Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . ion of the Hyksos .... 1525 Revival of Egyptian independence under a The- ban dynasty ....... 1525 Three most brilliant centuries of Egyptian his-tory 1500-1200 Exodus of the Israelites .... 1320 Egypt conquered by the Persians under Cam- byses 5^5 Egypt conquered by the Greeks under Alex-ander 332 Beginning of the rule of the Ptolemies (or GreekLater events. \ kings of Egypt) after the partition of Alex-anders Empire 3^3 Egypt becomes a Roman pr
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . ion of the Hyksos .... 1525 Revival of Egyptian independence under a The- ban dynasty ....... 1525 Three most brilliant centuries of Egyptian his-tory 1500-1200 Exodus of the Israelites .... 1320 Egypt conquered by the Persians under Cam- byses 5^5 Egypt conquered by the Greeks under Alex-ander 332 Beginning of the rule of the Ptolemies (or GreekLater events. \ kings of Egypt) after the partition of Alex-anders Empire 3^3 Egypt becomes a Roman pro\ince after theL, death of Cleopatra 30 ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS. 27 CHAPTER III. THE ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS. 1. INTRODUCTION. 49. To Egypt has been accorded the precedence ofpossessing the earliest secular historic records, Antiquity of^^but an actual antiquity hardly later than that iuzation. of Egypt maybe claimed forthe civilizationwhich arose inthe Tigro - Eu-phrates is a posi-tive date inChaldaean his-tory going backto the 23d cen-tury B. c. (2234B. c. See IT 57,p. 30), whileauthentic Egyp-tian history an-tedates this by. Chaldean Temple. only two centuries (epoch of the Pyramid-builders, fourthdynasty, b. c. 2450). MAP STUDY. See map of Ancient Oriental Monarchies, opposite p. 8. I. In what country do the Tigris and the Euphrates rise? 2. Whereis Mount Ararat? 3. What mountain chain between the Tigro-Euphratesbasin and the plateau of Media and Persia ? 4. Describe the course ofthe Tigris. 5. Of the Euphrates. 6. Where do they unite? 7. Intowhat gulf do they empty ? 8. Locate Nineveh ; Babylon j \^x- 28 ANCIENT ORIENTAL MONARCHIES. 50. If, however, leaving profane records we take the guid-The Scripture ance of the Hebrew Scriptures, this region willrecord. claim an even greater antiquity. The Bibleplaces the commencement of the history of mankind in theTigro-Euphrates basin. And it came to pass, says theBook of Genesis, as they journeyed from the east, t
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