The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . I. Babylonia—The Rise of Nineveh 29 and in the west he pierced to the Mediterranean, the first Euphrates sovereignsince the aknost forgotten Hammu
The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . I. Babylonia—The Rise of Nineveh 29 and in the west he pierced to the Mediterranean, the first Euphrates sovereignsince the aknost forgotten Hammurabi, over a thousand years before, to extendhis dominion to that sea. Even the King of Egypt sent him presents, which theAssyrian naturally regarded as tribute. Toward the close of his reign, however,he seems to have met a sudden and serious defeat from the Babylonians; and wehear no more of him. His carven records of triumph cease abruptly; and theempire became much weaker after his death. From about this time dates the splendor of Nineveh, the gorgeous Assyriancapital which rivalled Babylon. Nineveh, from its favorable situation, graduallybecame the greatest of the four chief cities of Assyria, wholly supplanting theolder capital, Assur. Later ages attributed the origin of Nineveh to a mythicalking, Ninus, and his goddess wife, Semiramis, who, they said, made herself queenof all Asia. But the story is a mere romantic fancy. There is more t
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