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ALEXANDER IN MESOPOTAMIA. J J<br />

So the king went forth from Jerusalem and pass- He crosses<br />

ed' over the Euphrates,^ and he founded a city 'es anTxlg-<br />

bn the Euphrates, and called it Bareta. And he'<br />

marched on from the Euphrates and arrived at<br />

the land of the Island,^ and he travelled eastward<br />

to Mosul,'* and he crossed the Tigris^ by means<br />

of a bridge which was made for him.<br />

Then <strong>Alexander</strong>, having made ready, went out<br />

to do battle with Darius the king in a place called<br />

Beza, and there was war^ between them for forty<br />

conquest of Tyre^ which had caused him some trouble. See<br />

Pseudo-Callisthenes, Bk. I. chapp. 34, 35.<br />

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