 018 - e. Third Period. From the beginning of the Persian Wars to the loss of independence by the Battle of Chaeronae (500-338) — 1:00:11
19. 019 - f. Fourth Period. Graeco-Macedonian or Hellenistic Epoch down to the subjugation of Greece by the Romans (338-146) — 27:03
20. 020 - Part 3. Roman History. a. Geographical survey of Ancient Italy — 13:20
21. 021 - b. Religion of the Ancient Romans — 7:27
22. 022 - c. Ethnographical sketch of Italy — 5:30
23. 023 - d. First Period. Mythical Epoch of the Kings (753-510) — 21:22
24. 024 - e. Second Period. Struggles between Patricians and Plebeians, subjugation of Italy proper, to the beginning of the Punic Wars (510-264) — 1:03:28

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