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... Reign of Peter the Great- Foundation and embellishment of St. Petersburg - Succession of the Czarina Catherine - Catherine II - An- nexation of the Crimea - Dismemberment of Poland - Kosciusko - Suwarrow - Resignation of Stanislaus ...
... Reign of Peter the Great- Foundation and embellishment of St. Petersburg - Succession of the Czarina Catherine - Catherine II - An- nexation of the Crimea - Dismemberment of Poland - Kosciusko - Suwarrow - Resignation of Stanislaus ...
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... reign of the latter of whom happened a great flood . By means of canals and drains the assiduous Yu saved the country , and became the successor of Shun . Yu was the first emperor of the Hia dynasty , which began about 2100 B. C. After ...
... reign of the latter of whom happened a great flood . By means of canals and drains the assiduous Yu saved the country , and became the successor of Shun . Yu was the first emperor of the Hia dynasty , which began about 2100 B. C. After ...
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... reign of Saul , their first monarch , though the people were stronger by being united , was gloomy and troubled . David , who succeeded , was a soldier and a conqueror . He rendered the Hebrews formidable to the whole of their enemies ...
... reign of Saul , their first monarch , though the people were stronger by being united , was gloomy and troubled . David , who succeeded , was a soldier and a conqueror . He rendered the Hebrews formidable to the whole of their enemies ...
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... striking narrative in the 18th and 19th chapters of the second book of Kings . The last of the great line of the Assyrian kings of Nineveh was the luxurious Sardanapalus , in whose reign the empire DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY . 45.
... striking narrative in the 18th and 19th chapters of the second book of Kings . The last of the great line of the Assyrian kings of Nineveh was the luxurious Sardanapalus , in whose reign the empire DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY . 45.
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... reign the empire was dissolved , through the instrumentality of its revolted subjects the Medes ( B. c . 626 ) . After Nineveh , the greatest city in the Assyrian dominion was Babylon . Even while under the dominion of the kings of ...
... reign the empire was dissolved , through the instrumentality of its revolted subjects the Medes ( B. c . 626 ) . After Nineveh , the greatest city in the Assyrian dominion was Babylon . Even while under the dominion of the kings of ...
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