The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

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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.
Book The First. The Ancient History Of The Egyptians.
Part The First. Description of Egypt.
Chapter I. Thebais.
Chapter II. Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis.
Chapter III. Lower Egypt.
Part The Second. Of the Manners and Customs of the
Egyptians.
Chapter
I.
Concerning
The
Kings
And
Government.
Chapter II. Concerning the Priests And Religion
Of The Egyptians.
Chapter III. Of The Egyptian Soldiers And War.
Chapter IV. Of Their Arts And Sciences.
Chapter V. Of Their Husbandmen, Shepherds,
and Artificers.
Chapter VI. Of The Fertility Of Egypt.
Part The Third. The History of the Kings of Egypt.
Book The Second. The History Of The Carthaginians.
Part
The
First.
Character,
Manners,
Religion,
Government.
Part The Second. The History of the Carthaginians.
Chapter I. The Foundation of Carthage.
Chapter II. The History of Carthage.
Book the Third. The History of the Assyrians.
Chapter I. The First Empire of the Assyrians.
Chapter II. The Second Assyrian Empire, both of
Nineveh and Babylon.
Chapter III. The History of the Kingdom of the
Medes.
Chapter IV. The History of the Lydians.
Maps.
Footnotes

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