BABYLON AND PERSIA

CLASSIFIED CONTENTS.yiee. § 4. The Nile canal and uniformity of coinage. § 5.and Persepolis.g 6. Great platform at Persepolis.§"7". Stairs at Persepolis.g. 8. The palace of Dareios.§ 9. The Hall of Hundred Columns.g 10. The audiencehallat Susa, in- the Book of Esther.g 11. Buildings ofXerxes at Persepolis. g 12. Conjectures about the walls ofthepalaces,g 13.The royal tombs at Persepolis.XV.Dareios I. Third Period : Foreign Wars. 412-433g I. Dareios begins a series of foreign wars. g 2. Theknowledge of the Greeks about Scythia. 3, 4. Herodo¬tus' description of Scythia. 5,6. Of the Scythians.g 7.Dareios bridges and crosses the Bosporus and the Danube.g§ 8, 9. His campaign in Scythia.g 10. His retreat andreturn across the Danube and the Hellespont.§ 11. Ex¬peditions in India and Africa. Revolt and chastisement ofthe Greek cities in Asia and Thracia. Preparations againstGi'eece.Index 435