A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
54 Syria death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. STUDIES 1. What was the condition of Sidon and Tyre in Strabo's time? 2. Where were the Cassiterides islands and what were their products? 3. What metals did the Phoenicians find in Iberia (Spain)? How did this wealth influence them? 4. Describe the peculiar method of barter followed by the Carthaginians in Libya? Who were the Carthaginians? 5. Who was Ezekiel and what did he write? Mention the various articles bought and sold in the Tyrian markets. 6. What was the chief benefit of the Phoenicians to Greece? What were the writing materials? 7. What position was held by Ebed-Tob? Compare him with Melchizedek (Genesis xiv. 18-20), another priest-king of Jerusalem. 8. Where is the book called Exodus found? Compare the Ten Commandments with the best Egyptian precepts. 9. Describe Solomon's temple. 10. What conception of God is given in this psalm? Contrast it with the Assyrian conception of the deity?
CHAPTER V THE MEDIAN AND PERSIAN EMPIRES I. Media: Country and Customs It is a Median custom to elect the bravest person as The King, king, but this does not generally prevail, being confined to the mountain tribes. The custom for the kings to have StraboxL 13- II. many wives is more general, it is found among all the mountaineers also, but they are not permitted to have less than five. In the same manner the women think it honorable for husbands to have as many wives as possible, and esteem it a misfortune if they have less than five. While the rest of Media is very fertile, the northern and mountainous part is barren. The people subsist upon the produce of trees. They make cakes of apples, sHced and dried, and bread of roasted almonds; they express a wine from some kind of roots. They eat the flesh of wild animals and do not breed any tame animals. So much then respecting the Medes. As to the laws and customs in common use throughout the whole of Media, as they are the same as those of the Persians in consequence of the establishment of the Persian empire, I shall speak of them when I give an account of the latter nation, II. Empire of Darius The following account of the Persian Empire, composed by Darius, is given in an inscription. It describes the composition of the empire and illustrates the King's reverence for Ormazd, the supreme deity of the Persians. Records of the Past, v. 151-3. 55
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54 Syria<br />
death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and<br />
thy staff they comfort me.<br />
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence <strong>of</strong><br />
mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup<br />
runneth over.<br />
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days<br />
<strong>of</strong> my life; and I will dwell in the house <strong>of</strong> the Lord forever.<br />
STUDIES<br />
1. What was the condition <strong>of</strong> Sidon and Tyre in Strabo's time?<br />
2. Where were the Cassiterides islands and what were their products?<br />
3. What metals did the Phoenicians find in Iberia (Spain)? How<br />
did this wealth influence them?<br />
4. Describe the peculiar method <strong>of</strong> barter followed by the Carthaginians<br />
in Libya? Who were the Carthaginians?<br />
5. Who was Ezekiel and what did he write? Mention the various<br />
articles bought and sold in the Tyrian markets.<br />
6. What was the chief benefit <strong>of</strong> the Phoenicians to Greece?<br />
What were the writing materials?<br />
7. What position was held by Ebed-Tob? Compare him with<br />
Melchizedek (Genesis xiv. 18-20), another priest-king <strong>of</strong> Jerusalem.<br />
8. Where is the <strong>book</strong> called Exodus found? Compare the Ten<br />
Commandments with the best Egyptian precepts.<br />
9. Describe Solomon's temple.<br />
10. What conception <strong>of</strong> God is given in this psalm? Contrast it<br />
with the Assyrian conception <strong>of</strong> the deity?
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