A System Of Ancient And Mediaeval Geography For The Use Of Schools And Colleges

Author : Augustus Mitchell
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ISBN 13 : 9781330557341
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book Mitchell's Ancient Geography written by Augustus Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mitchell's Ancient Geography: Designed for Academies, Schools and Families, a System The extensive patronage bestowed on Mitchell's Primary Geography and School Geography and Atlas, determined the Publishers of those works, some time since, to complete the Series of which they form the introductory and secondary divisions, by the publication of a High School Geography and Atlas, comprehending a summary of Modern and Ancient Geography. The following work constitutes the Ancient or second division of the publication proposed, and will be found to correspond, in style and general mode of arrangement, with those portions of the series already issued. It embraces two distinct sections; one consisting of Classical, and the other of Sacred Geography: together with an Atlas, specially compiled to agree with and elucidate the d104. The chief object aimed at, in its composition, has been to arrange, in a progressive and distinct manner, a concise account of the countries and nations of antiquity, such as may readily be understood by the more advanced pupils in our schools and academies, and also by private students. The book and the maps are adapted to each other, and are designed to be used in connection throughout. Questions, to be answered from the d104 and the Atlas, have been inserted, on the plan of those to be found in the other books of the series; but teachers need not restrict themselves to the questions given, and may dispense with them or not, at their discretion. To peruse the Sacred Scriptures or any portion of early history intelligently, some knowledge of ancient geography is an indispensable requisite. Without such knowledge, indeed, the perusal of history is comparatively worthless. Every inquiring student, therefore, in reading of Jerusalem, Tyre, Rome, or Athens, would wish to ascertain the situation of those renowned cities, and also to give locations to the mountains, rivers, and lakes described by ancient authors; as well as to understand the relative positions of the countries noted in early times, and the modern political divisions which occupy the same regions of the earth. To such individuals, a well-digested system of ancient geography, with maps specially compiled to illustrate the text, will furnish the desired information, as well as afford a fund of profitable and pleasing instruction. The treatise on Sacred Geography, being confined to a description of the Holy Land, and the other countries mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, is of less extent than the one which precedes it; in several instances, also, the descriptions of various countries given in the first division have been repeated in the last. This is rendered in some measure necessary, by the fact that the regions described by the Hebrew writers were viewed under different circumstances, and, for the most part, at an earlier period of time than by the Greeks and Romans; and that the names of countries, rivers, cities, &c. are seldom found to coincide, in the statements of the Scriptural and those of classical authors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.