The Nile: Notes for Travellers in EgyptT. Cook & Son, 1892 - 374 pages |
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Page vii
... Persians , Greeks and Romans , Arabs and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest possible manner , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected ...
... Persians , Greeks and Romans , Arabs and Turks . It is for this reason that no attempt has been made to describe , otherwise than in the briefest possible manner , its history under these foreign rulers , and only such facts connected ...
Page xii
... Persians Macedonians Ptolemies ... ... ... ... ... Romans ... The Byzantines Muḥammadans ... : : :: : : : : : : : : : ... ... ... ... V vii - ix X , xi I 9 I 2 14 ... 17 17 18 ... ... ... 19 22 ... 23 ... 27 28 ... 29 Dates assigned to ...
... Persians Macedonians Ptolemies ... ... ... ... ... Romans ... The Byzantines Muḥammadans ... : : :: : : : : : : : : : ... ... ... ... V vii - ix X , xi I 9 I 2 14 ... 17 17 18 ... ... ... 19 22 ... 23 ... 27 28 ... 29 Dates assigned to ...
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... Persian kings . The rule of the Saïte kings was fol- lowed by that of the Persians , Ptolemies and Romans . The rule of the Arabs which began A.D. 641 , ended A.D. 1517 , when the country was conquered by the Turks ; since this time ...
... Persian kings . The rule of the Saïte kings was fol- lowed by that of the Persians , Ptolemies and Romans . The rule of the Arabs which began A.D. 641 , ended A.D. 1517 , when the country was conquered by the Turks ; since this time ...
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... Persian , and taken prisoner ; he was afterwards slain for rebelling against the Persians . Dynasty XXVII , from Persia . 527. Cambyses marched against the Ethiopians and the inhabitants of the Oases . 521. Darius Hystaspes endeavoured ...
... Persian , and taken prisoner ; he was afterwards slain for rebelling against the Persians . Dynasty XXVII , from Persia . 527. Cambyses marched against the Ethiopians and the inhabitants of the Oases . 521. Darius Hystaspes endeavoured ...
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... Persians at Mendes . 360. T'e - her surrendered to the Persians . 358. Necht - neb - f ( Nectanebus II . ) devoted himself to the pursuit of magic , and neglected his empire ; when Artaxerxes III . ( Ochus ) marched against him , he ...
... Persians at Mendes . 360. T'e - her surrendered to the Persians . 358. Necht - neb - f ( Nectanebus II . ) devoted himself to the pursuit of magic , and neglected his empire ; when Artaxerxes III . ( Ochus ) marched against him , he ...
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