THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES
OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD; OR, THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALDAEA, ASSYRIA BABYLON, MEDIA, PERSIA, PARTHIA, AND SASSANIAN, OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE. BY GEORGE RAWLINSON, M.A., CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME II. WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I.] DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
[ CHAPTER II.] CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.
[ CHAPTER III.] CHARACTER, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
[ CHAPTER IV.] RELIGION.
[ CHAPTER V.] LANGUAGE AND WRITING.
[ CHAPTER VI.] CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY.
List of Illustrations
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