Ancient EmpiresSamuel George Frederick Brandon Traces milestones in history from the emergence of Egypt around 3000 B.C. up to the scattering of the Jews in 70 A.D. |
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... Persian sympathizers . The Spartans were ready to make a stand against Xerxes ; the crucial question was , where would they make it ? Their traditional line of defense was the Isthmus of Corinth . If they chose to hold that line now ...
... Persian sympathizers . The Spartans were ready to make a stand against Xerxes ; the crucial question was , where would they make it ? Their traditional line of defense was the Isthmus of Corinth . If they chose to hold that line now ...
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... Persia ; from the palace at. the Straits of Euboea : Themistocles hoped to tempt the Persians into fighting in a confined space . Xerxes had dried out his fleet at Doriscus ; the Greeks had not dared risk a similar operation . Thus the ...
... Persia ; from the palace at. the Straits of Euboea : Themistocles hoped to tempt the Persians into fighting in a confined space . Xerxes had dried out his fleet at Doriscus ; the Greeks had not dared risk a similar operation . Thus the ...
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... Persian empire as his by right of conquest . Already , that winter , he had begun to fill his army with Persian recruits , trained in the Macedonian man- ner . In 325 he arranged an interracial mass marri- age festival at Susa ...
... Persian empire as his by right of conquest . Already , that winter , he had begun to fill his army with Persian recruits , trained in the Macedonian man- ner . In 325 he arranged an interracial mass marri- age festival at Susa ...
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Actium Alexander Alexander's ancient Antony Arminius army Aryan Asia Minor Assyria Athenian Athens Augustus Babylon barbarian battle battle of Actium became Buddha Caesar campaigns Carthage Carthaginian century B.C. China Chinese Christianity civilization Cleopatra commander conquered conquest Cretan Crete culture death defeated dynasty East Egypt Egyptian Pharaoh Emperor empire enemies Etruscans Euphrates fight fleet force frontier Gaul German Greece Greek Greek cities Hammurabi Hannibal Hellenistic Herod historian Hittite Hor-Aha Hurrian India Indus invaders invasion island Israel Italy Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Josephus Judaea King kingdom Knossos land later leader legions Macedonia Maroboduus Mediterranean ment Mesopotamia military Mohenjo-daro Narmer Nile nomadic Octavian palace Palestine Persian Pharaoh Pilate political province Ramses Ramses III reign religion revolt Rhine Roman Rome Rome's rule ruler Salamis Santorin Senate Shih-huang-ti Sicily slaves Sparta Spartacus Sumer Sumerian Syria Temple territory Themistocles tion tradition tribes Varus victory Wall Xerxes Yahweh Zealots