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... named from Zoroaster prevailed in Bactria , and the sacerdotal caste stood in rights and privileges nearly on a par with the Bramins of India , who , probably , possessed originally a similar institution . The idolatrous Aramæan priest ...
... named from Zoroaster prevailed in Bactria , and the sacerdotal caste stood in rights and privileges nearly on a par with the Bramins of India , who , probably , possessed originally a similar institution . The idolatrous Aramæan priest ...
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... named Chaldeans , distinguished for their knowledge of the order and courses of the heavenly bodies , the objects of Babylonian worship , was to be found here ; but the early establishment of despotism permitted not a division of the ...
... named Chaldeans , distinguished for their knowledge of the order and courses of the heavenly bodies , the objects of Babylonian worship , was to be found here ; but the early establishment of despotism permitted not a division of the ...
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... named the Phoenicians ; their chief city was Sidon , and they afterwards built Tyre on an island near the coast . Their manufactures , especially of glass , were celebrated from the most ancient times . While sur- rounded by nomadic ...
... named the Phoenicians ; their chief city was Sidon , and they afterwards built Tyre on an island near the coast . Their manufactures , especially of glass , were celebrated from the most ancient times . While sur- rounded by nomadic ...
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... named Abraham , distinguished by wealth , wisdom , and probity , in obedience to the commands of the Deity , quitted the land of his fathers , and journeyed with his family and his herds towards the land of Canaan . His faith in the ...
... named Abraham , distinguished by wealth , wisdom , and probity , in obedience to the commands of the Deity , quitted the land of his fathers , and journeyed with his family and his herds towards the land of Canaan . His faith in the ...
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... named Media , the people , as did Israel in the days of Samuel , called for a king ; but for a judge , not a warrior . Dejoces , distinguished for his wisdom and justice , was the first monarch : his grandson Cyaxares was allied to the ...
... named Media , the people , as did Israel in the days of Samuel , called for a king ; but for a judge , not a warrior . Dejoces , distinguished for his wisdom and justice , was the first monarch : his grandson Cyaxares was allied to the ...
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