World Powers of Bible History
A decade has passed since King Nebuchadnezzar brought Daniel and the other "foremost men of the land of Judah into captivity in Babylon" ((2 Kings 24:15)
Nebuchadnezzar was agitated.
He had had a dream which distressed him so much he could not sleep. Naturally he was anxious to know its meaning.
But the mighty king had forgotten the dream! So he summoned Babylon's magicians, enchanters and sorcerers and demanded that they relate the dream and interpret it. The task was beyond them. Their failure so infuriated Nebuchadnezzar that he issued a command "to destroy all the wise men of Babylon".
Fortunately a prophet of the true God came to their rescue!
"Daniel himself went in and asked from the king that he should give him time expressly to show the very interpretation to the king" (Dan 2: 15 - 23)
The interpretation involved "a certain immense image. That image was large and the brightness of which was extraordinary ... and its appearance was dreadful" (Dan 2 : 31 - 35). It consisted of five different metals ... each decreasing in value from head to foot. The final stage consisted of iron and clay.
Daniel went on to explain that each of the metals represented a governmental power which would dominate the world scene.
"In the final part of the days" the feet of the image would be struck by a huge rock, representing the Kingdom of God ... and world domination by the nations would end being replaced by good government from God himself (Dan 2:44).
Five of these world powers are featured in Nebuchadnezzar's dream image : Babylon, Medo Persia, Greece, Rome and the Anglo - American World power.
But according to the Bible record, two other world powers had impacted God's people previously ... Egypt and Assyria.
The purpose of this section is to provided exhaustive DVD ROM collections, featuring ALL of the SEVEN WORLD POWERS of BIBLE HISTORY.
Each DVD ROM will feature a specific world power and will provide volumes of textual reference material from respected scholarly sources : FIFTY COMPLETE REFERENCE WORKS per DVD ROM in PDF format (full color / searchable/printable).
In addition, each collection will feature interesting MULTI - MEDIA items : video, photographs, audio books , lectures, music and much more.
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY" will greatly increase your Bible research resources and will hopefully provide much that will interest, inform and entertain you.
(Please note : ALL MATERIAL FEATURED ON THESE COLLECTIONS IS CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DOMAIN for copyright purposes).
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 1"
Egypt
Egypt is referred to over 700 times in the Bible.
In the Hebrew Scriptures, Egypt is often designated by the name Mizraim, evidently pointing to the prominence of the descendants of that son of Ham who settled in this region (Ge 10:6)
The Egyptians in the days of Joseph were favorably disposed towards the Israelites, but as their numbers increased, they cruelly oppressed them, eventually imposing conditions of slavery.
This situation existed for centuries until Jehovah provided deliverance through Moses.
After the Exodus, hostilities continued.
For example, shortly after Solomon's death, Pharaoh Shishak invaded Judah (993 BCE) with a mighty force of chariots, attacking Jerusalem and stripping the city of its treasures (2 Ch 12 : 1 - 12).
During later periods, the Judean Kings forgot about the previous centuries of aggression and hostility, forming unwise alliances with Egypt ... which did nothing to delay Jehovah's judgement upon them.
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 1 : EGYPT " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (PDF format)
- "Ancient Egypt" - George Rawlingson
- "Through Bible Lands - notes of Travel in Egypt" - Philip Schaff
- " Egypt - a Witness for the Bible" - Francis Hawks
- "Egypt in relation to the Bible" - John Dawson
- "Egypt and the books of Moses" - Ernst Hengstenberg
- "The Handwriting of God in Egypt" - David Randall
- "Legends of Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition" - L W King
- " Egypt in the Old Testament" - Victor Trumper
- "The Story of the Exodus" - Heinrich Brugsch
- " Buried Cities Recovered" - Frank DeHass
- "The Land of Goshen and the Exodus" - Robert Brown
- "Biblical researches in Palestine and adjacent regions" - Edward Robinson
- "The Desert of the Exodus" - Edward Palmer
- "Egypt" - Robert Talbot
- "Egypt of the Egyptians" - W.L Balls
- "The History of Egyptian Religion" - C P Tiele
- "Outlines of Ancient Egyptian History" - Auguste Mariette
- "The Egyptian Obelisks" - William Cooper
- "Light from Egyptian Papyri on Jewish History" - Charles Wright
- "The Rephaim and their connection with Egyptian history" - Marie Corbaux
- "Egyptian mythology and its influence on modern Christendom" - Samuel Sharp
- "Understanding Hieroglyphs" - F Griffith
- "The Egyptian heaven and hell" - E A Budge
- "Ancient Egyptian Ships" - William Franklin
- "Ancient Egypt" - James Baikie
- "The Treasury of Ancient Egypt" - Arthur Weigall
- "The Pharaohs and their people" - E.Berkley
- "A Short History of the Egyptian people" - E A Budge
- "Translations of the Egyptian Monuments" - Samuel Birch
- "The History of the Religion of the Egyptians" - George Smith
- "The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians" - E A Wallis
- " A Guide to the Egyptian galleries of the British Museum" - E A Budge
- "Egyptian Art" - Gaston Maspero
- "Rameses the Great" - Ferdinand Lanoye
- "Ancient Egypt" - The British School of Archaeology
- "Egyptian Decorative Art" - W M Petrie
- "A Handbook of the Egyptian Rooms" - New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
- "Egyptian Literature - Anon
- " Legends of Ancient Egypt" - Frank Brooksbank
- "The Ancient Egyptian doctrine of the Immortality of the soul"- Alfred Wiedemann
- "Ancient Egyptian Art" - Percy Newberry
- "A comparison of Egyptian symbols with those of the Hebrews" - John Simons
- "The God's of the Egyptians" - E A Budge
- "Egyptian Papyri discussing Jewish history" - Charles Wright
- "Ancient Egyptian Costumes & Decorations" - Mary Houston
- "Egyptian Birds" - Charles Whymper
- "Ancient Egyptian Medicine" - Richard Caton
- "Joseph in the light of Egyptian lore" - Henry Tomkins
- "Tools and weapons of the Egyptians" - W M Petrie
- "The Egyptians in the times of the Pharaohs" - John Wilkinson
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Over THREE HOURS of interesting presentations and historical information regarding the history and
culture of the ancient Egyptians.
Section 3 : Pictures
Over 100 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of Egypt.
Section 4 : Audio (MP3)
- Full Audio Book : "Ancient Egypt" - by James Baikie
- Audio Lecture : "An Egyptian History Overview" - Shawn Parker
- Poetry Reading : "Ozymandias" - by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Egyptian Music - various selections
This is a fantastic resource ... an entire library of Egyptian reference works and multi-media on one DVD ROM.
Greece
Assyria
Assyria is the name applied to the country anciently occupying the northern end of the Mesopotamian plain or the extreme northern portion of what is today the modern country of Iraq.
Assyria was essentially a military power and the historical picture left of its exploits is one of great cruelty and rapaciousness.
Sadistic torture was a frequent feature of Assyrian warfare about which they shamelessly boasted and which they carefully recorded. The knowledge of their cruelty doubtless served them to an advantage militarily, striking terror into the hearts of those in their line of attack and often causing resistance to crumble.
Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria was aptly described as a "lair of lions" and as "the city of bloodshed" (Na 2:11, 12 ; 3:1)
Little wonder that the prophet Jonah viewed his assignment to condemn and prophecy against the Ninevites with some trepidation!
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 2 : Assyria " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (75 books -PDF format)
- "Ancient Assyria" - James Baikrich
- " Legends of Assyria" - Lewis Spence
- "Ancient History of Assyria" - George Rawlinson
- "The Religion of Ancient Assyria" - George Rawlinson
- "The Struggle of Nations - Egypt and Assyria" - G Maspero
- "Nineveh and Persepolis" - William Vaux
- "Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments - Assyria" - A H Sayce
- "The Ancient History of the East - Assyria" - Philip Smith
- "Aspects of Religious Belief in Assyria" - Morris Jastrow
- "Myths of Assyria" - Donald Mackenzie
- "Life in Ancient Assyria" - G Maspero
- "The History of Babylonia & Assyria" - Hugo Winkler
- "Art in Chaldea & Assyria" - George Perrot
- "The Religion of Babylonia & Assyria" - Morris Jastrow
- "The Confederacy of Judah & Assyria" - Joseph Chandler
- "Babylonia and Assyria - a sketch of their history" - Ross Murison
- "A History of Babylonia & Assyria (Vol 1)" - Robert Rogers
- "A History of Babylonia & Assyria (Vol 2)" - Robert Rogers
- "Assyria - Its Princes, Priests and People" - A H Sayce
- "The Religion of Babylonia & Assyria" - Theophilus Pinches
- "Babylonia & Assyria, a sketch of their history" - Ross Murison
- " Western Asia in the days of Sargon of Assyria" - Albert Olmstead
- "Tukulti-Ninibl - King of Assyria" (Anon)
- "The Civilization of Babylonia & Assyria" - Morris Jastrow
- "The Old Testament in the light of the religion of Assyria" - John Thomas
- "The History of Esarhaddon - son of Sennacherib" - E A Budge
- "Assyria from the rise of the empire to the fall of Nineveh" - Zenaide Ragozin
- "Mesopotamian archaeology - an introduction to the archaeology of Assyria" - Percy Handcock
- " The romance of excavation - the amazing discoveries at Assyria" - David Masters
- "The first campaign of Sennacherib" - Sidney Smith
- "The Old Testament in the light of the historical records of Assyria" - Theophilus Pinches
- "Ninevah and Babylon" - Austen Layard
- "Mesopotamia and Assyria" - James Fraser
- "The Architecture of Assyria" - Ernest Babelon
- "The religion of Assyria in its relation to Israel" - Robert Rogers
- " Religions of the ancient world including Assyria" - George Rawlinson
- " Outline of the history of Assyria" - Henry Rawlinson
- "The Story of Chaldea" - Zenaide Ragozin
- "The Rise of Assyria" - Zenaide Ragozin
- "From under the dust of ages - antiquities of Assyria" - Anon
- "Travels in Assyria (Vol 1) - James Buckingham
- "Travels in Assyria (Vol 2) - James Buckingham
- "Cuneorum Clavis - reading the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Assyria" - Daniel Smith
- "The Flora of the Assyrian Monuments" - Emanuel Bonavia
- "Explorations in Bible Lands "- Hermann Hilprecht
- "The Sacred Books & Early Literature of the East" - Charles Horne
- "A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians" - George Goodspeed
- "The Empires of the Bible" - Alonzo Jones
- "The Annals of Ashurbanapal" - Robert Lau
- "Assyrian Historiography, a source study" - Albert Olmstead
- "The History of Assurbanipal, King of Assyria" - George Smith
- "The Prisms of Esarhaddon - Reginald Thompson
- "Tiglath Pileser" - Abraham Anspacher
- "A Guide to Assyrian Antiquities" - E A Budge
- "Assyrian birth omens and their cultural significance" - Morris Jastrow
- "Babylonians & Assyrians - life and customs" - A H Sayce
- "The History of Sennacherib" - George Smith
- "The Archaeology of the cuneiform inscriptions" - A H Sayce
- "Assyrian & Babylonian Religious Texts" - James Craig
- "The Assyrian Doomsday Book" - Claude Johns
- "Nineveh - The buried city of the East" - Sir Austen Layard
- "Nineveh and its remains" - Sir Austen Layard
- "Researchs in Assyrian Geography" - Olaf Toffteen
- "Nineveh and other poems" - George Viereck
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 1)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 2)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 3)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 4)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 5)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 6)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 7)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 8)" - G Maspero
- "History of Egypt & Assyria (Vol 9)" - G Maspero
- "The Prophet Jonah and his mission to Nineveh" - Hugh Martin
- "The Deluge as told by the Assyrian tablets" - E A Budge
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Over TWO HOURS of interesting presentations and historical information regarding the history and
culture of the ancient Assyrians.
Section 3 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of Assyria.
Babylon
The Bible makes many references to Babylon, beginning with the Genesis account of the original city of Babel. (Ge 10: 10; 11: 1-9)
After the fall of the northern Kingdom of Israel in 740 BCE people from Babylon and other areas were brought in to replace the captive Israelites (2 Ki 17: 24, 30).
Hezekiah made the mistake of showing messengers from Babylon the treasures of his house: these same treasures as well as some of his sons were later taken to Babylon.
In 632 BCE Assyria was subdued by the new Chaldean dynasty under Nabopolassar with the assistance of Median and Scythian allies. In 625 BCE Nabopolassar's eldest son Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at the battle of Carchemish and in the same year he assumed the helm of government.
Under Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon was a "golden cup" in the hand of Jehovah to pour out indignation against unfaithful Judah and Jerusalem. (Jer 25:15, 17, 18 ; 51: 7). In 609 BCE the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem and finally breached its walls in 607 BCE. The temple of Solomon was destroyed and the people taken captive to Babylon until the land paid back its 70 years of unkept Sabbaths.
The Babylonian empire was eventually overthrown by Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE and the Jews allowed to return to their homeland.
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 3 : Babylon " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (50 books -PDF format)
- " A History of Babylon" - L W King
- " Babylon" - George Rawlinson
- "Belshazzar - the tale of the fall of Babylon" - William Davis
- " Babylon - the records of Daniel the prophet" - Joseph Seiss
- " The Influence of Babylon on the Religion of Israel" - Hermann Gunkel
- " Legends of Babylon" - L W King
- "The Bible and Babylon" - Eduard Konig
- "The Letters and inscriptions of Hammurabi, King of Babylon" - L W King
- "Nineveh and Babylon" - Austen Henry Layard
- "Ancient Cities and Empires" - E H Gillett
- " Babylon - A sketch of Mesopotamian religion" - Lewis Farnell
- " Media, Babylon and Persia" - Zenaide Ragozin
- "Thrones and Palaces of Babylon" - John Newman
- " Fishes, flowers and fire - the religion of ancient Babylon" - Arthur Reader
- " Law codes of Babylon" - C H W Johns
- "Psalm 137 - By the rivers of Babylon" - Charles Loeffler
- " Remains of lost empires" - Babylon -P V N Myers
- " Astrologers of Babylon" - Reginald Thompson
- "Antiquities of the Orient unveiled" - Moses Redding
- "The Fate of Conquerors as prophesied in the Bible" - Wilfred Schoff
- "The Two Babylons" - Alexander Hislop
- " The Religions of the Ancient World" - George Rawlinson
- " The Life of the Ancient East" - James Baikie
- "The Fall of Babylon" - Walter Haworth
- "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" - Edgar Banks
- "The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East ( Vol 1)" - Charles Horne
- "The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East (Vol 2)" - Charles Horne
- "The Babylonian Story of the Deluge" - British Museum Dept of Antiquities
- "Exposition of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar" - Luther Wilson
- "The Little Stone and the Great Image" - George Junkin
- "The Eponym Canon" - George Smith
- "Early Adventures in Babylonia (Vol 1)" - Austen Layard
- "Early adventures in Babylonia (Vol 2)" - Austen Layard
- "Belshazzar's doom" - Samuel Johnson
- "The Feast of Belshazzar - Edwin Arnold
- "Sacred Drama's" - Hannah More
- "The Nabonidus Cylinder" - Robert Lau
- "Records fron the time of Nabonidus" - Raymond Dougherty
- "Ancient Babylonia" - Claude Johns
- "Aspects of religious belief in Babylon" - Morris Jastrow
- "The History of Babylonia" - George Smith
- "Myths of Babylonia" - Donald Mackenzie
- "The History of Babylonia" - Hugo Winckler
- "A Report on Wolfe's expedition to Babylonia - William Ward
- "The Civilization of Babylonia" - Morris Jastrow
- "The Old Testament in the light of the Religion of Babylon" - John Thomas
- "The Archaeology of Babylonia" - Percy Handcock
- " The Jews in Babylonia in the time of Ezra & Nehemiah" - Samuel Daiches
- " The Early Races of Babylonia" - L W King
- " Explorations in the Bible Lands "- H V Hilprecht
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Ten interesting presentations regarding the history and culture of the ancient Babylonians
Section 3 : Audio
An interesting audio presention (mp3) discussing the impact of the Babylonians on the nation of Israel.
Section 4 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of Babylon.
The prophet Isaiah under inspiration, stated "Jehovah has said to his annointed one, to CYRUS whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue before him nations, so that I may ungird even the hips of kings ; to open before him the two - leaved doors so that even the gates will not be shut"
(Isa 45 : 1).
Although recorded almost 150 years in advance, these prophetic words had remarkable fulfillment on a fateful night on Tishri 16 (October) 539 BCE as Cyrus and his troops stormed Babylon as the Babylonian king, Belshazzar feasted.
The subsequent empire developed by Cyrus the Persian and his ally, Darious the Mede eventually became the largest the world had seen up to that time, covering the territories of Media, Elam, Parthia, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Armenia, Cappadocia, Lydia, Ionia, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya.
Persian rule was noted for its humanity and tolerance ... in stark contrast to its predocessors Babylon and Assyria.
Conquered nations were allowed to retain their culture and enjoy relative freedom. Captives were freed and allowed to return to their homeland - a policy which benefited the captive Jews in Babylon who were allowed to return to Jerusalem and rebuild Jehovah's temple ( Ezra 1: 1 - 4).
The Persian empire was eventually overthrown by Alexander the Great of Macedonia , following the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE..
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 4 : Medo - Persia " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (50 books -PDF format)
- " Cyrus the Great - Jacob Abbott
- " Darius the Mede - Joseph Horner
- " The Fall of Babylon" - William Davis
- " Media , Babylon and Persia" - Zenaide Ragozin
- " Jewish life after the exile" - Thomas Cheyne
- " Songs of the Exile" - Nina Davis
- " After the exile" (Vol 1) - Peter Hunter
- " After the exile" (Vol 2) - Peter Hunter
- " The Persian Wars" - Herodotus
- " The Ancient History of Persia" - Muhammed Ahmad
- " Persia - Ancient and modern" - John Pittot
- " The Religion of Ancient Persia" - George Rawlinson
- " The Conquest by Alexander the Great of Persia" - Philip Smith
- " Persepolis - a historical sketch of Ancient Persia" - William Vaux
- " Travels in Assyria, Media and Persia" (Vol 1) - James Buckingham
- " Travels in Assyria, Media and Persia" (Vol 2) - James Buckingham
- " Ancient history from the earliest times to the fall of the Western Empire" - George Rawlinson
- " A manual of ancient history from the earliest times to the fall of the Sassanian Empire" - George Rawlinson
- " Our own religion in Ancient Persia" - Lawrence Mills
- " The Great Monarchies of the Ancient World" - George Rawlinson
- " The Eastern or old world embracing ancient and modern history" (vol 1) - Henry Brownell
- " The Eastern or old world embracing ancient and modern history" (vol 2) - Henry Brownell
- " Parallelisms between Christianity and the religious systems of the Ancient World" - Charles Hardwick
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 1) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 2) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 3) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 4) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 5) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 6) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 7) - Charles Rollin
- " The Ancient History of the Medes and Persians" (Vol 8) - Charles Rollin
- " The History & Religion of the Medes and Persians" - George Smith
- " Persian costumes and decorations" - Mary Houston
- " Parthian coinage" - Percy Gardner
- " History of the early Kings of Persia" - Khvand Mir
- " A history of Persia" (vol 1) - Percy Sykes
- " A History of Persia" (vol 2) - Percy Sykes
- " Studies in Ancient Persian History" - P Kershasp
- " Epitome of the Ancient History of Persia" - Muhammad ibn Ahmad
- " The Story of Persia" - Samuel Benjamin
- " The Story of Parthia" - George Rawlinson
- " Artaxerxes III and his reign" - Noah Hirschy
- " Persia, the land of the Magi" - Samuel Nweeya
- " A Historical sketch of Persia" - William Vaux
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Ten interesting presentations regarding the history and culture of the ancient Medes & Persians.
Section 3 : Audio
Interesting audio presention (mp3) discussing the rise and fall of the Persian empire.
Section 4 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of Medo Persia.
Medo - Persia
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Mede
Rome
Back in the sixth century BCE, the prophet Daniel had recieved a prophetic vision foretelling the overthrow of the Medo-Persian empire by the Greeks.
In Daniel chapter 8, the angel Gabriel tells Daniel : "The ram that you saw possessing the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia and the hairy he - goat stands for the King of Greece. As for the great horn that was between its eyes, it stands for the first King" (Dan 8:20,21).
This first king of Greece was to become one of the greatest military commanders in history - Alexander the Great whose conquests would stretch from Macedonia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palastine, Egypt and the entire Medo Persian Empire as far as India.
By taking control of Judah in 332 BCE, Greece became the fifth successive world power to effect the nation of Israel.
Tutored by Aristotle, Alexander was a tolerant monarch and ruled his empire wisely. Alexander like the Persians before him, treated the nation of Israel respectfully ... leaving Jerusalem unharmed.
However after his premature death in Babylon in 323 BCE, Alexanders empire as prophesied, was split between four of his generals : Ptolemy 1 (Egypt & Palistine), Seleucus Nicator (Mesopotamia and Syria), Lysimachus (Asia Minor and Thrace) and Cassander (Macedonia and Greece).
The nation of Israel at this point became a buffer zone between two warring dynasties: the Ptolematic kingdom to the South and the Seleuid kings of Syria to the North. Many of the historic events and developments which occurred between these two dynasties were prophesied in the book of Daniel, chapter 11.
Eventually the warring between the Greek territories weakened and fragmented the empire.
A turning point as far as the nation of Israel was concerned took place in 64 BCE when Roman General Pompey made Syria a province of Rome.
A new iron like "beast" had emerged!
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 5 : Greece " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (50 books -PDF format)
- " Ancient Greece - its art, literature and philosophy" - H.B Cotterill
- " The Greeks and the Persians" - George Cox
- " The Life of Alexander the Great" - Anon
- " The Wars of Alexander" - Leo Archipresbyter
- " Greek religious thought from Homer to Alexander" - Francis Cornford
- " The Story of Alexander" - Robert Steele
- " Alexander in India" - Quintus Curtuis Rufus
- " Ancient Greece" - George Bancroft
- " Ancient Greece" - Stanley Casson
- " The Books of Ancient Greece" - Sir Frederic Kenyon
- " Everyday Life in Ancient Greece" - C E Robinson
- " Greece under the Romans" - George Finlay
- " Greek Coins" - John Ward
- " Greek Sculpture" - John Flaxman
- " Jewish History from the Days of Alexander the great" - Maurice Harris
- " Religion and art in Ancient Greece" - Ernest Gardner
- " Tales of Ancient Greece" - George Cox
- " The Grammar of Greek" - Frank Babbitt
- " The Greek Philosophers" (Anon)
- " The Monuments of Ancient Athens" - Jane Harrison
- " Mythology of Ancient Greece" - Thomas Keightley
- " The Religion of Ancient Greece - Jane Harrison
- " Woman, her position and influence in ancient Greece" - James Donaldson
- " The Story of Alexanders empire" - John Mahaffy
- " The Greco Persian War" - Herodotus
- " Problems with Greek History" - John Mahaffy
- " Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great" - Edward Newell
- " Grecian History to the death of Alexander" - Oliver Goldsmith
- " A Greek - English Lexicon" - Henry Liddell
- " Tales of Troy and Greece" - Andrew Lang
- " A Dictionary of Greek Quotations" - Henry Riley
- " A History of Greek Philosophy" - W K C Guthrie
- " The Greek Historians" - M I Finley
- " God and Greek Philosophy - Roy Hack
- " A Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities" - Charles Anthon
- " Teach yourself New Testament Greek" - D F Hudson
- " Greek & Roman Mythology" - Jessie Tatlock
- " A Dictionary of Greek & Roman Geography" - William Smith
- " The Stoics, Epicureans & Sceptics" - Eduard Zeller
- " Greek & Roman Sculpture"- Adolf Furtwangler
- " Greek Architecture" - Allan Marquand
- " A Manual of Greek Mythology" - Alexander Murray
- " Greek Medicine" - Charles Singer
- " Greek religious thought from Homer to Alexander" - Francis Cornford
- "Handbook to the Greek antiquities in the British Musuem" - William Vaux
- "Greek Dramas" - Bernadette Perrin
- "Greek papyri" - Bernard Grenfell
- "Greek Literature" (anon)
- "The Handbook of Greek Archaeology" - Alexander Murray
- "The Legacy of Greece" - Richard Livingstone
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Five interesting presentations regarding the history and culture of the ancient Greeks
Section 3 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of ancient Greece
Alexander at the Temple in Jerusalem
The "Phalanx" battle formation of the Greek Army
Zeus
Hermes
Alexander the Great
Rome : The greatest world empire of ancient Bible times.
Located inland about 25 km (16 mi) up the Tiber River, it was according to mythology, founded in 753 BCE by a certain
Romulus, although archeological evidence points to settlements in this area dating back to much earlier periods.
In international affairs Rome reached the zenith of her glory under the Caesars. The first was Julius, appointed dictator of
Rome in 46 BCE but was murdered by conspirators in 44 BC. After a period of chaos, he was succeeded by Augustus (Octavian) who ruled the empire wisely from 31 BCE to 14 CE.
It was during the rule of Augustus that Jesus was born in 2 BCE (Lu 2: 1 - 7). The successor to Augustus was Tiberiius (14 - 37 CE) who ruled during Jesus ministry (Lu 3 : 1,2 , 21 - 23). Next came Caligula (37 - 41 CE) and Claudius (41 - 54 CE), the latter issuing a decree expelling the Jews from Rome (Ac 18:1,2). Nero's rule followed (54 - 68 CE) and it was to him that Paul appealed his case. (Ac 25:11, 12, 21).
Roman emperors in the order of succession after Nero (through the first century) were Galba (68 - 69 CE) , Otho and Vitellius (69 CE), Vespasian (69 - 79 CE) during whose reign Jerusalem was destroyed, Titus (79 - 81 CE), who previously had directed the successful assault on Jerusalem, Domitian (81 - 96CE) under whose reign John was exiled to the penal island of Patmos, Nerva 96 - 98 CE) and Trajan (98 - 117 CE).
It was under Trajan that the empire reached its greatest limits, the boundaries by then extending far out in all directions to the Rhine and the North Sea, the Danube, the Euphrates, the cataracts of the Nile, the great African Desert, to the Atlantic in the west.
During the declining years of the Roman Empire, Constantine the Great was emperor (306 - 337 CE). After seizing control he transferred the capital to Byzantium (Constantinople). It was Constantine who "Christianized" the Roman Empire ... in reality "paganising" Christianity and many false teachings of contemporary Christendom can be traced to this period.
In the next century Rome fell, in 476 CE and the German warlord Odoacer became its first "Barbarian King".
The iron like "beast" was about to change again!
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 6 : Rome " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (50 books -PDF format)
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire "(Vol 1) - Edward Gibbon
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" (Vol 2) - Edward Gibbon
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" (Vol 3) - Edward Gibbon
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" (Vol 4) - Edward Gibbon
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire "(Vol 5) - Edward Gibbon
- " Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire "(Vol 6) - Edward Gibbon
- " The Religious Life of Ancient Rome" - Jesse Benedict Carter
- " The Common People of Ancient Rome" - Frank Abbott
- " Christians Inscriptions in Ancient Rome" - H E Fox
- " Temples, Tombs & Monuments of Ancient Rome" - William Adams
- " Myths and Legends of Rome" - E M Berens
- " Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries" - Rodolfo Lanciani
- " Literature of Ancient Rome" - Dora Pym
- " What Rome was Built with ?"- Mary Porter
- " Society & Politics in Rome" - Frank Abbott
- " The Remains of Ancient Rome (Vol 1)" - J H Middleton
- " The Remains of Ancient Rome (Vol 2)" - JH Middleton
- " A Day in Ancient Rome" - Edgar Shumway
- " Rome in its Ancient Grandeur" - Antoine Babuty Desgodets
- " The International Law of Ancient Rome (Vol 1)" - Coleman Phillipson
- " The International Law of Ancient Rome (Vol 2)" - Coleman Phillipson
- " A History of the God's of Rome" - William Godwin
- " The History of Ancient & Modern Rome" - Francis Jeffrey
- " The Jews in Rome" - B L Benas
- " The Destruction of Ancient Rome" - Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
- " Ancient & Modern Rome" - George Keate
- " Business life in Ancient Rome" - Charles Herbermann
- " The Religion of ancient Rome" - Cyril Bailey
- " Poets of Rome" - D'Arcy Thompson
- " Roman life under the Caesars" - Emile Thomas
- " The Twelve Caesars of the 1st Century" - Suetonius
- " The Tragedy of the Caesars (Vol 1)" - S Baring-Gould
- " The Tragedy of the Caesars (Vol 2)" - S Baring-Gould
- " The Caesars"- Thomas De Quincey
- " The Women of the Caesars" - Guglielmo Ferrero
- " Woman - her position in Ancient Rome" - James Donaldson
- " The Early Christians in Rome" - H D M Spence-Jones
- " The Catacombs at Rome" - Benjamin Scott
- " Christianity and the Roman Empire" - William Addis
- " The Conversion of the Roman Empire" - Charles Merivale
- " The Roman Empire of the Second Century" - W W Capes
- " The Church and the Roman Empire" - Arthur Carr
- " Roman Mythology" - M A Dwight
- " Handbook of Ancient Roman Marbles - H W Pullen
- " Roman Philosophy and Science" - Charles Blomfield
- " The School of Plato" - F W Bussell
- " Roman Stoicism" - Edward Arnold
- " The Holy Roman Empire" - James Bryce
- " The Roman Empire & the British Empire" - James Bryce
- " Ancient Rome & Modern America" - Ferrero Guglielmo
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
Four interesting presentations (4 hours duation) regarding the history and culture of the ancient Rome.
Section 3 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, archeology and rich heritage of ancient Rome
A huge repository of knowledge and information concerning one of the most important "World Powers of Bible History".
ANGLO - AMERICA
Augustus
The Colosseum
Nero
The Arch of Titus
"The Spoils of Jerusalem" (Arch of Titus"
In 55 BCE Roman General Julius Caesar invaded Britannia but failed to establish a permanent settlement. In 43 CE
Emperor Claudius began a permanent conquest of southern Britain.
Then in 122 CE, Emperor Hadrian began to build a wall from the Tyne River in North East England to the Solway Firth , marking the northern limit of the Roman Empire.
Early in the fifth century, the Roman legions left Britain. By the 16th century, Britain was rated a "second rate power", its wealth being slight compared with that of the Netherlands. Its population was much less than that of France. Its armed forces (including its navy) were inferior to Spain's. Britain at this point was an insignificant kingdom ... but all that was to change.
In 1588, Phillip II of Spain launched the Spanish Armada against Britain, a fleet of 130 ships carrying more than 24,000 men. The Armada was defeated by the British Navy ... with a little help from the weather!
This event marked the decisive passing of naval superiority from Spain to Britain. In the 17th century, the Dutch developed the worlds largest merchant navy.with growing oversea's colonies. However Britain eventually prevailed over that kingdom. During the 18th century, Britain found itself in constant conflict with France, engaging in military conflicts in Canada, India ,North Africa and mainland Europe. Peace eventually came with the crushing victory over Napoleon in 1815 CE. Britain was now the worlds greatest commercial and colonial power, with the British Empire embracing one fourth of the earths land surface and a a fourth of its population.
Part of the British Empire included 13 North American colonies. Although happy to tax and control its American interests, the British refused to allow the colonists any Parliamentary representation or self determination. This and other issues, eventually led in 1775 to the American War of Independence with the colonists led by George Washington breaking free from British authority in 1783.
However, it soon became clear that political expediency required close links between the two countries and successful military alliances during World Wars 1 & 2 served to strengthen the "special relationship" between the two powers.
The resulting Anglo American dual world power constitutes the "horn having eyes" (mentioned at Daniel 7: 8, 11 & 20) that speaks "grandiose things" as it advocates democracy as the worlds greatest political system.
However, this final "World Power of Bible History" forgets God's Kingdom in its political scheming and like a huge rock carved from a mountain, this kingdom will crush it and all other human rulerships that fail to recognize the sovereignty of Jehovah God. (Dan 2: 44 - 45).
"WORLD POWERS OF BIBLE HISTORY : COLLECTION 7 : ANGLO AMERICA " features the following resources:
Section 1 : Reference Works (50 books -PDF format)
- " The British Empire" - Edward Byers
- " A Historical Geography of the British Empire" - H B George
- " Queen Victoria, her life and reign" - J.Castell Hopkins
- " The British Empire in India (Vol 1)" - Edward Henry Nolan
- " The British Empire in India (Vol 2) - Edward Henry Nolan
- " Great Britain and Canada" - Henry Bourassa
- " British Central Africa" - Harry Hamilton Johnston
- " British South Africa" - Colin Turing Campbell
- " The British in Australia" - Ida Lee
- " British History" - John Wade
- " Britain's Heritage of Science" - Arthur Schuster
- " Eminent Victorians" - J.Comyns Carr
- " Art in the British Empire" - Anon
- " The Pioneers of Empire"- James Rochfort Maguire
- " Britain's Naval Power " - Hamilton Williams
- " Lord Horatio Nelson and the Navel Supremacy of England" - William Clark Russell
- " The Duke of Wellington" - George Hooper
- " Napoleon and England" - Gordon Knox
- " The British Empire - Charles Wentworth Dilke
- " The Great War (1914 - 1918)" - Thomas Herbert Russell
- " The History of the United States of America (Vol 1) - James Grahame
- " The History of the United States of America (vol 2) - James Grahame
- " The History of the United States of America (vol 3) - James Grahame
- " History of the American Civil War (Vol 1)" - John William Draper
- " History of the American Civil War (Vol 2)" - John William Draper
- " History of the American Civil War (Vol 3)" - John William Draper
- " The Mexican War" - Edward Deering Mansfield
- " The American - Spanish War" - C C Haskell
- " The Constitution of the USA"
- " The Presidents of the United States - Edward Ellis
- " The History of the Government of the United States (Vol 1)" - Jacob Patton
- " The History of the Government of the United States (Vol 2)" - Jacob Patton
- " The American Slave Trade" - Jesse Torrey
- " Travels in the United States of America" - Edward Freeman
- " Art in America" - S G W Benjamin
- " A History of American Art (Vol 1)" - Sadakichi Hartmann
- " A History of American Art (Vol 2)" - Sadakichi Hartmann
- " The Indian Races of North America" - Joel Headly
- " The Systems of the United States and the British Empire " - Arthur Poley
- " The Destiny of Britain & America "- William Mackendrick
- " The Great Depression (1929 - 1933)" - Library of Congress
- " World War 2 - The War against Japan - Library of Congress
- " World War 2 - The War against Germany and Italy" - Library of Congress
- " The Korean War" - Library of Congress
- " The Story of Anglo American Nuclear Cooperation" - Library of Congress
- " The Vietnam War" - Library of Congress
- " The 9 - 11 Commission Report" - Library of Congress
- " The War with Iraq" - Library of Congress
- " US - UK Relations in the 21st Century - Library of Congress
Section 2 : Video (computer use only)
26 interesting presentations (3 hours duration) regarding the history and culture of the Anglo American World Power
Section 3 : Pictures
Over 50 full color (jpeg) high quality images featuring the history, geography, and modern influence of the Anglo American World Power.
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Queen Victoria
Lord Horatio Nelson
Arthur Wellesley
(The Duke of Wellington)
Captain James Cook
Clive of India
Sir Winston Churchill
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
John F Kennedy
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