A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . named Hyspasines afterwardscalled the city, after himself, Spasinu-Charax, and established akingdom that included U(jt only the districL Characene, in which the 244 THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE. city lay, but also the neighboring Mesene. This region came underthe suzerainty of Phraates II. We know of a long line of rulerswhose coins have come down to us. It preserved its autonomyuntil 389 , when it was incorporated into the kingdom of theSassanids. In the year 137 , Edessa was made the seat of akingdom esta
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . named Hyspasines afterwardscalled the city, after himself, Spasinu-Charax, and established akingdom that included U(jt only the districL Characene, in which the 244 THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE. city lay, but also the neighboring Mesene. This region came underthe suzerainty of Phraates II. We know of a long line of rulerswhose coins have come down to us. It preserved its autonomyuntil 389 , when it was incorporated into the kingdom of theSassanids. In the year 137 , Edessa was made the seat of akingdom established by Orhoi-bar-Khevye, which outlasted the Per-sian, and was destroyed by the Arabs in 641 It was during the reign of Arsaces VIII. Artabanus (), who was an uncle of Phraates, that the incursion of the Tibe-tan tribe, Yue-chi, took place, followed by the annihilation of theBactrian kingdom. Artabanus fell in battle while trying to defendhis country, and was succeeded by his son, Mithradates II., whoengaged in many battles, and warded off the danger. As suzerain.
Size: 1581px × 1581px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookaut, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectworldhistory
