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During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of myth-busting relics that could rewrite history or end it completely. When a secret society squares off against a ruthless fundamentalist cult, only one faction can win. More importantly, only one will survive.Volume 4 - Riddle of the Diamond DoveIn RIDDLE OF THE DIAMOND DOVE, the Arkana and the Nephilim hunt for buried relics in Africa. They must sift an entire continent-their only lead a riddle carved onto a mysterious bird sculpture. Even as the Arkana team struggles to decipher the clue, new dangers hover over their colleagues at home. A Nephilim henchman, sent to track down the runaway bride of the cult's leader, creeps ever closer to her hiding place among the Arkana. Troubles multiply when another Nephilim operative recruits a clever ally who might be more than a match for the opposing side. As the forces of the Arkana and the Nephilim converge on a ruined city in a forgotten corner of the dark continent, the shocking outcome is beyond anyone's powers to foresee. The quest for lost artifacts will veer in an unexpected direction once both sides solve the riddle inscribed on the wings of the diamond dove.

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In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before, during, and after the Greek War of Independence of 1821-33. Focusing particularly on the question of who saved the Parthenon from destruction during this conflict, with the help of documents that shed a new light on this enduring question, he explores the contributions made by the Philhellenes, Ancient Athenians, Ottomans and the Great Powers. Marshalling a vast amount of primary evidence, much of it previously unexamined and published here for the first time, St Clair rigorously explores the multiple ways in which the Parthenon has served both as a cultural icon onto which meanings are projected and as a symbol of particular national, religious and racial identities, as well as how it illuminates larger questions about the uses of built heritage. This book has a companion volume with the classical Parthenon as its main focus, which offers new ways of recovering the monument and its meanings in ancient times. St Clair builds on the success of his classic text, The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, to present this rich and authoritative account of the Parthenon's presentation and reception throughout history. With weighty implications for the present life of the Parthenon, it is itself a monumental contribution to accounts of the Greek Revolution, to classical studies, and to intellectual history.

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In this explosive third installment of New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's action-packed series, four thrill-seeking friends travel back in time to document one of the most devastating natural disasters the world has ever seen.Eccentric billionaire Miss Z is sending Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel on another mission back in time to capture one of history's most important events.This time, the Flashback Four are headed to AD 79 to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius! Can the Flashback Four get their photo and get back home before they become ancient history?The Pompeii Disaster tells the story of one of the world's most devastating natural disasters like you've never seen it before.

¿¿¿ La saggezza stoica liberata: insegnamenti antichi per menti moderne ¿¿¿Un viaggio verso la saggezza e l'illuminazioneQuesta edizione completamente adattata e riscritta dei "Discorsi (Libro 3)" ti offre un'esperienza di lettura potente e trasformativa. Con caratteristiche uniche e innovative, questo libro è progettato per soddisfare le esigenze dei lettori contemporanei.¿ Scopri la saggezza stoica in modo accessibile e pertinenteRiscrittura completa del testo: per garantire la pertinenza e l'accessibilità ai lettori moderni.Dalla lezione all'azione: discussioni uniche che ti permettono di applicare facilmente gli insegnamenti stoici alla tua vita quotidiana.Messaggi potenti: lezioni stoiche distillate in affermazioni concise e potenti.Linee guida pratiche: sezioni "Azione" che offrono consigli chiari e immediatamente applicabili nella tua vita.Navigazione facile: un indice completo di termini e definizioni importanti per una lettura agevole ed efficiente.Un'esperienza di lettura coinvolgente: impaginazione visivamente accattivante per un flusso fluido di informazioni.¿ Il libro essenziale per la tua crescita personaleQuesto libro è essenziale per te se sei:Un appassionato di filosofia: cerca una comprensione profonda degli insegnamenti di Epitteto.Un individuo moderno: cerca soluzioni pratiche alle sfide quotidiane.In cerca di serenità: desidera la pace della mente e la felicità interiore in un mondo frenetico.Un cercatore di significato: vuole applicare i principi stoici alla vita quotidiana.¿ Un invito gentile alla saggezza accessibile a tuttiQuesto libro può essere un regalo meraviglioso per una persona cara o per gli amici. Offre un invito gentile ed educato alla saggezza stoica, che è accessibile a tutti. Ognuno ha l'opportunità di abbracciare la saggezza senza tempo della filosofia stoica nella propria vita quotidiana.Apriti a un mondo di saggezza e illuminazione.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 1,0, Universität Regensburg (Geschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit versucht Zeugnis zu geben, wie sich die Alamannen zu einem Großstamm formiert haben, der dann zu einer Bedrohung für das Imperium Romanum wurde. Der römische Historiker Ammianus Marcellinus gilt als einer der wichtigsten Autoren zum Thema Alamannen. In seiner Römischen Geschichte "Res gestae" gibt er einen weitreichenden Einblick, in die unzähligen Begegnungen der Römer mit den Alamannen. Sein umfangreiches Werk, stellt eine wesentliche Quelle für die Auseinandersetzung mit den Alamannen dar. Außer den Schriftquellen stellen archäologische Funde eine zweite wichtige Säule dar, um sich den zumeist im Verborgenen liegenden Anfängen dieses Volkes zu nähern.Der Begriff "Formierung" beschreibt einen Prozess, im Laufe dessen aus unterschiedlich benannten und abstammenden Gruppierungen, beispielsweise Kriegerverbänden, offensichtlich eine neue große Einheit wird. Ihren Namen kann diese Einheit entweder von außerhalb bekommen und angenommen oder ihn zum Zweck der Selbstbezeichnung bestimmt haben. Jener Name dient dann sowohl den Nachbarn, den Geschichtsschreibern und der neu entstandenen Einheit selbst, als Eigenname. Was die Formierung der Alamannen in der Spätantike anbelangt, wir sprechen hier von einem Zeitraum vom 3. bis zum 5. Jahrhundert, waren sie unter diesem Namen nicht bekannt, legten aber zu dieser Zeit den Grundstein für die weitere Entwicklung ihres Stammes.In der Fachliteratur zu den Alamannen tauchen immer wieder unterschiedliche Schreibweisen des Namens auf, welche zu Verwirrungen führen können. In den ersten Schriftquellen des 3. Jahrhunderts die uns von den Römern überliefert wurden, wird von den "Alamanni" gesprochen. In der Geschichtswissenschaft und der Archäologie wird deshalb die Schreibweise mit "a" bevorzugt. Die e-Variante ist neueren Datums. Im Folgenden wird die für die Geschichtswissenschaften gebräuchliche a-Variante verwendet.

Described as the "sick man of Europe" by the Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire in the early twentieth century was in terminal decline. The newly independent Balkan states¿Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgariäeach had significant ethnic populations who had remained under Ottoman rule. Under the guidance of Russia, which had its own interests in south-east Europe, they joined forces against the Ottomans, under the name of the Balkan League, in 1912.In the first phase of the Balkan Wars, Bulgarian, Greek, Montenegrin and Serbian armies fought together against the Ottoman Empire, dealing the Ottomans a heavy defeat in a result that made headlines around the world. In the second phase, the Balkan states fought each other, and Romania also entered the war. In the conflict¿s aftermath, new borders failed to satisfy any of the belligerent parties. Interventions by the Great Powers further increased tensions in the region. As the ultimate result, the first bullet that triggered the First World War was fired in Sarajevo in June 1914.The causes and effects of the Balkan Wars have remained controversial despite the passage of time. In this volume, writers from various Balkan nations and from across various disciplines have come together under the aegis of the Balkan History Association to address little-known and little-studied aspects of the wars. Collectively they analyze a huge range of political, historical, medical, sociological and religious aspects of the conflict. The book, with its ground-breaking content and unique bibliographies, will be an important guide for undergraduate and graduate students studying the political, military and social history of the Balkan Wars and the Balkan nations."The Balkan Wars of 1912/13 were a disaster for the Ottoman Empire, a triumph for the Balkan governments, and a tragedy for the population of the belligerent states.This well structured collection brings together contributors from various backgrounds. Together they help to understand overarching issues far beyond the military event, and especially the still underresearched Ottoman perspective."¿Katrin Boeckh, LMU Munich/IOS Regensburg

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The History of Rome is a multi-volume work by the German historian Theodor Mommsen. It was first published in the mid-19th century and remains one of the most influential works on ancient Rome to this day. The book covers the period from the founding of Rome to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Mommsen's writing is characterized by its attention to detail and its commitment to using primary sources to reconstruct the past.One of the most notable features of The History of Rome is its focus on political and legal developments. Mommsen was particularly interested in the Roman Republic, which he saw as a crucial stage in the development of Western political thought. He was also interested in the role of law in Roman society, and he devoted significant attention to the development of Roman law and its influence on subsequent legal systems.Despite its academic focus, The History of Rome is eminently readable and accessible to a general audience. Mommsen's writing is clear and engaging, and he has a talent for bringing the past to life. Overall, The History of Rome is a masterpiece of historical writing and an essential read for anyone interested in the history of ancient Rome.

The present volume of the journal contains seven papers and nine reviews. The contributions deal with further Greek professional titles, mainly from the Byzantine period [Diethart, part V], the problem of the Roman emperor's tent for military campaigns [Stoll], further professional titles and job titles in papyri, ostraca and inscriptions - part 2: M-O [Reinard], an ostracon against Kleippides Deiniou Acharneus from Kerameikos O 78 [Degelmann], Syrian overseas merchants trading in the Roman Empire [Degen, Reinard], golden denarii in the Periplus Maris Erythraei [Geus, Li] and business ethics in Plato's Republic with the World's First Industrialist [Silvermintz]. The book reviews deal with recent publications on new research on taxes in the Ancient Near East, the creation, reception and response to Seleucid ideology, accounts and bookkeeping in the Ancient World, wages, prices and values in the Roman Empire, Roman law and maritime commerce, the emergence of the modern-type contract in ancient Greece, Roman law in general, the history and memory of Germanicus Caesar, and models of agricultural production in north-eastern Hispania.

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of myth-busting relics that could rewrite history or end it completely. When a secret society squares off against a ruthless fundamentalist cult, only one faction can win. More importantly, only one will survive.Volume 7 - The Sage Stone ProphecyIn the series finale, the Nephilim and the Arkana scour the farthest reaches of the planet for the hiding place of the legendary relic known as the Sage Stone. At the same time, mortal danger threatens friends and foes alike as the cult's leader pushes humanity to the brink of extinction. The fate of the world hinges on the outcome of a final confrontation with both factions pinning all their hopes on a prophecy that might not mean exactly what it says. If you've followed this saga from the beginning, THE SAGE STONE PROPHECY reveals at long last who will claim the most sought-after relic of all and how many others will lose their lives trying.

During the untold millennia before patriarchy was conceived, the world was a very different place. Nothing concealed stays buried forever.THE ARKANA SERIESThe forgotten past refuses to stay buried in an artifact hunt spanning continents, centuries, and lost civilizations. The prize is a cache of myth-busting relics that could rewrite history or end it completely. When a secret society squares off against a ruthless fundamentalist cult, only one faction can win. More importantly, only one will survive.Volume 2 - The Mountain Mother CipherIn THE MOUNTAIN MOTHER CIPHER, the race is on between Arkana agents and Nephilim operatives as they rush off to Turkey in search of clues leading to legendary artifacts. Among ancient megaliths on the top of Mount Ida, the foes square off in a literal cliffhanger of a confrontation. At the worst possible moment, the Arkana crew discovers that the Nephilim aren't their only competitors for lost treasure. Unforeseen obstacles and unknown enemies thwart their efforts to complete their mission and escape unharmed. This crisis teaches the newest member of the Arkana team where her real loyalties lie, but not all of the crew might make it home alive.

At the end of the First World War, Hungary, as a member of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, found itself on the losing side. Its army disintegrated and its armaments were acquired or destroyed by the victorious Allied nations. However, in the late 1920s, Hungarian diplomacy did all it could to reduce its isolation, forging relations with Italy and other neighboring countries to try to create a better position for Hungary among European nations. A kind of secret rearmament favoured by the new political movements in Europe at that time soon began.In this contest, Italy was among the main protagonists that made the Magyar military renaissance possible. Various cooperation projects were set up, and within the framework of these, Italy supplied or granted licences for various weapon systems, both land and aviation. Many vehicles were involved in this cooperation: among the vehicles, the L3 tankettes together with the Fiat B 3000 light tank. Artillery tractors such as the Pavesi and Breda, numerous artillery equipment and guns. Motor vehicles and motorbikes. In the avionic field: the Fiat CR 32, CR 42, Reggiane 2000 and CA 135 bombers.

In this expansive collection of history, meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history begins thousands of years ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, bestselling author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on an empowering, energetic journey through time to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built nations and shaped the course of history: Menes: Creator of Dynasties Merneith: A Queen Erased Imhotep: From Peasant to God Aesop: The Wisest Man in the Ancient World Hannibal Barca: Unparalleled Military Strategist Terence: North African Playwright Amanirenas: Warrior, Diplomat, Queen Tin Hinan: Founder of a City on the Dunes Mansa Musa: The Richest Man of All Time Queen Idia: Kingmaker Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again. This rich and thrilling work, which celebrates Black excellence and provides an essential correction to Eurocentric tellings of history, will enthrall readers of all ages. “In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner’s guide to pre-colonial Africa.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist

Si sostiene che l'ASEAN (Associazione delle Nazioni del Sud-Est Asiatico), con un mandato formale debole, sia stata più efficace nel rafforzare la sicurezza e l'ordine regionale e lo sviluppo economico rispetto ad altri organi regionali in Asia. In quanto organizzazione regionale, il modo in cui l'ASEAN ha ripetutamente superato i conflitti non è riuscito a risolverli. Le minacce di terrorismo, la competizione per le armi nucleari e i missili balistici e una disputa irrisolta sulla terraferma sono alcune delle principali aree di tensione tra questi Paesi.

Es wird argumentiert, dass der ASEAN (Verband Südostasiatischer Nationen) trotz seines schwachen formalen Mandats bei der Förderung der regionalen Sicherheit und Ordnung sowie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung effektiver war als andere regionale Organisationen in Asien. Als regionale Organisation ist die ASEAN wiederholt daran gescheitert, solche Konflikte zu lösen. Die Bedrohung durch den Terrorismus, die Konkurrenz um Atomwaffen und ballistische Raketen sowie ein ungelöster Streit um Land gehören zu den wichtigsten Spannungsfeldern zwischen diesen Ländern.

Argumenta-se que a ASEAN (Associação das Nações do Sudeste Asiático), com um mandato formal fraco, tem sido mais eficaz no reforço da segurança e da ordem regionais, bem como no desenvolvimento económico, do que outros órgãos regionais na Ásia. Enquanto organização regional, a forma como a ASEAN tem repetidamente superado os seus problemas não tem conseguido resolver esses conflitos. Ameaças de terrorismo, competição por armas nucleares e mísseis balísticos, e uma disputa não resolvida por terras constituem algumas das principais áreas de tensão entre estes países.

Ciceros Verteidigungsrede für den ehemaligen Statthalter der Provinz Gallia Transalpina, Marcus Fonteius, ist nach wie vor eine der bedeutendsten Quellen, will man sich mit der besagten römischen Provinz näher befassen. Denn die oratio ist ein wichtiger Ansatzpunkt für die Darstellung der Dynamiken römischer Außenpolitik und Außenwirtschaft zur Zeit der späten Republik. Der Text selbst ist in einem sehr fragmentarischen und problematischen Überlieferungszustand tradiert und bedarf einer aktualisierten kritischen Ausgabe, um einen verwendbaren Text anzubieten. Die Auswertung sprachlicher und stilistischer Fragen ist dabei essentiell und wird im vorliegenden Buch ebenfalls abgedeckt. Gleichzeitig werden die sich aus der Rede ergebenden Aspekte der römischen Geschichte, Politik und Wirtschaft dieses Zeitraums untersucht, einhergehend mit einer eigenen und innovativen Interpretation des Prozesses und des betreffenden Ereignisses. Ziel ist es, dass damit die Wichtigkeit dieser Rede für das Verständnis der römischen Republik sowie der Person Ciceros als Anwalt, Redner und Politiker erfasst und anerkannt wird.

The production and retention of written records was a common and important facet of pre-modern rulership and administration. Much of our understanding of governmental practices and expressions of authority come from the contents of such documents, which have been well studied. Less studied, however, are the records themselves as artefacts. This volume is an attempt to redress this balance by taking a more holistic, material approach to a range of written records. Through a series of case studies, this volume explores questions regarding the material characteristics of various records and their use. It demonstrates that the material features of the records, including the size and shape, the hands that wrote them and the material substrate, can shed new light on the functioning of government and the declarations of power these records asserted. The ten contributions of this volume focus on records from a variety of rulers, political systems and administrations. With four case studies from early China and six from medieval Europe, this volume offers transcultural perspectives to demonstrate how different cultures expressed rulership and administration materially through the use of text-bearing artefacts.

Scholarship on Eastern Europe after 1989 often focuses narrowly on the socialist past as authoritarian, dictatorial, or totalitarian. This collection, by contrast, illuminates an additional dimension of post-socialist memory: it traces the survival of hopes and dreams born under socialism and the legacy of the unrealized alternative futures embedded within the socialist past. Looking at contemporary German-language literature, film, theater, and art, the volume analyzes reflections on everyday socialist realities as well as narratives of opposition and dissent. The texts discussed here not only revisit the past, but also challenge the present and help us imagine alternative futures. Rather than framing the unrealized futures envisioned in the pre-1989 era as failures, this collection probes post-socialist memory for its future-oriented potential to rethink issues of community, equity and equality, and late-stage capitalism. Foregrounding the complexities of Eastern European legacies also helps us reimagine the relationship between East and West both in Germany and in Europe as a whole.

Wie werden behinderte Figuren in der antiken Mythologie dargestellt? Diese Arbeit beleuchtet sechs prominente Figuren mit Behinderungen (Thersites, Teiresias, Oidipus, Hephaistos, Philoktetes und Plutos) und untersucht, wie verschiedene Autoren diverser Genres der antiken Literatur diese Figuren gestalten und welche Rolle dabei ihre Lahmheit bzw. Blindheit spielt. Es wird gezeigt, dass sich die Behandlung von behinderten Figuren keineswegs in ihrer Exklusion erschöpft, sondern Behinderungen ein Teil des ausgefeilten Instrumentariums antiker Erzählkunst sind. Gleichzeitig zeigt sich, wie wandelbar Mythen in den Händen ihrer Erzähler sind, die das narrative Material ihren Absichten anpassen. So erreicht beispielsweise Oidipus keineswegs notwendig durch seine Selbstblendung den Status eines Sehers, sondern zeigt dadurch bei Sophokles, dass er seine eigene Verantwortung nicht anerkennt; der hinkende Schmiedegott Hephaistos ist keineswegs immer nur ein Außenseiter, sondern bei Homer sogar der Sympathieträger auf dem Olymp. Die Einbeziehung spätantiker Philosophen und Allegoriker im Bereich des Hephaistos schließt eine Forschungslücke. Auf diese Weise korrigiert die Arbeit schematisierende Deutungen und legt Rezeptionsphänomene offen.

PrefaceThere are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers.The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all.About the author: Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 - October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. On November 14, 1803, Abbott was born in Hallowell, Maine to Jacob Abbott II and Betsey Chandler. He attended the Hallowell Academy. Abbott graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820. At some point during his years there, he supposedly added the second "t" to his surname, to avoid being "Jacob Abbot the 3rd" (although one source notes he did not actually begin signing his name with two t's until several years later).Abbott studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824. He taught in Portland academy and was tutor in Amherst College during the next year. From 1825 to 1829 Abbott was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and The Parent's Assistant. To follow up his Rollo books, he wrote of Uncle George, using him to teach the young readers about ethics, geography, history, and science. He also wrote 22 volumes of biographical histories and a 10 volume set titled the Franconia Stories. (wikipedia.org)

PrefaceIn writing the series of historical narratives to which the present work pertains, it has been the object of the author to furnish to the reading community of this country an accurate and faithful account of the lives and actions of the several personages that are made successively the subjects of the volumes, following precisely the story which has come down to us from ancient times. The writer has spared no pains to gain access in all cases to the original sources of information, and has confined himself strictly to them. The reader may, therefore, feel assured in perusing any one of these works, that the interest of it is in no degree indebted to the invention of the author. No incident, however trivial, is ever added to the original account, nor are any words even, in any case, attributed to a speaker without express authority. Whatever of interest, therefore, these stories may possess, is due solely to the facts themselves which are recorded in them, and to their being brought together in a plain, simple, and connected narrative.About the authorJacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 - October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. On November 14, 1803, Abbott was born in Hallowell, Maine to Jacob Abbott II and Betsey Chandler. He attended the Hallowell Academy. Abbott graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820. At some point during his years there, he supposedly added the second "t" to his surname, to avoid being "Jacob Abbot the 3rd" (although one source notes he did not actually begin signing his name with two t's until several years later).Abbott studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824. He taught in Portland academy and was tutor in Amherst College during the next year. From 1825 to 1829 Abbott was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and The Parent's Assistant. To follow up his Rollo books, he wrote of Uncle George, using him to teach the young readers about ethics, geography, history, and science. He also wrote 22 volumes of biographical histories and a 10 volume set titled the Franconia Stories. (wikipedia.org)