Early Oriental History

Author : John Eadie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333870416
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Early Oriental History written by John Eadie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early Oriental History: Comprising the Histories of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Lydia, Phrygia, and Phoenicia This volume comprises the early annals of Egypt, Nineveh, Babylon, Persia, Lydia, Phrygia, and Phoenicia. The object has been to present ancient and authentic history in an accurate and popular form. It has not been deemed enough to compose a meagre and succinct narrative of the more familiar and striking events, but the geography of the various countries has been prefixed, and the more remarkable of their scenes and cities have been separately described in fuller detail. Special prominence has, at the same time, been given to monumental antiquities, both as objects of curious and enlightened research, and as illustrative of the social progress and history of the people to whom they belong. The tombs and temples of Egypt, the marbles and sculptures of Nineveh, and Ethe columns and friezes of Persepolis, form a suggestive and permanent record of national character, and afford us glimpses of common life, as well as of princely splendour and achievement. Uniform care has been taken to consult the best authorities, - such as Heeren, Wilkinson, Birch, Bunsen, Lepsius, Gliddon, Rosellini, Champollion, Botta, Layard, and Rawlinson. In cases of difficulty, such as the chronology of Egypt, and the succession of its various dynasties, the sources of information have been given, and an independent udgment has been formed and recorded. When the insertion of any incident depends on the separate authority of Strabo, Herodotus, Diodorus, Plutarch, or other classical writers, the reference is usually marked. The chief sections of geography, and the entire topography, are revised abridgments of the able original articles by Renouard, which appeared in several volumes of theviii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.