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... lived on into the time of King Hezekiah ( 715-686 B.C. ) , in the second half of the eighth century B.C. , announces in the first part of the book ( chs . 1-39 ) that the Kingdom of Judah will resist Assyria only to fall later under the ...
... lived on into the time of King Hezekiah ( 715-686 B.C. ) , in the second half of the eighth century B.C. , announces in the first part of the book ( chs . 1-39 ) that the Kingdom of Judah will resist Assyria only to fall later under the ...
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... lived in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus . He began his history with the story of Jason and the golden fleece ( Diodorus , XV , 60 ) , which shows his lack of crit- ical insight . Polybius says he was " effeminate " and Cicero gives ...
... lived in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus . He began his history with the story of Jason and the golden fleece ( Diodorus , XV , 60 ) , which shows his lack of crit- ical insight . Polybius says he was " effeminate " and Cicero gives ...
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... lived to become the most influential of all Huguenot pamphleteers through his Franco - Gallia , and under the celebrated Cujacius . De Thou took minor orders , but in middle life switched to civil office . Very rich and very cultured ...
... lived to become the most influential of all Huguenot pamphleteers through his Franco - Gallia , and under the celebrated Cujacius . De Thou took minor orders , but in middle life switched to civil office . Very rich and very cultured ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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