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26 CAMBYSES' CLASSES.capture towns, unless hunger speedily reduced <strong>the</strong>m. Nebuchadnezzarbesieged old Tyre thirteen years <strong>and</strong> failed totake it.Cambyses, son <strong>of</strong> Cyrus, divided <strong>the</strong> male population <strong>of</strong>his kingdom into children, youths, men, old men.Each classhad twelve chiefs, chosen <strong>from</strong> among <strong>the</strong> last two classes.Every lad <strong>of</strong> ten began his career by entering <strong>the</strong> first.Here he stayed till twenty ; among <strong>the</strong> youths till thirty ;among <strong>the</strong> men till forty ; <strong>and</strong> until fifty-five he was in <strong>the</strong>last class. After this he was free <strong>from</strong> military duty. Eachclass had its special occupations <strong>and</strong> discipline. This distributionis ra<strong>the</strong>r curious than valuable.Assyrian Ainisbearer.

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