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26 Egypt 5. Why did the King of Egypt think himself a god? What benefits did he derive from Ptah? On what did he especially pride himself? 6. Who was Amon? What qualities and powers are ascribed to him in this poem? 7. Why did the Egyptians worship the Nile? In this Hymn what benefits do they say come from it? 8. What valuables did robbers find in tombs? 9. Write a list of the precepts in this extract from " the oldest book in the world." How do these ideas of right and propriety compare with ours? 10. Of what virtues does Beka boast in his epitaph? Is it likely that he lived up to this standard? 11. From this list of the spoils of Arabia what do we infer as to the Egyptian motive to conquest? 12. Make a list of the laboring classes found in this selection composed by a scribe. What was the scribe's attitude toward manual labor?
i CHAPTER III THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES VALLEY I. Chronicle of the Reign of Sargon The tablet translated below is in the British Museum. Although this chronicle was composed in the second Babylonian period (after 606 B.C.), it is known to be a faithful epitome of a far earlier narrative. King, Chronicles, ii. 3-9. Sargon, King of Agade, through the royal gift of Ishtar His reign, was exalted, and he possessed no foe nor rival. His glory b.c '^°° over the world he poured out. The Sea in the East he crossed, and in the eleventh year the Country of the West Ancient in its full extent his hand subdued. He united them under one control; he set up his images in the West; their booty The Sea in he brought over at his word. The sons of his palace for Persian Gulf. five kasbti around he settled, and over the hosts of the ^ven^miles"*^ world he reigned supreme. Against Kasalla he marched, and he turned Kasalla into mounds and heaps of ruins; he A Babylonian destroyed the land and left not enough for a bird to rest thereon. Afterward in his old age all the* lands revolted against him, and they beseiged him in Agade; and Sargon went forth to battle and defeated them; he accomplished their overthrow, and their widespreading host he destroyed. Afterward he attacked the land of Subartu in his might, and they submitted to his arms, and Sargon settled that revolt, and defeated them; he accomplished their overthrow, and their widespreading host he destroyed, and he brought their possessions into Agade. The soil from the trenches of Babylon he removed, and the boundaries 27 city.
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Page 19 and 20: Bibliography 3 who gradually added
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Darius plans to subdue Hellas. Hero
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202 The Age of Pericles And cosily
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i Results of the battle. Ancient Wo
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268 Rise of Macedon another is dest
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270 Rise of Macedon Hellenic league
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272 Rise of Macedon A ncient World,
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274 Rise of Macedon Alleged speech
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— BOOK III Rome CHAPTER XXVII] A.
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The Ao-e of Cicero 315 arose till t
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Tacitus and Juvenal 319 the period
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Authors and Documents 325 Aurelius
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Northern Italy 327 To the south of
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Central and Southern Italy 329 They
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The City of Rome 331 wines. . . . F
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Studies 333 3. How does Latium comp
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Religious Festivals 341 the shade m
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Early Roman Laws 351 that after bot
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The Tribal Assembly 353 as a slave
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' Consular Tribunes; Censors 355 be
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The Licinian Laws 357 and then publ
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Hortensian Law 359 vote or followin
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The Gauls at Rome 363 The Romans ma
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Greek Invasion of Italy 365 mass of
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Pyrrhus Defeats the Romans 367 (Whe
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Italy for the Italians 369 could no
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Organization of Latium 373 was rest
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The Army; Coinage 375 they were una
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Early Roman Art 377 we see an Atala
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CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIRST AND SECOND
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Hamilcar 381 plied with a harbor, c
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— Hannibal 383 III. The Battle of
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The Battle of Lake Trasimene 385 co
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The Character of Hannibal 387 skill
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CHAPTER XXXIV THE END OF GREEK FREE
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The Historian's Duty 391 courage, b
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Roman Envoys Insulted 393 and Gauis
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Destruction of Corinth 395 and fain
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. The Senate and the People 399 the
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Agriculture 405 it To obtain wealth
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Supervision of the Farm 407 way his
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Hostility to Advanced Studies 409 I
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Cato's Proverbs 413 He said, too, "
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Cato as Censor 415 ought to contrib
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CHAPTER XXXVI THE REVOLUTION: (I) F
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The Agrarian Law 419 by forbidding
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Deposition of a Tribune 421 to him
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Gaius Gracchus as Administrator 423
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Marius and Sulla 427 This war, dive
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Sulla's Proscriptions 429 him and e
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Dictatorship of Sulla 431 avoid bei
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CHAPTER XXXVII THE REVOLUTION: (II)
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Spartacus 435 as soldier with the R
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a War with the Pirates 437 on his f
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Cicero Denounces Catiline 439 All t
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Cicero against Catiline 441 behavio
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Cassar 443 1 upon Caesar violently
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Gallic Society 445 heritance or abo
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July. Dictatorship of Cssar 447 Man
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— Caesar's Death; Character 449 i
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Supervision of Streets 451 urban qu
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Municipal Census 453 ever wishes sh
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Octavius 455 Octavius was the son o
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— Propertius ; Lucretius 457 fume
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Origin of Religion 459 limited, abl
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— A Refuge from Care 461 Ke grins
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Review 463 9. Who was Catullus (cf.
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Personal Character; Government 465
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Oath of Lo3'alty 467 the progress o
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' Ludi Ssculares 469 the quirites i
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— The Secular Hymn 471 Now, even
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The Campus Martius 473 hindrance, a
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Tiberius 475 VIII. The Character an
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Moderation and Generosity 477 to my
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Review 479 STUDIES 1. Describe the
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On Granting the Citizenship 481 the
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Palace; Administration 483 building
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. Vespasian; the Jews 485 which had
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Few Survivors 487 dence and learnin
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Fleeing from Rain 489 jured me to m
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• Provincial Administration 491 1
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A Quickly Made Croesus 493 Serapa,
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Social Life 495 is a difficult matt
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.Correspondence 497 1 Herraocrates
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The Unpleasantness of Rome 499 in t
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Studies 501 3. From these letters a
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" Provision against Fires 503 have
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Endowment for Poor Children 505 com
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Hadrian's Travels 507 and no empero
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Hadrian's Laws 509 rejected, and no
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Death and Immortality 513 when they
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; God Sees and Protects 515 Him and
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A Burial Society- Si? that whoever
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Correspondence 519 Serenus the son
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Beginning of Persecutions 523 thus
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Harsher Persecutions 525 evident th
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1 Edict of Prices 531 becomes impos
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Constantine 533 institutions of the
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Toleration; Uniformity 535 about th
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CHAPTER XLIII SOME ASPECTS OF THE D
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Oppression 539 Drietor; hence it se
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Moral Depravity 543 their evil pass
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Warfare; Government 545 which they
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Justice; ''Companionship" 547 king,
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Peace 549 the year's yield than to
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Family and Kin 551 hair: they are o
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Slavery 553 lances. Practice has pe
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The Huns 555 wander about roaming o
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Review 557 without any provocation,
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The Sack of Rome 559 but scourged a
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— Advice to a Monk 561 If on your
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Rule of St. Benedict 563 such a way
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Oft-Wedded 565 and have renounced t
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Angels; Miracles 567 law: and from
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Heresies; Education 569 be cancelle
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Teaching 571 things earthly unto Th
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Review 573 Q. What view of miracles
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Future Life 575 a crowd of the form
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Charles the Great 577 III. Charlema
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His Education 581 the Roman fashion
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Crowned Emperor 583 the intention o
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INDEX Achaean, league, 297-301; war
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Index 587 Delos, 212; confederacy o
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Index 589 Heraclea, battle of, 367
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Index 591 Parilia, 334 Paterculus,
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Index 593 Sparta, rise of, 1 11-21;
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