A

HISTORY OF THE WORLD

FROM THE

EARLIEST RECORDS TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

PHILIP SMITH, B.A.,

ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DICTIONARIES OF GREEK AND ROMAN
ANTIQUITIES, BIOGRAPHY, AND GEOGRAPHY.

VOL. I.

ANCIENT HISTORY.

FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE ACCESSION
OF PHILIP OF MACEDON.

Ellustrated by Maps and Plans.

LONDON:

WALTON AND MABERLY,

UPPER GOWER STREET, & IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1864.

[The Right of Translation is reserved.]

ΤΟ

HENRY MALDEN, M.A.,

IATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON,

This Work is Dedicated,

IN ADMIRATION OF HIS PROFOUND AND ELEGANT SCHOLARSHIP,

AND

AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE LASTING BENEFITS OF HIS TEACHING.