Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldĉan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers; and an Inquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volume 2G. P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... Herodotus , yielding two and even three hundred fold . Indeed , such is the richness of the soil of Assyria , that even a few heavy showers in the course of the year , at the time of sowing the seed , and when the corn is about a foot ...
... Herodotus , yielding two and even three hundred fold . Indeed , such is the richness of the soil of Assyria , that even a few heavy showers in the course of the year , at the time of sowing the seed , and when the corn is about a foot ...
Page 128
... Herodotus appears to allude to it as a city that formerly existed . ( Lib . i . c . 193. ) Clement of Alexandria , in his commentaries on Nahum , confirms the account of Lucan of its utter destruction . The Nineveh of Tacitus ( Annal ...
... Herodotus appears to allude to it as a city that formerly existed . ( Lib . i . c . 193. ) Clement of Alexandria , in his commentaries on Nahum , confirms the account of Lucan of its utter destruction . The Nineveh of Tacitus ( Annal ...
Page 129
... Herodotus , is thus collected by Clinton ( Fasti Hellenici , vol . i . p . 269 ) : “ The overthrow of Nineveh did not happen be- fore the death of Josiah king of Judah in B. c . 609 , because a king of Assyria is mentioned at that ...
... Herodotus , is thus collected by Clinton ( Fasti Hellenici , vol . i . p . 269 ) : “ The overthrow of Nineveh did not happen be- fore the death of Josiah king of Judah in B. c . 609 , because a king of Assyria is mentioned at that ...
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... Herodotus brings the date to a narrower point . Cyaxares prepared to re- his father's death upon the Assyrians , but was interrupted by the Scythians , who held Asia for twenty - eight years . After their expulsion Cyaxares conquered ...
... Herodotus brings the date to a narrower point . Cyaxares prepared to re- his father's death upon the Assyrians , but was interrupted by the Scythians , who held Asia for twenty - eight years . After their expulsion Cyaxares conquered ...
Page 136
... Herodotus , and afford fresh proofs of his veracity and accuracy . + I particularly refer to the fragment of a cylinder given in vol . ii . of Ker Porter's Travels , and the celebrated inscription in the India House , supposed to con ...
... Herodotus , and afford fresh proofs of his veracity and accuracy . + I particularly refer to the fragment of a cylinder given in vol . ii . of Ker Porter's Travels , and the celebrated inscription in the India House , supposed to con ...
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