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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... great obscurity.- It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of what passed in the early ages of the world , were written . iv Herodotus is the oldest of heathen.
... great obscurity.- It is little more than three thousand years since the books of MOSES , the most ancient and the only genuine record of what passed in the early ages of the world , were written . iv Herodotus is the oldest of heathen.
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... of the Empire between the sons of Constantine ...... Establishment of the Goths in Italy ..... Charlemagne , Emperor of the West .... Fall of the Eastern Empire , 68 PAGES Germany .... Its ancient limits .... Conrad , the.
... of the Empire between the sons of Constantine ...... Establishment of the Goths in Italy ..... Charlemagne , Emperor of the West .... Fall of the Eastern Empire , 68 PAGES Germany .... Its ancient limits .... Conrad , the.
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... ancient limits .... Conrad , the first Emperor .... Contentions between the Emperors and Popes .... Guelphs and Gibelines .... Charles V ..... The Peace of Westphalia , 71 England .... From its earliest period .... Heptarchy ...
... ancient limits .... Conrad , the first Emperor .... Contentions between the Emperors and Popes .... Guelphs and Gibelines .... Charles V ..... The Peace of Westphalia , 71 England .... From its earliest period .... Heptarchy ...
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... ancient hea- thens , Sanchoniatho gives the name of Chna to the first man who was called a Phenician . Nimrod , the sixth son of Cush , is mentioned in the book of Genesis as a mighty one on the carth , and a mighty hunter before the ...
... ancient hea- thens , Sanchoniatho gives the name of Chna to the first man who was called a Phenician . Nimrod , the sixth son of Cush , is mentioned in the book of Genesis as a mighty one on the carth , and a mighty hunter before the ...
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... ancient name of the Lydians is a strong objection against this opinion . Aram , the youngest son of Shem , obtained the countries of Mesopotamia and Syria , which , exclusive of Phenicia and Palestine , compre- hended all the ...
... ancient name of the Lydians is a strong objection against this opinion . Aram , the youngest son of Shem , obtained the countries of Mesopotamia and Syria , which , exclusive of Phenicia and Palestine , compre- hended all the ...
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