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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... succeeded by Ptolemy , the son of Lagus , 325 years before Christ , who again rendered Egypt an independent kingdom , which it continued to be for the space of 250 years . Ptolemy Philadelphus , his son , collected the Alexandrian ...
... succeeded by Ptolemy , the son of Lagus , 325 years before Christ , who again rendered Egypt an independent kingdom , which it continued to be for the space of 250 years . Ptolemy Philadelphus , his son , collected the Alexandrian ...
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... succeeded by his son , the famous Saladin , who also reduced the kingdoms of Damascus , Mesapotamia , and Palestine under his do minion ; and , about the year 1190 , he took Jerusalem from the Christians . This prince established a body ...
... succeeded by his son , the famous Saladin , who also reduced the kingdoms of Damascus , Mesapotamia , and Palestine under his do minion ; and , about the year 1190 , he took Jerusalem from the Christians . This prince established a body ...
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... succeeded by very cool nights . The dew , less profuse under a cloudy sky than under a serene ho- rizon , is undoubtedly the cause of this singularity . A certain author recently asserted , that the Africans are equally incapable of ...
... succeeded by very cool nights . The dew , less profuse under a cloudy sky than under a serene ho- rizon , is undoubtedly the cause of this singularity . A certain author recently asserted , that the Africans are equally incapable of ...
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... succeeded by her son Ninyas , a pu- sillanimous , lascivious monarch , who shut himself up in his palace , that his subjects might regard him as a God . In this course he was followed by all his successors . Sardaripalus was the last ...
... succeeded by her son Ninyas , a pu- sillanimous , lascivious monarch , who shut himself up in his palace , that his subjects might regard him as a God . In this course he was followed by all his successors . Sardaripalus was the last ...
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... succeeded by Salmaneser , who compelled Ho- sea , king of Israel , to pay him tribute . Some years afterwards Hosea attempted to shake off the Assyrian yoke , with the aid of So , king of Egypt . On this Sal- maneser marched into the ...
... succeeded by Salmaneser , who compelled Ho- sea , king of Israel , to pay him tribute . Some years afterwards Hosea attempted to shake off the Assyrian yoke , with the aid of So , king of Egypt . On this Sal- maneser marched into the ...
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