CONTENTS.


[BOOK VIII.] (CONTINUED.)
THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE FALL OF THE LYDIAN EMPIRE[3]
CHAPTER VII.
THE SUBJUGATION OF ASIA MINOR[47]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FALL OF BABYLON[66]
CHAPTER IX.
THE KINGDOM OF CYRUS[100]
CHAPTER X.
THE FALL OF EGYPT[131]
CHAPTER XI.
THE MARCH TO MEROE[152]
CHAPTER XII.
THE DEATH OF CAMBYSES[168]
CHAPTER XIII.
THE RISE OF DARIUS[201]
CHAPTER XIV.
THE REBELLIONS IN THE PROVINCES[228]
CHAPTER XV.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DARIUS ON THE INDUS AND THE DANUBE[258]
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CONQUESTS IN AFRICA AND EUROPE[299]
CHAPTER XVII.
THE STATE OF DARIUS[315]
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE FINANCE AND ARMY OF DARIUS[344]
CHAPTER XIX.
THE COURT OF DARIUS[368]
CHAPTER XX.
RETROSPECT[398]

BOOK VIII. (CONTINUED.)

THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND
PERSIANS.