This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of the Hittites, and only the neutral zone from Carmel to Kadesh, i.e. the Lebanon Range and Coelesyria, separated Egypt from the sphere of the new Great Power. Seti 1. made an attack upon Kadesh, in consequence of which a war--which remained undecided--broke out between him and the Hittites, who were at once joined by ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...of the Hittites, and only the neutral zone from Carmel to Kadesh, i.e. the Lebanon Range and Coelesyria, separated Egypt from the sphere of the new Great Power. Seti 1. made an attack upon Kadesh, in consequence of which a war--which remained undecided--broke out between him and the Hittites, who were at once joined by the Amorites and the people of the Lebanon. The first to energetically oppose the Hittites was Seti's successor, Ramses 11., who reigned a very long time, according to astronomical calculation from 1348 to 1281. In his first expedition, in the second year of his reign, he assured himself first of all of Palestine, and then occupied Phoenicia as far as Beirut. He erected his statue on the Dog-river, Nahr-el-kelb, as a boundary mark. In his fifth year the great battle of Kadesh took place, on which occasion the king of the Hittites brought to gether all his auxiliaries. The personal bravery of the Pharaoh, which eventually decided the day, is celebrated in brilliant colours in the Egyptian Epos called the 'Song of Pentaur, ' after the name of the writer of the papyrus-roll which has been preserved. Amongst the Hittites' allies there were not only various Syrian vassal-princes like the king of Kadesh, but also a number of tribes sent for from the 'ends of the sea, ' the Luk or Lycians, the Dards or Dardanoi, the Mosu or Mysians (?), the Yavan or Ionians, the Pidasa or Pisidians (?), and the Karkash or Kashkash, which suggests the Kaski of the Assyrian inscriptions, or the Colchians of the Greeks. All these, as well as the land of Kassvaden (or Kadvaden, i.e. Cappadocia or Kat-patuka, as it is called later in cuneiform), always mentioned first amongst the vassals of the king of the Hittites, prove that the greater portion of Asia Minor was under Hi...
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Good. Some wear and age toning to the covers. Age toning from a lay in to first page. Title page shows 'The Temple Primer'. Some wear to the cover edges, especially at the top and bottom of the spine. Some slight slanting to the spine. Some wear and moderate age toning to the text block, as well as some spots of foxing. Size: 16mo-over 5 3/4 in-6 3/4 in tall. Year: 1900.
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