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BATES FUND
THE
FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES
ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD;
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THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALMA,
ASSYRIA, BABYLON, MEDIA, AND PERSIA,
COLLECTED AND ILLUSTRATED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN SOURCES.
By GEOEGE RAWLINSON, M.A.,
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CAMDEN PEOFESSOE OF ANCIENT IIISTOEY IN THE DNIVEESITY OF OXFOED;
LATE FELLOW AND TUTOE OF EXETER COLLEGE.
IN THREE VOLUMES— Vol. I.
LONDON:. J>"
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1862.
The right of Translation is reserved.
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LONDON: PRINTED BY TVJIXIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.
TO MY BROTHEB,
HENRY CRESWICKE RAWLINSON, K.C.B., D.C.L.,
&c. &c. &c,
TO WHOSE GENIUS, LABOURS, AND CONSTANT KINDNESS
I FEEL MYSELF INDEBTED
MORE THAN I CAN EXPRESS,
THIS WORK
IS DEDICATED,
AS A SMALL TOKEN
OF GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE.
PREFACE.
The history of Antiquity requires from time to time to be re-written. Historical knowledge continually extends, in part from the advance of critical science, which teaches us little by little the true value of ancient authors, but also, and more especially, from the new discoveries which the enterprise of travellers and the patient toil of students are continually bringing to light, whereby the stock of our information as to the condition of the ancient world receives constant augmentation. The extremest scepticism cannot deny t…