Epitome of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern HistoryHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 618 pages |
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... Spain and Portugal 397 • 409 410 414 6. Italy . Savoy , Genoa , Venice 415 ( Tuscany , Papal States ) Two Sicilies 416 * 7 . America . British colonies 417 War of Independence 426 * 8. Great Britain 433 9. The East . India 442 The ...
... Spain and Portugal 397 • 409 410 414 6. Italy . Savoy , Genoa , Venice 415 ( Tuscany , Papal States ) Two Sicilies 416 * 7 . America . British colonies 417 War of Independence 426 * 8. Great Britain 433 9. The East . India 442 The ...
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... Spain . In short , the Phoenician power was threatened with destruction throughout the entire West . Brought face to face with this danger , Carthage , which had mean◅ time grown considerably stronger , began about 600 to gather the ...
... Spain . In short , the Phoenician power was threatened with destruction throughout the entire West . Brought face to face with this danger , Carthage , which had mean◅ time grown considerably stronger , began about 600 to gather the ...
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... Spain , where they mingled with the Iberian inhabitants and formed the Celtiberians . Celts in Spain were known to Herodo- tus in the fifth century B. C. 3. To Northern Italy . The legendary history of Rome places this event in the ...
... Spain , where they mingled with the Iberian inhabitants and formed the Celtiberians . Celts in Spain were known to Herodo- tus in the fifth century B. C. 3. To Northern Italy . The legendary history of Rome places this event in the ...
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... Spain , and conquering the Tuatha Dé Danann , divided Ireland among the sons and other relatives of Galam . The ancestry of Galam goes back to Noah . The historical interpretation of these legends seems at present to be that Ireland at ...
... Spain , and conquering the Tuatha Dé Danann , divided Ireland among the sons and other relatives of Galam . The ancestry of Galam goes back to Noah . The historical interpretation of these legends seems at present to be that Ireland at ...
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... Spain , was thwarted by 218. Hannibal's daring expedition to Italy by land.2 Leaving a sufficient number of troops in Spain , Hannibal crossed the Pyrenees with 50,000 foot , 9000 horse , and 37 elephants , traversed Gaul not far from ...
... Spain , was thwarted by 218. Hannibal's daring expedition to Italy by land.2 Leaving a sufficient number of troops in Spain , Hannibal crossed the Pyrenees with 50,000 foot , 9000 horse , and 37 elephants , traversed Gaul not far from ...
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