When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for •supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian monarchy,... East by West: A Journey in the Recess - Page 197by Sir Henry William Lucy - 1885 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 544 pages
...centuries ago, at the least, it was famous. "When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was...become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian monarchy, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem, and the inhabitants... | |
| Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 448 pages
...centuries ago, at the least, it was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Eome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian... | |
| Matthew Atmore Sherring - 1868 - 452 pages
...centuries ago, at the least, it was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Eome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian... | |
| 1868 - 598 pages
...centuries ago, at the least, Benares was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, hefore Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, ю Cyrus had added lustre to the... | |
| Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 pages
...writes the Eev. Mr. Sherring, " it was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was...become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus added lustre to the Persian monarchy, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem, and the inhabitants... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1876 - 408 pages
...centuries ago, at the least, it was famous. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for •supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian... | |
| James Routledge - 1878 - 360 pages
...for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Eome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem, she had already risen to greatness, if not to glory." Slowly has Europe learned, from the researches... | |
| 1877 - 996 pages
...exceedingly abundant in early Sanskrit literature. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian... | |
| 1878 - 924 pages
...exceedingly abundant in early Sanskrit literature. When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Cyrus had added lustre to the Persian... | |
| James Routledge - 1878 - 376 pages
...history for at least 2500 years," and that "when Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy, when Tyre was planting her colonies, when Athens was growing in strength, before Rome had become known, or Greece had contended with Persia, or Nebuchadnezzar had captured Jerusalem,... | |
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