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... defeats Cushan , and is Judge over Israel . Under him " the land had rest for forty years . " The Nomad state , which had existed from the time of Abraham , now ceased , and the Hebrew government henceforth became a kind of Federative ...
... defeats Cushan , and is Judge over Israel . Under him " the land had rest for forty years . " The Nomad state , which had existed from the time of Abraham , now ceased , and the Hebrew government henceforth became a kind of Federative ...
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... defeated by Jehoash ; his palace and the Temple are pillaged . 823 Jeroboam II . , under whom the kingdom of Israel attains its greatest prosperity . 813 The kingdom of Macedon founded by Caranus . 808 800 Joel prophecies in Judah ...
... defeated by Jehoash ; his palace and the Temple are pillaged . 823 Jeroboam II . , under whom the kingdom of Israel attains its greatest prosperity . 813 The kingdom of Macedon founded by Caranus . 808 800 Joel prophecies in Judah ...
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... defeated by the Romans . Sparta had hitherto been the leading state of Greece , but Athens becomes now the head of the Ionian states . 497 Aristagoras slain in Thrace . 495 The Roman tribes increased from twenty to twenty - one . 494 ...
... defeated by the Romans . Sparta had hitherto been the leading state of Greece , but Athens becomes now the head of the Ionian states . 497 Aristagoras slain in Thrace . 495 The Roman tribes increased from twenty to twenty - one . 494 ...
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... defeated and slain by the Greeks under Pausanias . 478 Sestos taken by the Athenians . Athens rebuilt and forti- fied by Themistocles . 477 Hiero succeeds Gelon at Syracuse . The History of Herodotus terminates at the siege of Sestos ...
... defeated and slain by the Greeks under Pausanias . 478 Sestos taken by the Athenians . Athens rebuilt and forti- fied by Themistocles . 477 Hiero succeeds Gelon at Syracuse . The History of Herodotus terminates at the siege of Sestos ...
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... defeated at Coronea by the Boeotians . Euripides exhibits tragedy with Achæus and Sophocles . 445 Revolt of Euboea and Megara from Athens . Pericles B.C. 445 recovers Euboea . Thirty years ' truce between C 2 445 ] 27 ANCIENT HISTORY ...
... defeated at Coronea by the Boeotians . Euripides exhibits tragedy with Achæus and Sophocles . 445 Revolt of Euboea and Megara from Athens . Pericles B.C. 445 recovers Euboea . Thirty years ' truce between C 2 445 ] 27 ANCIENT HISTORY ...
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