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World's Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia

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This is the third 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 III include Egypt, Northern, Western and Central Africa, South Africa and Arabia. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The Death of Cleopatra:

Dolabella: Tomas Peter

Charmian: Monika M.C.

Cleopatra: Sandra Schmit

Iras: Eva Davis

Guardsman: Roger Melin

Clown: Nemo

First Guard: DrPGould

Second Guard: Larry Wilson

Caesar: alanmapstone

Narrator: Sonia

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World's Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia

Chapters

Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece

Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note

Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus

Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards

How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards

Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 10

The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero

How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson

An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus

Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note

From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley

The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie

Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 40

The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie

The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie

Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note

A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor

How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus

Building the pyramids, painting p. 68

Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner

Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 74

How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie

Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 84

Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note

The mighty reign of Sesostris (Rameses II), by Diodorus the Sicilian

The story of Joseph, from the Old Testament

Joseph sold by his brethren, painting p. 100

In the brick fields, by Rev. J. H. Ingraham

'Let my people go'', by Théophile Gautier; translated by Augusta McC. Wright

The victory over the Khita, by Pen-Ta-Ur, 1326 B.C. put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley

Finding Pharaoh, by Edward L. Wilson

Going to see Pharaoh (Rameses II), by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley

Egypt Part V: The glory wanes: Historical note

Why Phanes was exiled, by Georg Ebers

The founding of Alexandria (332 B.C.), by Plutarch

Antony and Cleopatra, painting p. 204

The death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.), by William Shakespeare

Egypt Part VI: Modern Egypt: Historical note

Bonaparte in Egypt, painting p. 214

The battle of the pyramids (1798), by John S. C. Abbott

Bonaparte before the Sphinx, painting p. 228

The story of the Suez Canal, from ''All the year round'', 1854

How General Gordon outwitted the King of Abyssinia (between 1873 and 1880), by Alfred Egmont Hake

The death of General Gordon at Khartoum (1885), by Anonymous

Up the cataracts of the Nile (1875), by Charles Dudley Warner

Northern Africa Part I: Legendary history and the story of Carthage: Historical note

Ulysses in the land of the Lotus-Eaters (Tripoli), by Homer

Aeneas at Carthage, by Virgil

Aeneas at the court of Dido, painting p. 276

The cutting of the aqueduct, by Gustave Flaubert

The fall of Carthage (146 B.C.) by Rev. Alfred J. Church

Northern Africa Part II: Life and customs in Northern Africa: Historical note

How the Barbary pirates learned to respect the American flag (1815), by John Bach McMaster

Traditions of the sheikhs of Morocco (sixteenth century), by T. H. Weir

Morocco law (sixteenth century), by Edmondo de Amicis

Hawking in Algeria, painting p. 322

One day in Morocco (nineteenth century) by Edmondo de Amicis

The great market of Tripoli (latter part of nineteenth century), by George E. Thompson

Northern Africa Part III: The mystery of the desert: Historical note

The hour of prayer in the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson

The oasis of the great-grandfather (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson

The music of the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson

Western and Central Africa Part I: Unveiling the dark continent: Historical note

Writing a charm (about 1795), by Mungo Park

A zealous missionary (about 1795), by Mungo Park

A visit to King Moselekatse (1829), by Anne Manning Rathbone

'The mountain with several caves'' (1854), by David Livingstone

A magic lantern in Africa (1854), by David Livingstone

The electric wind of the desert (1854), by David Livingstone

The merman missionary (1854), by David Livingstone

How I found Livingstone (1871), by Sir Henry M. Stanley

Western and Central Africa Part II: Adventures in the African jungle: Historical note

The village of dwarfs (about 1870), by Paul du Chaillu

Crossing an African bridge (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu

Consulting the Man in the Moon (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu

Du Chaillu the First, King of the Apingi (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu

South Africa: Historical note

The last trek, painting p. 436