Editors:

KEEPER OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD; AUTHOR OF "IONIA AND THE EAST," "THE NEARER EAST," ETC.

CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS

THE EAST IN 1000 B.C.

SECTION 1. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 2. ASIATIC EMPIRE OF EGYPT

SECTION 3. EMPIRE OF THE HATTI

SECTION 4. EARLY ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 5. NEW FORCES IN 1000 B.C.

SECTION 6. ASIA MINOR

SECTION 7. SYRIA

SECTION 8. PALESTINE

SECTION 9. MESOPOTAMIA

SECTION 1. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 2. ASIATIC EMPIRE OF EGYPT

SECTION 3. EMPIRE OF THE HATTI

SECTION 4. EARLY ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 5. NEW FORCES IN 1000 B.C.

SECTION 6. ASIA MINOR

SECTION 7. SYRIA

SECTION 8. PALESTINE

SECTION 9. MESOPOTAMIA

THE EAST IN 800 B.C.

SECTION 1. MIDDLE KINGDOM OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 2. URARTU

SECTION 3. THE MEDES

SECTION 4. THE CHALDAEANS

SECTION 5. SYRIAN EXPANSION OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 6. CILICIA

SECTION 7. ASIA MINOR

SECTION 1. MIDDLE KINGDOM OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 2. URARTU

SECTION 3. THE MEDES

SECTION 4. THE CHALDAEANS

SECTION 5. SYRIAN EXPANSION OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 6. CILICIA

SECTION 7. ASIA MINOR

THE EAST IN 600 B.C.

SECTION 1. THE NEW ASSYRIAN KINGDOM

SECTION 2. THE EMPIRE OF SARGON

SECTION 3. THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT

SECTION 4. DECLINE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 5. THE BABYLONIANS AND THE MEDES

SECTION 6. ASIA MINOR

SECTION 7. CILICIA

SECTION 8. PHRYGIA

SECTION 9. LYDIA

SECTION 10. THE GREEK CITIES

SECTION 1. THE NEW ASSYRIAN KINGDOM

SECTION 2. THE EMPIRE OF SARGON

SECTION 3. THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT

SECTION 4. DECLINE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA

SECTION 5. THE BABYLONIANS AND THE MEDES

SECTION 6. ASIA MINOR

SECTION 7. CILICIA

SECTION 8. PHRYGIA

SECTION 9. LYDIA

SECTION 10. THE GREEK CITIES

THE EAST IN 400 B.C.

SECTION 1. EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE GREEKS

SECTION 2. PHOENICIAN CARRIERS

SECTION 3. THE COMING OF THE PERSIANS

SECTION 4. FALL OF LYDIA

SECTION 5. PERSIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 6. JEWS

SECTION 7. ASIA UNDER PERSIA

SECTION 8. PERSIA AND THE GREEKS

SECTION 9. RESULTS OF THE PERSIAN ATTACKS ON GREECE

SECTION 10. THE FIRST COUNTER-ATTACKS

SECTION 1. EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE GREEKS

SECTION 2. PHOENICIAN CARRIERS

SECTION 3. THE COMING OF THE PERSIANS

SECTION 4. FALL OF LYDIA

SECTION 5. PERSIAN EMPIRE

SECTION 6. JEWS

SECTION 7. ASIA UNDER PERSIA

SECTION 8. PERSIA AND THE GREEKS

SECTION 9. RESULTS OF THE PERSIAN ATTACKS ON GREECE

SECTION 10. THE FIRST COUNTER-ATTACKS

THE VICTORY OF THE WEST

SECTION 1. PERSIA AND ITS PROVINCES

SECTION 2. PERSIA AND THE WEST

SECTION 3. THE SATRAPS

SECTION 4. MACEDONIA

SECTION 5. ALEXANDER'S CONQUEST OF THE EAST

SECTION 1. PERSIA AND ITS PROVINCES

SECTION 2. PERSIA AND THE WEST

SECTION 3. THE SATRAPS

SECTION 4. MACEDONIA

SECTION 5. ALEXANDER'S CONQUEST OF THE EAST

EPILOGUE

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