A MANUAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY1872 |
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... Assyria , and India have only afforded materials of history since the patient diligence of ori- ental scholars has succeeded in deciphering the inscriptions which they bore . Within a few years they have added immeasurably to our knowl ...
... Assyria , and India have only afforded materials of history since the patient diligence of ori- ental scholars has succeeded in deciphering the inscriptions which they bore . Within a few years they have added immeasurably to our knowl ...
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... Assyria Proper lay east of the Tigris and west of the Median Mountains . The great empire which bore that name varied in extent under different monarchs , and the name of Assyria is often applied to all the territory between the Zagros ...
... Assyria Proper lay east of the Tigris and west of the Median Mountains . The great empire which bore that name varied in extent under different monarchs , and the name of Assyria is often applied to all the territory between the Zagros ...
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... Assyria may be divided into three periods : I. From unknown commencement of the monarchy to the Conquest of Babylon , about 1250 B. C. II . From Conquest of Babylon to Accession of Tiglath - pileser II , 745 B. C. III . From Accession ...
... Assyria may be divided into three periods : I. From unknown commencement of the monarchy to the Conquest of Babylon , about 1250 B. C. II . From Conquest of Babylon to Accession of Tiglath - pileser II , 745 B. C. III . From Accession ...
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... Assyria . The Assyrians , during the Second Period , made great advances in literature and arts . The annals of each reign were either cut in stone or impressed upon a duplicate series of bricks , to guard against destruction either by ...
... Assyria . The Assyrians , during the Second Period , made great advances in literature and arts . The annals of each reign were either cut in stone or impressed upon a duplicate series of bricks , to guard against destruction either by ...
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... Assyria attained her greatest power and glory . He reconquered Egypt , which had rallied under Tirhakeh , overran Asia Minor , and im- posed a tribute upon Gyges , king of Lydia . He subdued most of Armenia , reduced Susiana to a mere ...
... Assyria attained her greatest power and glory . He reconquered Egypt , which had rallied under Tirhakeh , overran Asia Minor , and im- posed a tribute upon Gyges , king of Lydia . He subdued most of Armenia , reduced Susiana to a mere ...
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Page 27 - And at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
Page 27 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 27 - ... with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 27 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou...
Page 27 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 27 - Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abasa.
Page 44 - The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Page 187 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus should belong to him. He also thinks it just to leave all the other Grecian cities, both small and great, independent, — except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros, which are to belong to Athens, as of old.
Page 40 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Page 87 - Says Darius the king : — There was not a man, neither Persian, nor Median, nor any one of our family, who would dispossess of the empire that Gomates the Magian.