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Title: The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians,

Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of

6)

Author: Charles Rollin

Release Date: April 11, 2009 [Ebook 28558]

Language: English

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The

Ancient History

Of The

Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians,

Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians

By

Charles Rollin

Late Principal of the University of Paris Professor of Eloquence in The Royal College

And Member of the Royal Academy Of Inscriptions and Belles Letters

Translated From The French In Six Volumes Vol. I. New Edition

Illustrated With Maps and Other Engravings

London Printed for Longman And Co., J. M. Richardson, Hamilton And Co., Hatchard And Son, Simpkin And Co., Rivingtons, Whittaker And Co., Allen And Co., Nisbet And Co., J. Bain, T. And W. Boone, E. Hodgson, T. Bumpus, Smith, Elder, And Co., J. Capes, L. Booth, Bigg And Son, Houlston And Co., H. Washbourne, Bickets And Bush, Waller And Son, Cambridge, Wilson And Sons, York, G. And J. Robinson, Liverpool,

And A. And C. Black, Edinburgh 1850

Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Book The First. The Ancient History Of The Egyptians. . . 180

Part The First. Description of Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . 180 Chapter I. Thebais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Chapter II. Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis. . . . . 182 Chapter III. Lower Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Part The Second. Of the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Chapter I. Concerning The Kings And Government.207 Chapter II. Concerning the Priests And Religion Of The Egyptians. . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Chapter III. Of The Egyptian Soldiers And War. . 227 Chapter IV. Of Their Arts And Sciences. . . . . . 229 Chapter V. Of Their Husbandmen, Shepherds, and Artificers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Chapter VI. Of The Fertility Of Egypt. . . . . . . 236

Part The Third. The History of the Kings of Egypt. . . 244 Book The Second. The History Of The Carthaginians. . . . 286

Part The First. Character, Manners, Religion, Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Part The Second. The History of the Carthaginians. . . 315 Chapter I. The Foundation of Carthage. . . . . . 315 Chapter II. The History of Carthage. . . . . . . . 361

Book the Third. The History of the Assyrians. . . . . . . . 538 Chapter I. The First Empire of the Assyrians. . . . . . 538 Chapter II. The Second Assyrian Empire, both of Nineveh and Babylon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 Chapter III. The History of the Kingdom of the Medes. 582 Chapter IV. The History of the Lydians. . . . . . . . . 597

ivThe Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonia

Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Charles Rollin. Born 1661. Died 1741.

[Transcriber's Note: The French original of this work was published 1730-38. The translation was done by Robert Lynam.]

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