SACRED ANNALS:

OR,

RESEARCHES

INTO

THE HISTORY AND RELIGION OF MANKIND.

VOL. III.

THE GENTILE NATIONS.

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OR,

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THE HISTORY AND RELIGION

OF THE

EGYPTIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES,
PERSIANS, GREEKS, AND ROMANS,

COLLECTED FROM ANCIENT AUTHORS AND HOLY SCRIPTURE,
AND INCLUDING THE RECENT DISCOVERIES

IN EGYPTIAN, PERSIAN, AND ASSYRIAN INSCRIPTIONS:

FORMING A COMPLETE

CONNEXION OF SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY,

AND SHOWING

THE FULFILMENT OF SACRED PROPHECY.

BY GEORGE SMITH, F.A.S.,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, OF THE IRISH
ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, &c.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

MDCCCLIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM NICHOLS,

32, LONDON-WALL.

THE GENTILE NATIONS.

PART II.

THE PERSIANS, GREEKS, AND ROMANS.