美国学生人类历史 第127期:穆罕默德(6)

In less than ten years he conquered Egypt, Persia, Phoenicia, Syria and Palestine and made Damascus the capital of the first Mohammedan world empire. 在不到十年的时间里，奥玛尔率军相继征服了埃及、波斯、腓尼基、叙利亚、

美国学生人类历史 第126期:穆罕默德(5)

Incidentally it explains why even to-day Moslem soldiers will charge into the fire of European machine guns quite indifferent to the fate that awaits them and why they are such dangerous and persistent enemies. 这一点也能解释，为什么到了今

美国学生人类历史 第125期:穆罕默德(4)

The Mohammedan churches or mosques were merely large stone halls without benches or pictures, 穆斯林的教堂，清真寺，仅仅是巨大的石砌大厅，里面不设桌椅板凳， where the faithful could gather (if they felt so inclined) to

美国学生人类历史 第124期:穆罕默德(3)

In Medina, Mohammed, who was a stranger, found it easier to proclaim himself a prophet than in his home city, where every one had known him as a simple camel-driver. 在故乡麦加城，人人都知道穆罕默德是一个赶骆驼者。而在麦地那

美国学生人类历史 第135期:北欧人(1)

Chapter 30 The Norsemen 第三十章 北欧人 Why the people of the tenth century prayed the lord to protect them from the fury of the Norsemen 为什么10世纪的人们会祈祷上帝保护他们免遭北欧人怒火的侵害 In the third and four

美国学生人类历史 第108期:罗马帝国的衰亡(1)

Chapter 26 The fall of Rome The Twilight of Rome 第二十六章 罗马帝国的衰亡 罗马帝国的黄昏 The text-books of ancient History give the date 476 as the year in which Rome fell, because in that year the last emperor was driven off his

美国学生人类历史 第107期:拿撒勒的约书亚(5)

According to my informant he made another attempt to save the life of the kindly prophet. 据约瑟夫讲，彼拉多又作了一次努力，以挽救这位仁慈先知的性命。 He kept putting the execution off. 他一直拖延着，避免对耶稣

美国学生人类历史 第106期:拿撒勒的约书亚(4)

But the old-fashioned leaders of the Jewish faith, according to Joseph, were much upset. 可犹太教的老派领袖们，据约瑟夫说；对这一结果非常不满。 They greatly disliked his popularity with the masses of the poorer Hebrews. 由于

美国学生人类历史 第104期:拿撒勒的约书亚(2)

His personality made a great impression upon me and I was sorry to hear that he was killed on the Ostian Road a few days ago. 可无论如何，他的高尚为人与优雅个性给我留下了极深的印象。听到几天前他在奥斯提亚大道上

美国学生人类历史 第105期:拿撒勒的约书亚(3)

He said that he remembered it very clearly, 他说他记得非常清楚， because his father had taken him to Golgotha (a hill just outside the city) to see the execution, 因为他父亲曾带他去各各他（耶路撒冷城外的小山）观看死刑

美国学生人类历史 第84期:罗马和迦太基(12)

He had defeated the Roman army of Scipio on the banks of the Rhone and he had guided his army safely across the mountain passes of theAlps although it was October and the roads were thickly covered with snow and ice. Then he had joined forces with th

美国学生人类历史 第89期:罗马帝国的兴起(2)

In the year 203 B.C. Scipio had crossed the African Sea and had carried the war into Africa. 公元前203年，西皮奥率军渡过阿非利加海，将战火烧到非洲。 Carthage had called Hannibal back. Badly supported by his mercenaries, Hann

美国学生人类历史 第88期:罗马帝国的兴起(1)

Chapter 23 第23章 The rise of 罗马帝国的兴起 Rome How Rome happened 罗马帝国是如何形成的 The Roman Empire was an accident. No one planned it. 罗马帝国的产生纯属偶然。没有人策划它， It happened.No famous general o

美国学生人类历史 第87期:罗马和迦太基(15)

Her navy had been sunk. She had been forbidden to make war without Roman permission. 迦太基的全部军舰被沉入海底，从此失去了海军；不经罗马人的许可它没有发动战争的权力； She had been condemned to pay the Romans

美国学生人类历史 第86期:罗马和迦太基(14)

For a moment, the luck seemed to turn. Hasdrubal, his brother, had defeated the Roman armies in Spain. 有段时间，局势似乎有好转的希望。他的兄弟哈士多路巴在西班牙击败了罗马军队， He had crossed the Alps to come to

美国学生人类历史 第85期:罗马和迦太基(13)

They wanted action. Something must be done and must be done quickly. A popular hero by the name of Varro, the sort of man who went about the city telling everybody how much better he could do things than slow old Fabius, the Delayer, was made command

美国学生人类历史 第83期:罗马和迦太基(11)

The Senate promised the help of the Latin armies, but the preparation for this expedition took some time, and meanwhile Saguntum had been taken and had been destroyed. This had been done in direct opposition to the will of Rome. The Senate decided up

美国学生人类历史 第82期:罗马和迦太基(10)

The war which followed (the so-called first Punic War) lasted twentyfour years. It was fought out on the high seas and in the beginning it seemed that the experienced Carthaginian navy would defeat the newly created Roman fleet. Following their ancie

美国学生人类历史 第80期:罗马和迦太基(8)

Other nations, Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, even Greeks, would have insisted upon a treaty of submission on the part of thebarbarians, The Romans did nothing of the sort. They gave the outsidera chance to become partners in a common res publi

美国学生人类历史 第79期:罗马和迦太基(7)

As a matter of custom and practical advantage the senators were elected from the nobility. But their power had been strictly defined. 遵照习俗并出于现实的考虑，元老们通常选自贵族阶层，可他们的权力同时也受到极其严格