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232MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.descend to the landing-places. The general effectmust have been peculiar and rather gloomy.8. The site of Nebuchadrezzar's own palace-^the" new palace" been fully identified ; it is themound known as the Kasr, one of the first explored,and which drew travellers' attention by its excep¬tionally handsome, neatly moulded and stampediîi& Al''--^%. "3kiLiîâJfii2Mifuite..*!"''t' 134. BRICK OF NEBUCUADRl.ZZ.AP..(One foot square ; thickness, 3 inches.)bricks, as well as by the cement which joined them,and which is considered the finest in the world, notexcepting the best that England produces in ourday. What best served the purpose of jdentificarionwas the accumulation in the rubbish of countlessfragments of painted and glazed tiles, showing por¬tions of figures, human and animal ; here a lion's
BABYLON THE GREAT. - 233paw, there a horse's hoof, there again a bit of curlybeard or filleted hair.As we are told by ancientwriters that the outer walls of the palace wereadorned with hunting scenes in many colors, the in¬ference was not, difficult to draw.Some of these'fragments are large enough to show the number nearthe top and part of the inscriptionwhite, on blueground.The Jewish historian, JOSEPHUS, who livedin the first century A.D., has a short mernorandumto the effect that " the palace was built in fifteendays," a statement which appeared so palpable an ex¬aggeration that not much attention was ever paid toit.What, then, was the amazement of the decipher¬ers when on a cylinder of Nebuchadrezzar, now inLondon, they read these words :" Li fifteen 'days Icompleted the splendid work." Even supposing allthe materials to have been brought together, all theart work fo have been done beforehand, and only -placed and put together in this space of time, whata command of human labor does not such a state¬ment represent !9. The most characteristic of Babylonian mounds,from its well-defined flat-topped outline, is also theonly one that has retained the old name, and is stillknown as Babil.*For a long time it was supposedto be the Ziggurat of the celebrated temple of Bel-Marduk, although oriented, contrary to custom, withits sides to the cardinal points, not with its angles.fBut the researches undertaken by Mr. H. Rassam afew years ago (1883-84), with such rich and varied re¬sults, have somewhat shaken that belief :he thinks*See " Story of Chaldea," ill. 4.f -^*''^-' PP- ^84 ff-
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Entered at Stationers' HallBy T. Fi
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IVCLASSIFIED CONTENTS..and follower
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^'CLASSIFIED CONTENTS.' ' VI.Migrat
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VI"CLASSIFIED CONTENTS.introducedby
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CLASSIFIED CONTENTS.yiee. § 4. The
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XllLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.pagbSEPULC
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PRINCIPAL WORKS READ OR CONSULTED,I
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PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED.xviiMOlle
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PRINCIPAL DATES GIVEN IN THISVOLUME
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THE STORY OFMEDIA, BABYLON,AND PERS
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL. 3popu
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL.J6. Th
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ANOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL.also kn
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL. 9and
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL.IIeven
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL. 1 3an
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A NOTABLE RELIGIOUS SURVIVAL. 1 5"
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II.the PROPHET OF KKAN THE AVESTA.I
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THE Prophet of eran.iîng to admit
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tiie prophet of eran. 21mous propor
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the PROPHET OF ERAN. 23which of the
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THE PROPHET OF ERAN. 2$the royal fa
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THE PROPHET OF ERAN. 27where beyond
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,,^^wl_y/^/j nûX^y-fr'iiw jjotjî
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THE PROPHET OF ERAN. 3 1Gathas are
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THE PROPHET OF ERAN.33date It will
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ARYAN MYTHS. 35cidentally finds som
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ARYAN' MYTHS. 375. There was a time
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ARYAN MYTHS. 39 ,for Chaldea, and s
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ARYAN MYTHS.4IHe is, on the contrar
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ARYAN MYTHS. 43ber seven. It has al
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ARYAN MYTHS. 45perficial as our att
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ARYAN MYTHS. 47ceed in piercing. hi
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ARYAN MYTHS. 49dwelt in the consecr
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ARYAN MYTHS. 51the purest and most
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ARYAN MYTHS. 53setting sun, in the
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ARYAAr MYTHS. 55who crowd the borde
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. '57curti
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 50suppli
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 6lidenti
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ARYAN MYTHS IN TIIE AVESTA. 63the d
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Aryan myths in the avesta. 65go up
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ARYAN myths IN THE AVESTA. 6/and dr
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ARYAN- MYTHS IN THE AVESTA.6ghorse,
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ARYAA^ MYTHS IN THE AVESTA.7Ipromis
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 73the me
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 7515. Be
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA.pof all h
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 79and st
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA.8lnations
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ARYAN MYTHS IN TIIE AVESTA. 83diffe
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Aryan myths in the avesta. 85them u
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ARYAN MYTHS, IN THE AVESTA. 87four-
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVES7A. 89spirit
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA.9Ihis swa
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ARYAN MYTHS IN THE AVESTA. 93to his
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V.THE G,A.TT-TAS,THE, Y.\SNA Ol'' S
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THE GATHAS.gfhad in themselves the
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THE GATHAS. 99harm on the settlemen
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THE GATHAS.lOItution of agriculture
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THE GATHAS. 103"5. Then of these tw
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* THE GATHAS. 105of Faith known as
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TIIE GATHAS. 107Most noticeable is
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THE GATHAS.IO9marks the same schola
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THE GATHAS.Illnot once mentioned in
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VI.MIGRATIONS AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE
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6. " taitidAna" (pen6m)cloth worn b
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THE VENDIDAD.~THE LESSER AVESTA.11^
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TONGS TO 'PKIM SACRED FIRE.SAUCERS
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THE VENDIDAD. THE LESSER AVESTA. 12
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TIIE VENDIDAD. TIIE LESSER AVESTA.
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SECTION,TOTAL HEIGHT Ai:OUT l6 FEET
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130 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.to p
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132 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA." Ur
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134- MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.nat
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136 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.the
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138 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.to.A
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I40MEDLA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.made
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142 MEDIA, BABYLON. AND PERSIA.male
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THE VENDIDAD. TIIE LESSER AVESTA. I
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5il6. RUIN OF ATESH-G.^H AT FIR0Z-
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THE VENDIDAD. TIIE LESSER AVESTA. I
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THE VENDIDAD. THE LES.ÊR AVESTA. l
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VII.THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH.1. While
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THE LAST DAYS OF fUDAH.17Iat length
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THE LAST DAYS OF fUDAH. 173a short
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THE LAST DAYS OF fUDAH. 1/5warfare,
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THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH. 1 77tives,
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THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH. 179soul fil
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THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH.iSlthe king
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THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH. ' I S3of th
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THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH. 185'' There
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Page 285 and 286: BABYLON THE GREAT. 255illness, that
Page 287 and 288: Babylon THE GREAT. 257as principals
Page 289 and 290: BABYLON THE GREAT. 359and his cloth
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XII.kambyses, 529-522 B.C.1. Kambys
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34^MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.or co
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352 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.was
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XIII.DAREIOS I, TIIE SON OF HYSTASP
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54. dareios i. on lus throne, upbor
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DAREIOS I. : CIVIL WARS. 365princes
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2 S
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DAREIOS I. : CIVIL WARS. 369which i
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DARIEOS I. .-CIVIL WARS.mof burning
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57. BUILDING KNOWN AS " RUSTEM's TO
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XIV.DAREIOS I. SECOND PERIOD :YEARS
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66. D"AREIOS FIGHTING A MONSTERA DA
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67. DOCK OF PALACE OF DAREIOS, PERS
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4IO MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. 'In
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XV.DAREIOS I. : THIRD PERIOD : FORE
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4l6MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSLA.or "A
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4l8MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.tions
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mmmj'y^ îSm ^"^^-i 1mmilt!liml[£&
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DAREIOS I. : FOREIGN WARS. 425these
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DAREIOS I. : FOREIGN WARS. 427pecte
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DAREIOS I : FOREIGN WARS. 429will n
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432 MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA.oint
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INDEX,Aahmes, see Amasis.Ab-Karkha,
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INDEX.Ai;xa-Mazda, 62 ; his demands
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INDEX.439Don, see Tana'is.Dorians,
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INDEX. 441Josiah, submits to Necho,
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INDEX. 443kings, 144 ; their origin
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INDEX. 445196 ; king of, sends gift
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INDEX. 447sians under the Akhaemeni
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