The World’s Story A History of the World in Story, Song and Art Volume 20 Africa Edited by Eva March Tappan
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CONTENTS NORTHERN AFRICA I. LEGENDARY HISTORY AND THE STORY OF CARTHAGE ULYSSES IN THE LA:ID OF THE LOTUS-EATERS (TRIPOLI)
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From "The Odyssey of Homer"; translated by George Palmer IENEAS AT CARTHAGE
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THE CUTTING OF THE AQUEDUCT
From "Salammbo."
THE FALL OF CARTHAGE
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LIFE AND CUSTOMS IN NORTHERN AFRICA
How THE BARBARY PIRATES LEARNED TO RESPECT THE AMERICAN FLAG
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MOROCCO LAW . . • ONE DAY IN MOROCCO
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THE GREAT .MARKET OF TRIPOLI
From "Life in Tripoli."
III. THE MYST ERY OF THE DESERT
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THE HOUR OF PRAYER IN THE DESERT THE OASIS OF THE GREAT-GRAKDFATHER THE l\!USIC OF THE DESERT
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WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA I.
UNVEILING THE DARK CONTINENT
WRITING A CHAR:lt . . A ZEALOUS MISSIONARY •
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A VISIT TO KING MOSELEKATSE
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CONTENTS David THE l\IooNTAIN WITH SEVERAL CAVES • Dai•id A l\lAGIC LANTERN IN AFRICA David THE ELECTRIC WI:-.-U OF THE DESERT . THE l\lERlIAN l\IISSIONARY • • . David From "l\Iissionary Travels in South Africa." How I FOUND LIVL'<GSTONE Sir Henry From "How I found Livingstone."
Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone Livingstone
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II. ADVENTURES IN THE AFRICAN JUNGLE THE VILLAGE OF DWARFS • • • . From "The Country of the Dwarfs."
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Paul du Chai llu 163 CROSSING AN AFRICAN BRIDGE CONSULTING THE l\IAN IN THE l\loON Paul du Chai //u 168 Du CHAILLU THE FIRST, KING OF THE APING! Paul du Chaillu 172 From "Lost in the Jungle."
SOUTH AFRICA Anthony Trollope THE DIAl!O�-U FIELDS OF SOOTH AFRICA From "South Africa." . Juli an Ralph A l\IODERN BATTLEFIELD From "Towards Pretoria." IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ARlIY Gustav Frenssen Gustav Frensscn Anv AXCING UPON THE ENEMY From "Peter Moor's Journey to Southwest Africa."
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NORTHERN AFRICA I LEGENDARY HISTORY AND THE STORY OF CARTHAGE
HISTORICAL NOTE to legend one Pygmalion of Tyre murdered the husband of his sister Dido. By this crime he had e:),,_-pected to become master of the vast wealth of his brother-in-law; but Dido, seizing her husband's treasure, fled with many followers to northern Africa, near where Tunis now stands. She asked the nati\·es for as much land as a byrsa, that is, a bull's hide, would inclose. They agreed, and the wily Phccnicians cut the hide into strips, and upon the ground which these could be stretched to inclose they built a citadel and named it Byrsa in memory of the act. This was the beginning of Carthage, which became the greatest city of northern Africa. It is thought to have been founded about ACCORDING
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While the city was yet young, lEneas and his companions, refugees from the downfall of Troy, landed on the Cartha ginian coast and were received by Queen Dido with all honor. When, after enjoying her hospitality for many months, /Eneas refused her hand and sailed away in search of the Hesperian Kingdom which had been promised him by the gods, Dido threw herself upon a funeral pile, and there met her death. Such is the early story of Carthage, a mingling of fact and legend. The wonderful growth of the city is not legend, however; for it not only extended its dominions in northern Africa, but also won holdings in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and Spain. Its greatness aroused the jealousy of Rome, and in 146 n.c., after three bitter wars, it was leveled with the ground. Julius C.£sar planned to restore it; and this plan was carried out by Augustus in 29 B.C. The new city became large and prosperous. In 439 A.D. it was made the capital of the kingdom of the Vandals, but was conquered by Belisa rius a century later. In 647 the Arabs destroyed it, and now only a few ruins remain.
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