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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... throne , in an uninterrupted succession , till Cambyses H. king of Persia , conquered Egypt , 525 years before the birth of Christ and that in the reign of this race of princes those wonderful structures were raised , which cannot now ...
... throne , in an uninterrupted succession , till Cambyses H. king of Persia , conquered Egypt , 525 years before the birth of Christ and that in the reign of this race of princes those wonderful structures were raised , which cannot now ...
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... throne , in whose reign Egypt was rendered a 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 ...
... throne , in whose reign Egypt was rendered a 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 ...
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... throne till the year 1242 , when the Mamalukes deposed Elmutan , and gave the crown to one of their own officers , named Turquemenius . This was the first king of the race of the Mamalukes , which dynasty engaged in continual wars with ...
... throne till the year 1242 , when the Mamalukes deposed Elmutan , and gave the crown to one of their own officers , named Turquemenius . This was the first king of the race of the Mamalukes , which dynasty engaged in continual wars with ...
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... throne ; and after him , Darius Nothus . Then Artaxerxes Mnemon , who left the kingdom to his son Ochus.- Upon this succession great revolts were made in the em- pire . He was poisoned by Bargoas , who was made king in his stead ...
... throne ; and after him , Darius Nothus . Then Artaxerxes Mnemon , who left the kingdom to his son Ochus.- Upon this succession great revolts were made in the em- pire . He was poisoned by Bargoas , who was made king in his stead ...
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... throne to Titus Aurelius Antoninus , an amiable as well as a good man . He re- stored the ancient dignity and authority of the senate ; and , after a glorious reign of twenty - two years , died , A. D. 161 , having adopted Marcus ...
... throne to Titus Aurelius Antoninus , an amiable as well as a good man . He re- stored the ancient dignity and authority of the senate ; and , after a glorious reign of twenty - two years , died , A. D. 161 , having adopted Marcus ...
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