The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
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Eva March Tappan
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century.
Topics in Part II include India, Siam, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine. - Summary by Sonia
Cast list for Sakoontala, or the lost ring:
King: Tomas Peter
First Attendant: Eva Davis
Second Attendant: TJ Burns
Child: lorda
Sakoontala: Monika M.C.
Matali: DrPGould
Kasyapa: ToddHW
Aditi: Sandra Schmit
Pupil: Nemo
Narrator: Sonia (17 hr 57 min)
Chapters
The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier
6:30
Read by Jim Locke
The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-dee…
8:59
Read by Jim Locke
How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the house…
28:49
Read by Jim Locke
The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goe…
6:46
Read by Jim Locke
King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church
22:39
Read by Jim Locke
The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368
1:54
Read by J. M. Smallheer
The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
7:11
Read by Devorah Allen
The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
11:30
Read by Devorah Allen