The treatise is composed of eight primary sections. First is an introductory letter to
Caroline of Ansbach, the
Queen of England, by
John Conduitt MP, the husband of Newton's niece, followed by a short advertisement. After this is found a section entitled "
A Short Chronicle" which serves as a brief historical list of events listed in chronological order, beginning with the earliest listed date of 1125 BC and the most recent listed at 331 BC. The majority of the treatise, however, is in the form of six chapters that explore the history of specific civilizations. These chapters are titled: • Chap. I. Of the Chronology of the First Ages of the Greeks. • Chap. II. Of the
Empire of Egypt. • Chap. III. Of the
Assyrian Empire. • Chap. IV. Of the two Contemporary Empires of the
Babylonians and
Medes. • Chap. V. A Description of the
Temple of Solomon. • Chap. VI. Of the
Empire of the Persians. According to John Conduitt's introductory letter,
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended was Isaac Newton's last personally revised work before his death but had actually been written much earlier. Some of its subject material and contents have led many people to categorize this work as one of
Isaac Newton's occult studies. The work treats figures from
Greek mythology, such as the
centaur Chiron and the
Argonauts, as historical fact. ==References==