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Page 130
... Assyria trampling down the nations and gathering their treasure " as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken , " and they saw her fall , exulting over the overthrow of Nin- eveh , whose cruelty had passed upon all nations . They saw the ...
... Assyria trampling down the nations and gathering their treasure " as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken , " and they saw her fall , exulting over the overthrow of Nin- eveh , whose cruelty had passed upon all nations . They saw the ...
Page 132
... Assyria made a deeper impression upon me , gave rise to more serious thoughts and more ear- nest reflection than the temples of Baal- bec , and the theaters of Ionia . " DARKNESS OF CENTURIES BROKEN The darkness of centuries has since ...
... Assyria made a deeper impression upon me , gave rise to more serious thoughts and more ear- nest reflection than the temples of Baal- bec , and the theaters of Ionia . " DARKNESS OF CENTURIES BROKEN The darkness of centuries has since ...
Page 137
... Assyrian con- querors called himself Sargon also , after this early king , and around the name of the first unifier of ... Assyria would march out , confident that success was certain . About 2300 B. C. there rises another great figure ...
... Assyrian con- querors called himself Sargon also , after this early king , and around the name of the first unifier of ... Assyria would march out , confident that success was certain . About 2300 B. C. there rises another great figure ...
Page 143
... Assyria . But the Huns and the hordes of Tamerlane were untaught sav- ages . In the case of Assyria you have a highly organized and civilized people , 143 skilled to an astounding degree in the arts , with all the power to do great ...
... Assyria . But the Huns and the hordes of Tamerlane were untaught sav- ages . In the case of Assyria you have a highly organized and civilized people , 143 skilled to an astounding degree in the arts , with all the power to do great ...
Page 147
... ( Assyria ) which speedily be- came a formidable rival to the more an- cient southern State . FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF STRIFE Five centuries or so ensued , filled with more or less constant strife and bicker- ing between the two States . In ...
... ( Assyria ) which speedily be- came a formidable rival to the more an- cient southern State . FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF STRIFE Five centuries or so ensued , filled with more or less constant strife and bicker- ing between the two States . In ...
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