The History of the World,: From the Reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, from Their Foundation to Their Destruction; with a Preliminary Survey of Alexander's Conquests, and an Estimate of His Plans for Their Consolidation and Improvement, Volumen1Hopkins and Earle, Philadelphia; Farrand, Mallory and Company Boston; and J.W. Campbell, Petersburg, Virginia., 1809 - 483 páginas |
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... Capital of Assyria . Jealousy of Necos King of Egypt . He gains the Battle of Megiddo . Invades Mesopotamia , and garri- sons Circesium . Nebuchadnezzar associated in Government with his Father Nebopolassar . He forms an Engine of ...
... Capital of Assyria . Jealousy of Necos King of Egypt . He gains the Battle of Megiddo . Invades Mesopotamia , and garri- sons Circesium . Nebuchadnezzar associated in Government with his Father Nebopolassar . He forms an Engine of ...
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... capital of his mighty empire . From this general survey , it will ap- 37 Oliarius , Tavernier , Chardin , paratively fertile district . Voyage Le Brun . 38 Arriani Indica , c . 29 . 39 In the middle of the 17th cen- tury , Tavernier ...
... capital of his mighty empire . From this general survey , it will ap- 37 Oliarius , Tavernier , Chardin , paratively fertile district . Voyage Le Brun . 38 Arriani Indica , c . 29 . 39 In the middle of the 17th cen- tury , Tavernier ...
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... capital Alexandria , then rising in its neigh- bourhood . Persons interested in the prosperity of Canopus , offered him large bribes to suspend the alteration . He accepted the money , but found pretences soon after for carrying his I ...
... capital Alexandria , then rising in its neigh- bourhood . Persons interested in the prosperity of Canopus , offered him large bribes to suspend the alteration . He accepted the money , but found pretences soon after for carrying his I ...
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... capital of Assyria , upon the destruction of Nineveh , a place described in scripture nine centuries before Christ , in terms calculated to excite our utmost curiosity . 51 Seneca Nat . Quest . 1. vii . c . 3 . Conf . Anatolius apud ...
... capital of Assyria , upon the destruction of Nineveh , a place described in scripture nine centuries before Christ , in terms calculated to excite our utmost curiosity . 51 Seneca Nat . Quest . 1. vii . c . 3 . Conf . Anatolius apud ...
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... capital in which there were upwards of sixscore thousand persons , incapable of discerning between their right hand and their left 56. Is it yet possible to give an account of what happened in Babylonia in the interval of the sixteen ...
... capital in which there were upwards of sixscore thousand persons , incapable of discerning between their right hand and their left 56. Is it yet possible to give an account of what happened in Babylonia in the interval of the sixteen ...
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Alexander Alexander's Alexandria amidst ancient Antigonus Antipater antiquity apud Argyraspides arms army Arrian arts Asiatic Assyrian Athenians Athens Babylon Babylonia battle called capital Caria Cassander cavalry CHAP chiefly coast command commerce Conf conqueror conquests Craterus Cyrene Cyreneans death defeated Demetrius desert Diodor district dominion East eastern Egypt Egyptian empire enemy Eumenes Euphrates Euridice expedition fleet formed garrisons Grecian Greece Greeks gulph harbours Herodot historians honour horse hundred ibid Indus infantry inhabitants king kingdom Leonnatus Lesser Asia Lysimachus Macedon Macedonian master Medes ment miles mountains nations neighbouring Nile Nineveh Olymp peninsula Perdiccas Persian Peucestes Phocion Phoenicians Phrygia Plin Plutarch Plutarch in Demet Polysperchon priests prince provinces Ptolemy Python reign Rhodians river royal satrap Scythians SECT Seleucus Strabo success successors Syria temple Thebes thousand Thrace Tigris tion troops Tyre ubi supra vast victory VIII whole Xenoph xviii
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Página 123 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Página 123 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar ? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Página 482 - Yet the designs, as well as actions ascribed to him, confirm his character in history, as an indefatigable64 and just prince, a firm friend, an affectionate father, an indulgent master ; who gained the love of his eastern subjects by governing them according to their inveterate principles and habits; and who, among all contemporary sovereigns, was preeminent in consistent greatness of conduct, flowing from true royalty of soul'8.
Página iii - The history of the world, from the reign of Alexander to that of Augustus...
Página 169 - The Babylonians continued thenceforward to be clothed with the produce of their own industry. Their bodies were covered with fine linen, descending to their feet : their mitras or turbans were also of linen, plaited with much art ; they wore woollen tunicks, above which a short white cloak repelled the rays of the sun.
Página 169 - The looms of Babylon, and of the neighbouring Borsippa, a town owing its prosperity to manufactures wholly, supplied to all countries round, the finest veils or hangings, and every article of dress or furniture composed of cotton, of linen, or of wool.