45. Q. About how many years had he been engaged in these conquests? A. About thirty years.
46. Q. What northern tribe did he now try to conquer? A. The Massagetæ, one of the Scythian nations.
47. Q. By whom were they governed? A. By a queen named Tomyris.
48. Q. What was the result of the expedition? A. The Persian army was almost wholly destroyed, and the body of Cyrus was found among the slain.
49. Q. Who succeeded Cyrus to the throne of the Persian empire? A. His son Cambyses.
50. Q. What difficulties are experienced in tracing the connection between the secular history of the Persian domination and the narrative of the same epoch as given in the Bible? A. The proper names used to designate the same person are different in the secular and in the sacred histories, and the best scholars are not agreed in identifying the two.
II.—QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
51. Q. In what year was Alexander the Great born? A. In the year 356 B. C.
52. Q. At what age did he commence, and at what age end his career? A. He commenced when about twenty years old, and died at thirty-two years of age.