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Title: The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902
Subjects: Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority History, Ancient Assyria -- History Babylonia -- History Parthia -- History Iran -- History
Publisher: New York : J. W. Lovell company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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Female seated. (Krora mi ivoi y iii the liritishMuseum.) Ariulcta of AssyrianGraudees (Khorsabmll Plate CXXXVI Vol. I.
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Metal Mirror (Britisli Museum). Necklace of Flat Beads (British Museum). en. rx. I WARS OF ASSIlfilt-BANI-PAL. 479 house, which was already connected with the roj^al race ofthe Sargonids.*^-* Shortly after his second EgjTitian expedition, Asshur-bani-pal seems to have invaded Asia Minor. Crossmg the Taurusrange, he penetrated to a region never before visited by anyAssyrian monarch ;^^ and, having reduced various towns inthese parts and returned to Nineveh, ho received an embassyof a very unusual character. Gjges, king of Lydia,«■■» hotells iLS.a country on the sea-coast, a remote place, of whichthe kings his ancestors had never even heard the name, hadformerly learnt in a dream the fann; of his empii-e, and hadsent officers to his presence to perform homage on his behalf.He now sent a second time to Asshur-bani-pal, and told himthat since his submission he had been able to defeat the Cim-merians, who had formerly ravaged his land with impunity;and he begged his acceptance of two

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