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 . he attacks the Assyrians and is slain. 625—Cyaxares, son of Phraortes, rallies the Medes after hisfathers defeat; he attacks Nineveh. He defeats t
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 . he attacks the Assyrians and is slain. 625—Cyaxares, son of Phraortes, rallies the Medes after hisfathers defeat; he attacks Nineveh. He defeats the610—He unites with Babylon in a third war on Assyria. Scyths. 607—He destroys Nineveh, and estabhshes a Median —He wars against Lydia. 585—Astyages succeeds Cyaxaresas the Median monarch. 553—Cyrus, the vassal king of Persia,revolts against Astyages. 550—Cyrus conquers Ecbatana, theMedian capital, and becomes ruler of the united Medes and Per-sians. The Persian Empire begins. 548—Lydia, Egypt, Babylon,and Sparta unite against Cyrus: he attacks Lydia. 546—Hestorms Sardis, the Lydian capital, and conquers Croesus, its king. 545—Cyrus completely subjugates Asia Minor and begins the conquest ofcentral Asia. 539—Returning from his eastern victories, he attacks —Cyrus conquers Babylon. 529—Death of Cyrus; his son Cambysesslays his other son Smerdis, and sets out to conquer Egypt. 525—Battle of 102. viaaug rk^-is 3ht inoiJ3i-i7i-jU iifiwA ,-J3clo*i \i;..iT t ? • ? nr If MlUi Bill 111 . ^ .viacfuu. .... M in I. (intiJisiJ/L i)>nii>ii 111
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