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Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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or Alexander the Great in331 B.C. Its magnificence so impressed Alexander that he planned to make ithis capital, but death prevented. It was the Greek princes who succeeded himin Asia, the Seleucidae, who finally accomplished the ruin of Babylon. Theybuilt a new capital of their own, Seleucia, within a few miles of it. Graduallyall the wealthy inhabitants removed to the newer, gayer city; the poor soonfollowed them, leaving fallen Babylon alone with its great memories. n6 The Story of the Greatest Nations The Parthians captured and burned it about 140 B.C. In the time of Christthere was only a little village in the midst of the ruins; and the Christian father,Jerome, writing in the fourth centur\- .\.d.. tells us it had become an enclosedforest wherein the Persian kings hunted. Fallen Babylon had indeed becomewhat Isaiah and Jeremiah predicted, a burnt mountain. But w^ld beastsof the desert shall He there: and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures:and owls shall dwell there.
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Babtloxian Warrior NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONQUERS JERUSALEM (,The Jewish Captives Carried Away to Babylon) A noted painting by Ediiard Bendemann, Head of the DiisseldorfAcademy, died 1889 THE overthrow of Assyria enabled Babylon to regainmuch of her former control of western Asia. Her mostcelebrated ruler during this, her second period of empire,was Nebuchadnezzar H. He did what Sennacherib had failedto do, conquered the mountain fortress of Jerusalem. HenceNebuchadnezzars name also stands black and terrible in therecords of the Hebrews. They resisted the Babylonian armyin two sieges. The first of these Nebuchadnezzar conducted inperson; and after the city had surrendered he carried away allthe chief men, the nobles, the warriors and the builders. Thisis the moment of his triumph shown in Bendemanns celebratedpicture. Jeremiah the prophet, who had warned the Jews notto attempt resistance, is shown as he was left, mourning amid theremnant of his country folk. The second siege was an unimporta

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