The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy: Or the Geography, History, & Antiquities of ParthiaLongmans, 1873 - 458 страници |
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... circumstances of her geographical position stood her in good stead , and enabled her rapidly to extend her way over the greater portion of Western Asia . CHAPTER II . Early notices of the Parthians . Their 14 [ CH . I. THE SIXTH MONARCHY .
... circumstances of her geographical position stood her in good stead , and enabled her rapidly to extend her way over the greater portion of Western Asia . CHAPTER II . Early notices of the Parthians . Their 14 [ CH . I. THE SIXTH MONARCHY .
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... circumstances under which the country became an integral part of the Persian do- minions , they throw no light . We have still to seek an answer to the questions , Who were the Par- thians ? ' and ' How did they become Persian sub ...
... circumstances under which the country became an integral part of the Persian do- minions , they throw no light . We have still to seek an answer to the questions , Who were the Par- thians ? ' and ' How did they become Persian sub ...
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... circumstances under which the Parthians became subjects of the Persian empire may readily be con- jectured , but cannot be laid down positively . Ac- cording to Diodorus , who probably followed Ctesias , they passed from the dominion of ...
... circumstances under which the Parthians became subjects of the Persian empire may readily be con- jectured , but cannot be laid down positively . Ac- cording to Diodorus , who probably followed Ctesias , they passed from the dominion of ...
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... circumstance caused them to send their contingent to Arbela at the call of the Great King ; but when the Persian cause was evidently lost , they felt it needless to make further sacrifices . Having no hope of establishing their ...
... circumstance caused them to send their contingent to Arbela at the call of the Great King ; but when the Persian cause was evidently lost , they felt it needless to make further sacrifices . Having no hope of establishing their ...
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... circumstances of the time 1 rendered a site near the sea preferable to one so remote as that of Nineveh , and the same consideration made a position on the Tigris or Euphrates more advantageous than one upon a smaller river . So far ...
... circumstances of the time 1 rendered a site near the sea preferable to one so remote as that of Nineveh , and the same consideration made a position on the Tigris or Euphrates more advantageous than one upon a smaller river . So far ...
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