Word: persia
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...times before the Macedonian conquest. Fable is at its worst here. Thus in Pliny there is an absurd account of the gold-hunting of the Bactrians. The works of Herodotus, Diodorus, and Strabo contain numerous legends regarding the production of the precious metals. But the conquest of Persia by Alexander, laying open the vast treasure houses of Susa, Persepolis and Ecbatana afforded something like a measure of the metallic wealth which had been amassed through many centuries. In that early time this wealth amounted to hundreds of millions of our money. This is the all important fact in the history...
Lecture. History of Ideas of a Future Life. VIII., Persia: the Future Life and the Theodicy. Professor J. Estlin Carpenter. Divinity Chapel...
...WEDNESDAY.Lecture. History of Ideas of a Future Life. VIII., Persia: the Future Life and the Theodicy. Professor J. Estlin Carpenter. Divinity Chapel...
...Persia: the Future Life and the Theodicy...
...Persia: the Future Life and the Theodicy...