The Geography System of Herodotus Examined and Explained, by a Comparison with Those of Other Ancient Authors, and with Modern Geography ...C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1830 |
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... latter part of Sec- tion VI . Also , Edrisi's idea of the situation of the rampart and country of GOG and MAGOG , referred to from Section VII . • • V. The TWENTY SATRAPIES of DARIUS HYSTASPES , in Asia and Africa : including also ...
... latter part of Sec- tion VI . Also , Edrisi's idea of the situation of the rampart and country of GOG and MAGOG , referred to from Section VII . • • V. The TWENTY SATRAPIES of DARIUS HYSTASPES , in Asia and Africa : including also ...
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... latter , combines the ideas of the Russian and Chinese geographers , with those of Sherefeddin and Strahlenberg . It explains the whole of the VII , VIII , IX , X , XI , and XIIth Sections , re- specting Asia , the Eastern Scythians ...
... latter , combines the ideas of the Russian and Chinese geographers , with those of Sherefeddin and Strahlenberg . It explains the whole of the VII , VIII , IX , X , XI , and XIIth Sections , re- specting Asia , the Eastern Scythians ...
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... all the latter acquisitions . So that in Africa , Herodotus knew more than Ptolemy , vastly more than Strabo . For , it is certain , that Herodotus had a very positive , and in some degree PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 5.
... all the latter acquisitions . So that in Africa , Herodotus knew more than Ptolemy , vastly more than Strabo . For , it is certain , that Herodotus had a very positive , and in some degree PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . 5.
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... latter times ; which may be referred to the number of discoveries that have been lately made , and which are continually making , in the countries which he describes . It was ignorance and inattention therefore , that determined the ...
... latter times ; which may be referred to the number of discoveries that have been lately made , and which are continually making , in the countries which he describes . It was ignorance and inattention therefore , that determined the ...
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... latter . Speaking of the atrocious conduct of Cambyses in Egypt , he says , " For my own part , I am satisfied that Cambyses was deprived of his reason ; he would not otherwise have disturbed the sanctity of temples , or of established ...
... latter . Speaking of the atrocious conduct of Cambyses in Egypt , he says , " For my own part , I am satisfied that Cambyses was deprived of his reason ; he would not otherwise have disturbed the sanctity of temples , or of established ...
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