Mesopotamia and Assyria: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time; with Illustrations of Their Natural HistoryOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 383 páginas |
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... Regard - Interest at- tached to their early History - Inquiry checked by Scanti- ness of authentic Records - Little known of the Origin of either the Assyrian or Babylonian Empire , and their inti- mate Connexion with each other ...
... Regard - Interest at- tached to their early History - Inquiry checked by Scanti- ness of authentic Records - Little known of the Origin of either the Assyrian or Babylonian Empire , and their inti- mate Connexion with each other ...
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... regards them as a nomad race , who , about the year B. C. 630 , descending from the mountains of Taurus and Caucasus , overwhelmed Southern Asia , and entering the Mesopo- tamian plains , first as mercenaries , at length started forth ...
... regards them as a nomad race , who , about the year B. C. 630 , descending from the mountains of Taurus and Caucasus , overwhelmed Southern Asia , and entering the Mesopo- tamian plains , first as mercenaries , at length started forth ...
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... regard as the palladium of their faith , —the hereditary reverence for this venerated symbol overcame their fear or regard for their military chief , and they fled , or refused to fight against the sacred ensign . Their leader , now ...
... regard as the palladium of their faith , —the hereditary reverence for this venerated symbol overcame their fear or regard for their military chief , and they fled , or refused to fight against the sacred ensign . Their leader , now ...
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