THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES

OF THE
ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD;
OR,
THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALDAEA, ASSYRIA
BABYLON, MEDIA, PERSIA, PARTHIA, AND SASSANIAN,
OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE.
BY
GEORGE RAWLINSON, M.A.,
CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOLUME II.
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.
CHAPTER III.    CHARACTER, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
CHAPTER IV.RELIGION.
CHAPTER V.LANGUAGE AND WRITING.
CHAPTER VI.CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY.




List of Illustrations

Map
Plate I.
Plate II.
Plate III.
Plate IV.
Plate V.
Plate VI.
Plate VII.




THE THIRD MONARCHY.


MEDIA.



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