Historical Researches Into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of the Principal Nations of Antiquity, Band 1D.A. Talboys, 1833 |
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according acquainted Africa Alexander already ancient animals antiquity appears army ARRIAN Asia Minor Asiatic authority Bactra Bactriana became BRISSON Bucharia Cabul Cappadocia Caspian character CHARDIN Chehl-Menâr cities civil commerce conquered conquerors consequence constitution continued court Ctesias custom Cyrop Cyrus Darius Hystaspis desert despotic districts dominion dress east Ecbatana Europe extended formed former Gedrosia gold Grecian Greeks habits HEROD Herodotus Hindustan historian hordes Ibid Indian Indus inhabitants interior king king's kingdom language latter less manner Medes Media mentioned modern monarch Mongols MORIER mountains nations natural NIEBUHR nomad observations occasion origin Ormuzd palace Pasargada period Persepolis Persian empire Persian monarchy Phrygia PORTER possessed present princes principal probable proved provinces race racter regions religion remains remark respecting river satraps sculpture sians situated Sogdiana STRABO Susa tains territory tion travellers tribes tribute whole XENOPH Xenophon Xerxes Zendavesta Zoroaster
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Seite 72 - Several of these dialects still survive ; with others we are acquainted only through their literary fragments; and it cannot be doubted that at some remote period, antecedent to the commencement of historical records, one mighty race possessed these vast plains, varying in character according to the nature of the country which they inhabited ; in the deserts of Arabia pursuing a nomad life ; in Syria applying themselves to agriculture, and taking up settled abodes ; in Babylonia erecting the most...
Seite 191 - Shushan the palace, in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: when he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Seite 325 - Vedas perhaps excepted) which so plainly wears the stamp of remote antiquity, ascending beyond the times within which the known empires of the East flourished ; in which we catch, as it were, the last faint echo of the history of a former world, anterior to that great catastrophe of our planet which is attested in the vicinity of the parent country of these legends, by the remains of the elephant, the rhinoceros, and the mammoth, and other animals properly belonging to the countries of the South.
Seite 166 - Georgian slave who bore him was of an extraction less noble than that of the mothers of the younger princes. His present accorded with the character which is assigned to him ; it consisted of pistols and spears, a string of one hundred camels, and as many mules. After this came the present from the prince of Yezd, another of the king's sons, which consisted of shawls and the silken stuffs, the manufacture of his own town.
Seite lxxxix - In the vast steppes and sandy deserts which they had to traverse, Nature had sparingly allotted to the traveller a few scattered places of rest, where under the shade of palm trees and beside the cool fountains at their feet, the merchant and his beast of burden might enjoy the refreshment rendered necessary by so much suffering. Such places of repose...
Seite 17 - The mighty empires which arose in Asia were not founded in the same manner with the kingdoms of Europe. They were generally erected by mighty conquering nations, and these, for the most part, nomad nations. This important consideration we must never lose sight of, when engaged in the study of their history and institutions.
Seite 401 - ... of the year. Like the chiefs of nomad hordes, the kings of Persia removed with their household at certain seasons, from one chief city of their empire to another. The three capitals, of Susa, Babylon, and Ecbatana, each enjoyed every year the privilege of being for a certain period the residence of the monarch". The spring was spent at Ecbatana, the three summer months at Susa, the autumn and winter in Babylon.
Seite 246 - The road through the district of the Paraetaceni led to another of the grand divisions of the empire, Media, one of the most extensive as well as most fertile regions of Asia. In extent it resembles Spain, lying also under pretty nearly the same degrees of latitude. In the time of the Persians it was not only one of the most fertile countries in the world, but one of the most highly cultivated ; its inhabitants had long held the rank of a paramount nation. A country so extensive, however, necessarily...
Seite 336 - ... when they had executed their task, they were desired to attend the following day to feast and make merry. For this purpose Cyrus collected and slew all the goats, sheep, and oxen, which were the property of his father ; and further to promote the entertainment of the Persians he added rich wines and abundance of delicacies.
Seite 400 - ... which the future king was rarely able to emancipate himself. The narratives of Herodotus and Ctesias respecting the tyrannical influence exercised by Parysatis, Amestris, and others, bear ample testimony to the fact. Another necessary consequence of such a system is the insignificance of any thing which could be properly called a council of state. Affairs of public importance are discussed in the interior of the seraglio, under the influence of the queen-mother, the favourite wife, and the eunuchs'.