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... became tributary to the Assyrians . Tiglath - Pileser conquered the northeastern part of the kingdom . Hoshea , the last king of Israel ( 734 ) , tried to free his country from the Assyrian yoke , but was defeated and captured by ...
... became tributary to the Assyrians . Tiglath - Pileser conquered the northeastern part of the kingdom . Hoshea , the last king of Israel ( 734 ) , tried to free his country from the Assyrian yoke , but was defeated and captured by ...
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... became quite correct at an early date . The oldest dates rest on the authority of Berosus , who wrote at the time of Alexander . The Assyrian monuments furnish exact dates from 9091 B. C. 3000. Beginning of Babylonian civilization ...
... became quite correct at an early date . The oldest dates rest on the authority of Berosus , who wrote at the time of Alexander . The Assyrian monuments furnish exact dates from 9091 B. C. 3000. Beginning of Babylonian civilization ...
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... became extinct in 555 . 538. Babylon ( last king Nabonētus , or Nabunahid , reigning in conjunction with his son Bel - shar - ussur , the Biblical Belshazzar ) taken by Cyrus . Babylon a Persian prov- ince . § 4. PHOENICIANS AND ...
... became extinct in 555 . 538. Babylon ( last king Nabonētus , or Nabunahid , reigning in conjunction with his son Bel - shar - ussur , the Biblical Belshazzar ) taken by Cyrus . Babylon a Persian prov- ince . § 4. PHOENICIANS AND ...
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... became the guardian divinity of Tyre . In the same way Ashera and Astarte were united into one divinity , who when represented as a grim wandering goddess vanishing with the changing light of the moon bears the name Dido , but when ...
... became the guardian divinity of Tyre . In the same way Ashera and Astarte were united into one divinity , who when represented as a grim wandering goddess vanishing with the changing light of the moon bears the name Dido , but when ...
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... became confused with the goddess , Dido - Astarte , the protectress of the colony.3 1 According to Timæus , 814. Concerning the chronology , see Duncker , II . 270 . 2 See Kiepert , Atlas Antiquus , Tab . VIII . 3 The credibility of ...
... became confused with the goddess , Dido - Astarte , the protectress of the colony.3 1 According to Timæus , 814. Concerning the chronology , see Duncker , II . 270 . 2 See Kiepert , Atlas Antiquus , Tab . VIII . 3 The credibility of ...
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