A Manual of Ancient HistoryAmerican book Company, 1872 - 376 pages |
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... never , so far as we know , been embraced in any American school - book , but which within a few years have greatly increased the treasures of historical literature . While it may have been impossible , within our limits , to reproduce ...
... never , so far as we know , been embraced in any American school - book , but which within a few years have greatly increased the treasures of historical literature . While it may have been impossible , within our limits , to reproduce ...
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... never occupied by any kingdom of great extent or of long duration . 20. The highlands of south - western Asia contained seventeen countries , of which only the most important will here be named . Armenia has been called the Switzerland ...
... never occupied by any kingdom of great extent or of long duration . 20. The highlands of south - western Asia contained seventeen countries , of which only the most important will here be named . Armenia has been called the Switzerland ...
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... never less than two hun- dred fold the seed sown , and in favorable seasons , with three hundred fold . We shall not be surprised , therefore , to learn that Babylonia was , from the earliest times , the seat of populous cities ...
... never less than two hun- dred fold the seed sown , and in favorable seasons , with three hundred fold . We shall not be surprised , therefore , to learn that Babylonia was , from the earliest times , the seat of populous cities ...
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... never to be dissolved . The supremacy was soon gained by the latter nation . The double kingdom was seen by Daniel in his vision , under the form of a ram , one of whose horns was higher than the other , and " the higher came up last ...
... never to be dissolved . The supremacy was soon gained by the latter nation . The double kingdom was seen by Daniel in his vision , under the form of a ram , one of whose horns was higher than the other , and " the higher came up last ...
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... never known . The ark of the covenant was removed from its temporary abode at Kirjathjeʼarim , and Jerusalem became henceforth the Holy City , the seat of the national religion as well as of the government . 87. The wars of David were ...
... never known . The ark of the covenant was removed from its temporary abode at Kirjathjeʼarim , and Jerusalem became henceforth the Holy City , the seat of the national religion as well as of the government . 87. The wars of David were ...
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Achæan Ægean Africa Alexander alliance allies ancient Antiochus army Artaxerxes Asia Minor Asiatic Assyrian Athenians Athens Attica Babylon barbarians battle became Boeotia brother Cæsar captured Carthage celebrated citizens civil coast colonies command conquered conquest consuls Corcyra Corinth Cyrus Darius death defeated dominion Dynasty East Egypt Egyptian emperor empire enemy Euboea exiled father fleet forces gained Gaul gods Grecian Greece Greeks Gulf Hellenic Hellespont honor invaded Ionian island Italy Jerusalem Judæa king kingdom land laws League Macedon Macedonian marched Mardonius Marius Medes Messenians military monarch mountains murdered nations nobles officers oracle party patricians peace Peloponnesus peninsula Persian Philip Phoenician Pompey possession priests prince provinces Ptolemy race reign returned revolt rival Roman Rome sacred Salamis Samnites satrap seized Senate sent Sicily siege slain soldiers Solon Spain Spartans Syria temple territory Thebans Thebes Themistocles throne tribes troops victory walls western worship Xerxes
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Page 27 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 30 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? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; the kingdom is departed from thee.
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 abase.
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 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 27 - ... but When his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: and he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven...
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 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 62 - Osiris, his coming upon earth for the benefit of mankind, with the titles of " manifester of good and truth," his being put to death by the malice of the evil one ; his burial and resurrection, and his becoming the judge of the dead, are the most interesting features of the Egyptian religion. This was the great mystery ; and this myth and his worship were of the earliest times, and universal in Egypt.