On the Shores of the Great Sea, Book I of the Story of the World

From the Back Cover
Modestly subtitled "the story of the world for the children of the British Empire," this five-volume history of humanity, first published at the turn of the 20th century, recounts the grand tale of everything and everyone in simple, entertaining terms that will enchant readers of history today with its charming naiveté and uncomplicated ease.
Volume I, On the Shores of the Great Sea, covers the history of the world from the "days of Abraham to the birth of Christ" and includes tales of:
* Joseph in Egypt * the Nile Flood * the first merchant fleet * Hiram, king of Tyre * the adventures of the argonauts * the rise of Carthage * King Leonides and his brave Spartans * the beauty of Athens * the death of Socrates * Alexander the Great * the adventures of Hannibal * Julius Caesar * and much more...
About the Author
British author MARGARET BERTHA SYNGE (d. 1939) also wrote Great Englishmen (1911) and Great Englishwomen (1911).