On The Shores Of The Great Sea

o N THE SHORES OF THE GREAT SEA M. B. SYNGE AUTHOR OK 4 BRAVE MEN AND BRAVE DEEDS LIFE n-GENERAL GORDON FOR BOYS, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY E. M. SYNGE, A. R. E. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON 1907 All Rights reservea CONTENTS. PAGE 1. THE HOME OP ABRAHAM . ., . . 1 2. INTO AFRICA ....... . .4 AN LD TRADE-ROUTE ...... 8 4. WOSEPH IN EGYPT ....... 12 5. HE STORY OP TH 1 NILE FLOOD ..... 17 6. IN A STRANGE LAND ....... 20 7. THE CHILDREN OP ISRAEL ...... 24 8. BACK TO THE FATHERLAND ...... 28 9. THE FIRST MERCHANT FLEET . . ., 32 10. CONQUERORS OF THE SEA Y . b 35 11. EARLY PIONEERS ...... -. 39 12. HIRAM, KING OF TYRE ...... 42 L. KING SOLOMONS FLEET ...... 45 14. THE STORY OF CARTHAGE ...... 48 15. OUT OF THE SHADOWLAND ...... 52 L6. THE STORY OF THE ARGONAUTS ..... 55 17. THE SIEGE OF TROY . . . . - . . .61 L8. THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSESS -l U P . 64 19. THE DAWN OF HISTORY ...... 68 20. THE FALL OP TYRE ....... 72 21. THE RISE OF CARTHAGE 82. HANNOS ADVENTURES 23. SOME MORE ABOUT GREECE ...... 79 . I, i . XJ74 f . C vfe VI CONTENTS, t 24. A CLOUD IN THE SALT 83 25. THE BATTLE OF MARATHON . . . 86 26. KING AHASUERUS 7 90 2. HOW LEONIDA8 KEPT THE PASg 94 28. VICTORY FOR THE GREEKS 97 29. SOME GREEK COLONIES 101 30. ACROSS THE BLIfE WATERS 104 3L THE BEAUTY OF ATHENS, .... 106 32. THE DEATfc OF SOCRATES ...... 110 33. RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND 115 34. THE STORY OF ROMULUS AND RE1JU8 . . . .119 35. HOW HORATIUS KE T THE BRIDGE . . 122 36. CORIOLANUS 127 37. ALEXANDER THE GREAT . . . . . .. 132 38. KING OF MACEDONIA 9fl 39. CONQUEST OF THE EACT . . . . . 43 40. THE CONQUEST OF INDIA 143 41. ALEXANDERS CITY . 147 42. BACK TO ROME AGAIN 151 43. A GREAT CONFLICT 154 44. THE ROMANFLEET . ., . . .158 5. HANNIBALS vowV . . pA W 162 46. THB ADVENTURES OF HANNIBAL . . . .165 47. THE END OF CARTHAGE 169 48. THE TRIUMPH OF ROME 73 49. TWO YOUNG ROMANS 177 50. JULIUS 02ESAR 180 51. THE FLIGHT OF POMPEY 184 52. THE DEATH OF CJI8AR 189 53. THE EMPIRE OF ROME 194 64. PAX ROMANA, , ., .... i99 TEACHERS APPENDIX ....... 201 ON THE SHOKES OF THE GEEAT SEA. 1. THE HOME OP BRAHAM. In the faith of liUle children, we went on our ways. KIPLING. IT i strange to think of a very old world, when men knew nothing of the great salt sea that washed their shores, and nothing of the wonder ful lands, that lay beyond. Each day the sun rose and set as it does to-day, but they did not know the reason why the rivers flowed through the land, but they did not know whence they came, or whither they went. These men of old, knew one great fact. They knew that they must live in a land, where there was plenty of water. How else could their sheep and oxen stay their thirst how else should they and their children get food and drink and how should the grain grow to save the land from famine So wherever a man settled down with his famijy A 2 ABOUT THE CHALDEANS. in the old days, hd dhose so r me place near a Viver or spring. Perhaps others would wander ovef the knd till they came to the same river, and there they would settle too, until there would be quite a little colony of families all attracted to the same spot by the fact that fresh, clean water, was flow ing througlj the land. And so it was that, long ago, the old stories tell us of a group of men, women, and children, who came and set-tied around a great river, called the Euphrates, away in the far East. It was one of the four rivers that watepdhe garden, of Eden a very beautiful and fertile spot. This little group of settlers known as the 1 Chaldeans grew corn in their rich country and became very prosperous, while other men were wandering about the trackless land with no fixed abode or calling. These Chaldeans taught themselves many things...