The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Antiquarian Theories of Pre-Columbian Origins, Ruins, and Early CivilizationsBy George Jones
Length12h 11m
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The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus is an ambitious nineteenth-century attempt to reconstruct the deep past of the Americas before European contact. Jones ranges across ruins, inscriptions, traditions, and comparative mythology to argue for ancient connections between American peoples and the civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially Tyrians and Israelites. Written in a learned, rhetorical, and antiquarian style, the work belongs to a period when biblical history, classical learning, and emerging archaeology were often fused in speculative historical synthesis. George Jones, an American writer and lecturer also known for his theatrical career, brought to the subject the expansive imagination and persuasive energies of a public intellectual rather than the cautious methods of modern archaeology. His era's fascination with mounds, Maya ruins, and the origins of Indigenous civilizations shaped his conclusions, as did contemporary efforts to place the Americas within a universal sacred and classical history. Readers should approach this book not as reliable anthropology, but as a revealing document of historical thought. It is recommended to those interested in antiquarian scholarship, early American historiography, and the intellectual climate that preceded professional archaeology.
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GenreHistory
Length12 hrs 11 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus (Annotated)
26CHAPTER VIII.
2Preface
27CHAPTER I.
3NOTICE
28(2349—1600 B. C.)
4ORIGINAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT AMERICA.
29HISTORY OF TYRUS.
5CHAPTER I.
30CHAPTER II.
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6CHAPTER II.
31(1600-1046 B. C.)
7CHAPTER III.
32CHAPTER III.
8CHAPTER IV.
33HIRAM THE GREAT.
9SECTION I.
34CHAPTER IV.
10SECTION II.
35(868—861 B. C.)
11SECTION III.
36CHAPTER V.
12SECTION IV.
37THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH,
13CHAPTER V.
38CHAPTER VI.
14SECTION I.
39(609—606 B. C.)
15SECTION II.
40SECTION I.
16SECTION III.
41SECTION II.
17SECTION IV.
42SECTION III.
18CHAPTER VI.
43CHAPTER VII.
19ROBERTSON'S HISTORY OF AMERICA.
44(585—515 B. C.)
20CHAPTER VII.
45CHAPTER VIII
21SECTION I.
46(515—335 B. C.)
22SECTION II.
47CHAPTER IX.
23SECTION III.
48(335-332 B. C.)
24SECTION IV.
49CHAPTER X.
25SECTION V.
50(JANUARY—AUGUST, 332 B. C.)
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