. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. ian Gulf, whosesites cannot be identifiedin consequence of the greatchange that has taken placein the coast: among thesewe may notice — Ampe,whither the Milesians weretransported by Darius, —Apologi Vicus, a con-siderable place of trade, pro-bably at Old Bosrah — Cha,-rax Spasinu, near the mouthof the Tigris, founded byAlexander the Great withthe name Alexandria, re-stored by Antiochus Epi-phanes with the name ofAntiochia. and occupit d bySpasines. an Arab chieftain,after whom it receive
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. ian Gulf, whosesites cannot be identifiedin consequence of the greatchange that has taken placein the coast: among thesewe may notice — Ampe,whither the Milesians weretransported by Darius, —Apologi Vicus, a con-siderable place of trade, pro-bably at Old Bosrah — Cha,-rax Spasinu, near the mouthof the Tigris, founded byAlexander the Great withthe name Alexandria, re-stored by Antiochus Epi-phanes with the name ofAntiochia. and occupit d bySpasines. an Arab chieftain,after whom it received itsacpiornen of Spasinu ; it wasa place cousiderable trade—and Teredon, at the mouthof the Pasitigris. Historii of the BabylonianEmpire.—Babylon remainedsunk in comparative insig-nificance throughout thewhole period of Assyriansupremacy. It had never-theless its own monarehs,^vith whom the Assyriansfrequently carried on era of Nabonassar, , seems to mark a poli-tical change, but its natureis uncertain. One of hissuccessors, JLi/vInc-emp/dus,is undoubtedlv the Mero-. Portions of Ancient Babylon distinguishable in thepresent Riiius dach-baladan of Scripture, who sent ambassadors to TIezekiah : he wasexpelled from his throne by Sargon, and a second time by Sennacherib,who appointed Belibus as his viceroy from 7u2 to 699, and after-wards Asshur-nadiii (Assaranadius) from 699 to 693. It is uncer-tain whether the succeeding governors were viceroys or native , the x\ssyrian monarch, assumed the crown himself, andheld his court there occasionally; but he appears in the later part of hisreign to have appointed a \icer03, Saosduchinus, from 667 to 647,who was succeeded by Ciniladanus, 647-625. XobopoLiSi>ar was thelast of these viceroys or subject kings : he aided Cyaxares in the over-throw of Nineveh, and established himself on the throne of Babylon, 216 ASSYEIA. Book II. which he occupied from
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