A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... Romans .... The Van- dals ...... and the Moors ...... Arragon and Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella .... Expulsion of the Moors .... Dis- covery of America , Portugal .... Ancient Inhabitants ... Discovery of the Portuguese · 102 in ...
... Romans .... The Van- dals ...... and the Moors ...... Arragon and Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella .... Expulsion of the Moors .... Dis- covery of America , Portugal .... Ancient Inhabitants ... Discovery of the Portuguese · 102 in ...
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... Romans , in Palestine and Phenicia , but more especially by the total subjugation of the once haughty and flourishing sons of Carthage . Canaan seems to have been known to the ancient hea- thens , Sanchoniatho gives the name of Chna to ...
... Romans , in Palestine and Phenicia , but more especially by the total subjugation of the once haughty and flourishing sons of Carthage . Canaan seems to have been known to the ancient hea- thens , Sanchoniatho gives the name of Chna to ...
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... Roman povince , by Augustus , A. D. 50 , and thus remained till the reign of Omar , the second caliph of the successors of Mahomet , who expelled the Romans , after it had been in their hands 600 years . Omar , actuated by the most ...
... Roman povince , by Augustus , A. D. 50 , and thus remained till the reign of Omar , the second caliph of the successors of Mahomet , who expelled the Romans , after it had been in their hands 600 years . Omar , actuated by the most ...
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... Romans , and his kingdom reduced to a Ro- man province . It remained part of the Roman empire till the beginning of the 14th century , when the Turks entered it , under Bajazet 4th , but they did not complete the conquest of it till ...
... Romans , and his kingdom reduced to a Ro- man province . It remained part of the Roman empire till the beginning of the 14th century , when the Turks entered it , under Bajazet 4th , but they did not complete the conquest of it till ...
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... Romans . Provoked by their ingratitude , Sylla redu- ced their town to a state of desolation . It afterwards fell a prey to the Goths ( A. D. 267 ) and , having fre- quently changed its masters , it submitted to the power of the Turks ...
... Romans . Provoked by their ingratitude , Sylla redu- ced their town to a state of desolation . It afterwards fell a prey to the Goths ( A. D. 267 ) and , having fre- quently changed its masters , it submitted to the power of the Turks ...
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