The Sacred and Profane History of the World Connected: From the Creation of the World to the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire at the Death of Sardanapalus, and to the Declension of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, Under the Reigns of Ahaz and Pekah: Including the Dissertation on the Creation and Fall of Man, Volume 1W. Baynes, 1819 - History, Ancient |
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Page 89
... Bactria , between the Caspian sea and Imaus , north of mount Paraponisus . And this agrees with the general notion that the Scythians ' might contend for the primævity of original with the most ancient nations of the world . The later ...
... Bactria , between the Caspian sea and Imaus , north of mount Paraponisus . And this agrees with the general notion that the Scythians ' might contend for the primævity of original with the most ancient nations of the world . The later ...
Page 92
... Bactria , and the parts where we suppose Noah settled , fully able to resist and repel all their armies , as I shall observe hereafter in its proper place . Noah , therefore , came out of the ark near Saga Scythia on the hills beyond ...
... Bactria , and the parts where we suppose Noah settled , fully able to resist and repel all their armies , as I shall observe hereafter in its proper place . Noah , therefore , came out of the ark near Saga Scythia on the hills beyond ...
Page 163
... new victory carried him still forwards without end , till he died . His last attempt was 7 Justin . l . i , c . 1 . • Diodorus Siculus , 1. ii . upon Oxyartes , or Zoroastres , king of Bactria . M 2 BOOK IV . 163 HISTORY CONNECTED .
... new victory carried him still forwards without end , till he died . His last attempt was 7 Justin . l . i , c . 1 . • Diodorus Siculus , 1. ii . upon Oxyartes , or Zoroastres , king of Bactria . M 2 BOOK IV . 163 HISTORY CONNECTED .
Page 164
... Bactria . Here he met a more powerful resistance than he had before experienced . After several fruitless at- tempts upon the chief city of Bactria , he at last conquered it , by the contrivance and conduct of Semiramis , a woman , wife ...
... Bactria . Here he met a more powerful resistance than he had before experienced . After several fruitless at- tempts upon the chief city of Bactria , he at last conquered it , by the contrivance and conduct of Semiramis , a woman , wife ...
Page 178
... Bactria , though with an army very probably strengthened and increased with supplies from the conquered nations ; yet he met a power here equal to his own , and able to defend itself against repeated attacks made by him . Bactria is ...
... Bactria , though with an army very probably strengthened and increased with supplies from the conquered nations ; yet he met a power here equal to his own , and able to defend itself against repeated attacks made by him . Bactria is ...
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