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The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine

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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 pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece

2:25

Read by Sonia

India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note

1:57

Read by Sonia

Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda

2:27

Read by Sonia

The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

10:40

Read by Sonia

Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed

28:56

Read by Availle

India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note

1:40

Read by Monika M. C.

The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

9:50

Read by Monika M. C.

Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold

20:51

Read by Monika M. C.

Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus

31:48

Read by April6090

India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note

1:14

Read by April6090

Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

3:43

Read by Nemo

The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

2:50

Read by Nemo

The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

1:32

Read by DrPGould

The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble

1:29

Read by RajVO

The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian

2:48

Read by Tomas Peter

Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian

1:13

Read by April6090

The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian

4:19

Read by RajVO

The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian

1:26

Read by RajVO

Some Indian proverbs

0:58

Read by DrPGould

India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note

1:38

Read by RajVO

Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch

15:14

Read by Kevin Stewart

Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90

3:03

Read by RajVO

The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith

12:55

Read by Availle

Poems by King Bhartrihari

1:27

Read by DrPGould

Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa

19:46

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note

2:23

Read by RajVO

Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114

3:03

Read by RajVO

The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier

6:30

Read by Jim Locke

The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor

16:32

Read by ToddHW

On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier

27:51

Read by Jim Locke

Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142

2:33

Read by Nemo

The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

9:09

Read by Kevin Stewart

India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note

3:06

Read by Sonia

How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

11:23

Read by Jim Locke

The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

9:22

Read by Kevin Stewart

The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

14:10

Read by Jim Locke

Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone

22:22

Read by Jim Locke

The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell

4:53

Read by Alan Mapstone

Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180

1:44

Read by Jim Locke

When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts

13:46

Read by Jim Locke

India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note

1:52

Read by Jim Locke

What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

5:36

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

An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200

2:41

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

Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male

15:24

Read by Jim Locke

Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

17:10

Read by Jim Locke

The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

19:05

Read by Jim Locke

The last voyage, painting p. 245

2:04

Read by Jim Locke

Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day

6:26

Read by Jim Locke

The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore

19:51

Read by Jim Locke

Siam: historical note

1:40

Read by Jim Locke

The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens

11:57

Read by Jim Locke

The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine

4:27

Read by Jim Locke

Afghanistan: historical note

1:35

Read by Jim Locke

"The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male

14:24

Read by April6090

Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note

2:07

Read by Jim Locke

Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold

16:23

Read by Jim Locke

When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon

13:24

Read by DrPGould

Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302

1:50

Read by Tomas Peter

How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott

46:17

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

How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus

27:38

Read by DrPGould

Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note

1:39

Read by Chris Fields

The last king of Persia, by Plutarch

25:16

Read by Farnood

The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368

1:54

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Dara, by James Russell Lowell

4:40

Read by Tomas Peter

The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed

11:14

Read by Farnood

Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century

4:42

Read by DrPGould

Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note

1:20

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy

13:07

Read by Tomas Peter

The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy

8:36

Read by Kevin Stewart

The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy

8:41

Read by Kevin Stewart

A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills

18:57

Read by Farnood

The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen

15:31

Read by Farnood

New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson

26:56

Read by April6090

Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note

0:52

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin

3:23

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin

2:48

Read by yaelh

How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin

6:24

Read by yaelh

Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin

2:23

Read by yaelh

Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin

1:22

Read by April6090

How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson

5:01

Read by TJ Burns

Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note

1:50

Read by DrPGould

The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian

7:33

Read by DrPGould

How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero

7:57

Read by Sonia

The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay

2:44

Read by Devorah Allen

The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474

2:01

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce

14:39

Read by DrPGould

The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

3:05

Read by Nemo

Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note

2:26

Read by TJ Burns

How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian

10:34

Read by cathar maiden

The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian

12:41

Read by April6090

Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament

11:08

Read by Ellen Murphy

Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine

2:47

Read by cathar maiden

The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott

30:37

Read by realisticspeakers

Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note

1:20

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The journey to the promised land

30:10

Read by Talie Hass

The shepherd boy who became king

23:51

Read by Talie Hass

The story of King Solomon

18:36

Read by Farnood

Stories from the Talmud

13:26

Read by yaelh

The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

7:11

Read by Devorah Allen

Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582

2:00

Read by Larry Wilson

Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note

1:10

Read by Larry Wilson

On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton

11:35

Read by Larry Wilson

The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

11:30

Read by Devorah Allen

Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note

1:26

Read by Sonia

''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

10:32

Read by Sonia

The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610

1:52

Read by Sonia

The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott

14:21

Read by DrPGould

The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan

5:07

Read by April6090

The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1:38

Read by Tomas Peter

St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud

12:49

Read by Sonia