The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . antly give rise to com-plaints and reclamations, which not unfrequently terminatein an appeal to the arbitrament of the sword. Sennacheribdoes not inform us whether he made any attempt to recoverhis lost subjects by diplomatic rei^resentations at the court ofSusa. If he did, they were unsuccessful; and in order to ob-tain redress, he was compelled to resort to force, and to un-dertake an expedition into t
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . antly give rise to com-plaints and reclamations, which not unfrequently terminatein an appeal to the arbitrament of the sword. Sennacheribdoes not inform us whether he made any attempt to recoverhis lost subjects by diplomatic rei^resentations at the court ofSusa. If he did, they were unsuccessful; and in order to ob-tain redress, he was compelled to resort to force, and to un-dertake an expedition into the Elamitic territory. It is re-markable that he determined to make his invasion by frequent wars on the Syrian coasts had by this time fa-miliarized the Assyrians with the idea, if not with the prac-tice, of navigation; and as their suzeraintj^ over Phoeniciaplaced at their disposal a large body of skilled shipwrights,and a number of the best sailors in the woi-ld, it was naturalthat they should resolve to employ naval as well as militaryforce to advance their dominion. We have seen that, as earlyas the time of Shalmaneser, the Assyrians ventured theni Vol. I. Plate L)r,. uiib seniles iKborMliiuJ:
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