List of Illustrations
Map of Parthia Proper
Map of Parthia
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Sassanian Empire
CHAPTERS I. to XIV.
CHAPTERS XV. to XXVIII.
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SEVENTH MONARCHY
HISTORY OF THE SASSANIAN OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE.
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Begin Chapter I.
History of Phoenicia
PREFACE
HISTORY OF PHOENICIA
CHAPTER I--THE LAND
CHAPTER II--CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS
CHAPTER III--THE PEOPLE--ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER IV--THE CITIES
CHAPTER V--THE COLONIES
CHAPTER VI--ARCHITECTURE
CHAPTER VII--AESTHETIC ART
CHAPTER VIII--INDUSTRIAL ART AND MANUFACTURES
CHAPTER IX--SHIPS, NAVIGATION, AND COMMERCE
CHAPTER X--MINING
CHAPTER XI--RELIGION
CHAPTER XII--DRESS, ORNAMENTS, AND SOCIAL HABITS
CHAPTER XIII--PHOENICIAN WRITING, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER XIV--POLITICAL HISTORY
1. Phoenicia, before the establishment of the hegemony of Tyre.
2. Phoenicia under the hegemony of Tyre (B.C. 1252-877)
3. Phoenicia during the period of its subjection to Assyria (B.C.
4. Phoenicia during its struggles with Babylon and Egypt (about B.C.
5. Phoenicia under the Persians (B.C. 528-333)
6. Phoenicia in the time of Alexander the Great (B.C. 333-323)
7. Phoenicia under the Greeks (B.C. 323-65)
8. Phoenicia under the Romans (B.C. 65-A.D. 650)
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