The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy: Or the Geography, History, & Antiquities of ParthiaLongmans, 1873 - 458 страници |
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... obtaining a scanty subsistence by means of the lasso , 6 1 See Ferrier , Caravan Journeys , pp . 139 , 165 ; Fraser , Khorasan , App . pp . 30-32 ; Vambéry , pp . 257- 270 . 2 Strabo gives Aria a length of 2,000 stades ( 230 miles ) ...
... obtaining a scanty subsistence by means of the lasso , 6 1 See Ferrier , Caravan Journeys , pp . 139 , 165 ; Fraser , Khorasan , App . pp . 30-32 ; Vambéry , pp . 257- 270 . 2 Strabo gives Aria a length of 2,000 stades ( 230 miles ) ...
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... obtain no mention in the Zendavesta . The Assyrian Inscriptions are wholly silent concerning them . It is not until the time of Darius Hystaspis that we have trustworthy evidence of their existence as a distinct people.1 In the ...
... obtain no mention in the Zendavesta . The Assyrian Inscriptions are wholly silent concerning them . It is not until the time of Darius Hystaspis that we have trustworthy evidence of their existence as a distinct people.1 In the ...
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... obtained in this way , were moderate eaters 2 but great drinkers , 3 did not speak much , but yet were very unquiet , being con- stantly engaged in stirring up trouble either at home or abroad . A small portion of the nation alone was ...
... obtained in this way , were moderate eaters 2 but great drinkers , 3 did not speak much , but yet were very unquiet , being con- stantly engaged in stirring up trouble either at home or abroad . A small portion of the nation alone was ...
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... obtaining their submission . It is possible that they resisted ; but perhaps it is more probable that their course on this occasion was similar to that which they pursued when the Macedonian conqueror swept across these same regions ...
... obtaining their submission . It is possible that they resisted ; but perhaps it is more probable that their course on this occasion was similar to that which they pursued when the Macedonian conqueror swept across these same regions ...
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... obtaining favour with Ptolemy , and with all those by whom Antigonus was dreaded . When the great struggle came between the confederate monarchs and the aspirant after uni- versal dominion , it placed him on the side of the allies ...
... obtaining favour with Ptolemy , and with all those by whom Antigonus was dreaded . When the great struggle came between the confederate monarchs and the aspirant after uni- versal dominion , it placed him on the side of the allies ...
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