id sid tid token lemma pos 7474 1 1 HOME HOME NNP 7474 1 2 UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY NNP 7474 1 3 LIBRARY library NN 7474 1 4 OF of IN 7474 1 5 MODERN MODERN NNP 7474 1 6 KNOWLEDGE knowledge NN 7474 1 7 No no UH 7474 1 8 . . . 7474 2 1 92 92 CD 7474 2 2 _ _ NNP 7474 2 3 Editors Editors NNP 7474 2 4 _ _ NNP 7474 2 5 : : : 7474 2 6 HERBERT HERBERT NNP 7474 2 7 FISHER FISHER NNP 7474 2 8 , , , 7474 2 9 M.A. M.A. NNP 7474 2 10 , , , 7474 2 11 F.B.A. F.B.A. NNP 7474 3 1 PROF PROF NNP 7474 3 2 . . . 7474 3 3 GILBERT GILBERT NNP 7474 3 4 MURRAY MURRAY NNP 7474 3 5 , , , 7474 3 6 LITT.D. LITT.D. NNP 7474 3 7 , , , 7474 3 8 LL.D. LL.D. NNP 7474 3 9 , , , 7474 3 10 F.B.A. F.B.A. NNP 7474 4 1 PROF PROF NNP 7474 4 2 . . NNP 7474 4 3 J. J. NNP 7474 4 4 ARTHUR ARTHUR NNP 7474 4 5 THOMSON THOMSON NNP 7474 4 6 , , , 7474 4 7 M.A. M.A. NNP 7474 5 1 PROF PROF NNP 7474 5 2 . . . 7474 5 3 WILLIAM WILLIAM NNP 7474 5 4 T. T. NNP 7474 5 5 BREWSTER BREWSTER NNP 7474 5 6 , , , 7474 5 7 M.A. M.A. NNP 7474 6 1 THE the DT 7474 6 2 ANCIENT ANCIENT NNP 7474 6 3 EAST EAST NNP 7474 6 4 BY by IN 7474 6 5 D. D. NNP 7474 6 6 G. G. NNP 7474 6 7 HOGARTH HOGARTH NNP 7474 6 8 , , , 7474 6 9 M.A. M.A. NNP 7474 6 10 , , , 7474 6 11 F.B.A. F.B.A. NNP 7474 6 12 , , , 7474 6 13 F.S.A. F.S.A. NNP 7474 7 1 KEEPER keeper NN 7474 7 2 OF of IN 7474 7 3 THE the DT 7474 7 4 ASHMOLEAN ASHMOLEAN NNP 7474 7 5 MUSEUM MUSEUM NNP 7474 7 6 , , , 7474 7 7 OXFORD OXFORD NNP 7474 7 8 ; ; : 7474 7 9 AUTHOR AUTHOR NNP 7474 7 10 OF of IN 7474 7 11 " " `` 7474 7 12 IONIA IONIA NNP 7474 7 13 AND and CC 7474 7 14 THE the DT 7474 7 15 EAST EAST NNP 7474 7 16 , , , 7474 7 17 " " '' 7474 7 18 " " `` 7474 7 19 THE THE NNP 7474 7 20 NEARER NEARER NNP 7474 7 21 EAST EAST NNPS 7474 7 22 , , , 7474 7 23 " " '' 7474 7 24 ETC etc FW 7474 7 25 . . . 7474 8 1 CONTENTS content NNS 7474 8 2 INTRODUCTORY INTRODUCTORY NNP 7474 8 3 I -PRON- PRP 7474 8 4 THE the DT 7474 8 5 EAST EAST NNP 7474 8 6 IN in IN 7474 8 7 1000 1000 CD 7474 8 8 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 9 1 II II NNP 7474 9 2 THE the DT 7474 9 3 EAST EAST NNP 7474 9 4 IN in IN 7474 9 5 800 800 CD 7474 9 6 B.C. B.C. NNS 7474 10 1 III iii CD 7474 10 2 THE the DT 7474 10 3 EAST EAST NNP 7474 10 4 IN in IN 7474 10 5 600 600 CD 7474 10 6 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 11 1 IV IV NNP 7474 11 2 THE the DT 7474 11 3 EAST EAST NNP 7474 11 4 IN in IN 7474 11 5 400 400 CD 7474 11 6 B.C. B.C. NNS 7474 12 1 V V NNP 7474 12 2 THE the DT 7474 12 3 VICTORY victory NN 7474 12 4 OF of IN 7474 12 5 THE the DT 7474 12 6 WEST west NN 7474 12 7 VI VI NNP 7474 12 8 EPILOGUE EPILOGUE NNP 7474 12 9 NOTE NOTE NNP 7474 12 10 ON on IN 7474 12 11 BOOKS BOOKS NNP 7474 12 12 LIST LIST NNP 7474 12 13 OF of IN 7474 12 14 MAPS MAPS NNP 7474 12 15 1 1 CD 7474 12 16 . . . 7474 13 1 THE the DT 7474 13 2 REGION region NN 7474 13 3 OF of IN 7474 13 4 THE the DT 7474 13 5 ANCIENT ANCIENT NNP 7474 13 6 EAST EAST NNP 7474 13 7 AND and CC 7474 13 8 ITS its PRP$ 7474 13 9 MAIN main JJ 7474 13 10 DIVISIONS divisions NN 7474 13 11 2 2 CD 7474 13 12 . . . 7474 14 1 ASIATIC ASIATIC NNP 7474 14 2 EMPIRE EMPIRE NNP 7474 14 3 OF of IN 7474 14 4 EGYPT EGYPT NNP 7474 14 5 . . . 7474 15 1 TEMP TEMP NNP 7474 15 2 . . . 7474 16 1 AMENHETEP AMENHETEP NNP 7474 16 2 III III NNP 7474 16 3 3 3 CD 7474 16 4 . . . 7474 17 1 HATTI HATTI NNP 7474 17 2 EMPIRE EMPIRE NNP 7474 17 3 AT at IN 7474 17 4 ITS its PRP$ 7474 17 5 GREATEST greatest NN 7474 17 6 EXTENT extent NN 7474 17 7 . . . 7474 18 1 EARLY early VB 7474 18 2 13TH 13th CD 7474 18 3 CENTURY century NN 7474 18 4 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 19 1 4 4 LS 7474 19 2 . . . 7474 20 1 ASSYRIAN ASSYRIAN NNP 7474 20 2 EMPIRE EMPIRE NNP 7474 20 3 AT at IN 7474 20 4 ITS its PRP$ 7474 20 5 GREATEST greatest NN 7474 20 6 EXTENT extent NN 7474 20 7 . . . 7474 21 1 EARLY early JJ 7474 21 2 YEARS year NNS 7474 21 3 OF of IN 7474 21 4 ASHURBANIPAL ASHURBANIPAL NNP 7474 21 5 5 5 CD 7474 21 6 . . . 7474 22 1 PERSIAN PERSIAN NNP 7474 22 2 EMPIRE EMPIRE NNP 7474 22 3 ( ( -LRB- 7474 22 4 WEST WEST NNP 7474 22 5 ) ) -RRB- 7474 22 6 AT at IN 7474 22 7 ITS its PRP$ 7474 22 8 GREATEST greatest NN 7474 22 9 EXTENT extent NN 7474 22 10 . . . 7474 23 1 TEMP TEMP NNP 7474 23 2 . . . 7474 24 1 DARIUS DARIUS NNP 7474 24 2 HYSTASPIS HYSTASPIS NNP 7474 24 3 6 6 CD 7474 24 4 . . . 7474 25 1 HELLENISM HELLENISM NNP 7474 25 2 IN in IN 7474 25 3 ASIA ASIA NNP 7474 25 4 . . . 7474 26 1 ABOUT about IN 7474 26 2 150 150 CD 7474 26 3 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 27 1 THE the DT 7474 27 2 ANCIENT ANCIENT NNP 7474 27 3 EAST EAST NNS 7474 27 4 INTRODUCTORY INTRODUCTORY NNP 7474 27 5 The the DT 7474 27 6 title title NN 7474 27 7 of of IN 7474 27 8 this this DT 7474 27 9 book book NN 7474 27 10 needs need VBZ 7474 27 11 a a DT 7474 27 12 word word NN 7474 27 13 of of IN 7474 27 14 explanation explanation NN 7474 27 15 , , , 7474 27 16 since since IN 7474 27 17 each each DT 7474 27 18 of of IN 7474 27 19 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 27 20 terms term NNS 7474 27 21 can can MD 7474 27 22 legitimately legitimately RB 7474 27 23 be be VB 7474 27 24 used use VBN 7474 27 25 to to TO 7474 27 26 denote denote VB 7474 27 27 more more JJR 7474 27 28 than than IN 7474 27 29 one one CD 7474 27 30 conception conception NN 7474 27 31 both both DT 7474 27 32 of of IN 7474 27 33 time time NN 7474 27 34 and and CC 7474 27 35 place place NN 7474 27 36 . . . 7474 28 1 " " `` 7474 28 2 The the DT 7474 28 3 East East NNP 7474 28 4 " " '' 7474 28 5 is be VBZ 7474 28 6 understood understand VBN 7474 28 7 widely widely RB 7474 28 8 and and CC 7474 28 9 vaguely vaguely RB 7474 28 10 nowadays nowadays RB 7474 28 11 to to TO 7474 28 12 include include VB 7474 28 13 all all PDT 7474 28 14 the the DT 7474 28 15 continent continent NN 7474 28 16 and and CC 7474 28 17 islands island NNS 7474 28 18 of of IN 7474 28 19 Asia Asia NNP 7474 28 20 , , , 7474 28 21 some some DT 7474 28 22 part part NN 7474 28 23 of of IN 7474 28 24 Africa Africa NNP 7474 28 25 -- -- : 7474 28 26 the the DT 7474 28 27 northern northern JJ 7474 28 28 part part NN 7474 28 29 where where WRB 7474 28 30 society society NN 7474 28 31 and and CC 7474 28 32 conditions condition NNS 7474 28 33 of of IN 7474 28 34 life life NN 7474 28 35 are be VBP 7474 28 36 most most RBS 7474 28 37 like like IN 7474 28 38 the the DT 7474 28 39 Asiatic asiatic JJ 7474 28 40 -- -- : 7474 28 41 and and CC 7474 28 42 some some DT 7474 28 43 regions region NNS 7474 28 44 also also RB 7474 28 45 of of IN 7474 28 46 South south JJ 7474 28 47 - - HYPH 7474 28 48 Eastern Eastern NNP 7474 28 49 and and CC 7474 28 50 Eastern Eastern NNP 7474 28 51 Europe Europe NNP 7474 28 52 . . . 7474 29 1 Therefore therefore RB 7474 29 2 it -PRON- PRP 7474 29 3 may may MD 7474 29 4 appear appear VB 7474 29 5 arbitrary arbitrary JJ 7474 29 6 to to TO 7474 29 7 restrict restrict VB 7474 29 8 it -PRON- PRP 7474 29 9 in in IN 7474 29 10 the the DT 7474 29 11 present present JJ 7474 29 12 book book NN 7474 29 13 to to IN 7474 29 14 Western Western NNP 7474 29 15 Asia Asia NNP 7474 29 16 . . . 7474 30 1 But but CC 7474 30 2 the the DT 7474 30 3 qualifying qualifying NN 7474 30 4 term term NN 7474 30 5 in in IN 7474 30 6 my -PRON- PRP$ 7474 30 7 title title NN 7474 30 8 must must MD 7474 30 9 be be VB 7474 30 10 invoked invoke VBN 7474 30 11 in in IN 7474 30 12 justification justification NN 7474 30 13 . . . 7474 31 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 31 2 is be VBZ 7474 31 3 the the DT 7474 31 4 East East NNP 7474 31 5 not not RB 7474 31 6 of of IN 7474 31 7 to to IN 7474 31 8 - - HYPH 7474 31 9 day day NN 7474 31 10 but but CC 7474 31 11 of of IN 7474 31 12 antiquity antiquity NN 7474 31 13 with with IN 7474 31 14 which which WDT 7474 31 15 I -PRON- PRP 7474 31 16 have have VBP 7474 31 17 to to TO 7474 31 18 deal deal VB 7474 31 19 , , , 7474 31 20 and and CC 7474 31 21 , , , 7474 31 22 therefore therefore RB 7474 31 23 , , , 7474 31 24 I -PRON- PRP 7474 31 25 plead plead VBP 7474 31 26 that that IN 7474 31 27 it -PRON- PRP 7474 31 28 is be VBZ 7474 31 29 not not RB 7474 31 30 unreasonable unreasonable JJ 7474 31 31 to to TO 7474 31 32 understand understand VB 7474 31 33 by by IN 7474 31 34 " " `` 7474 31 35 The The NNP 7474 31 36 East East NNP 7474 31 37 " " '' 7474 31 38 what what WP 7474 31 39 in in IN 7474 31 40 antiquity antiquity NN 7474 31 41 European european JJ 7474 31 42 historians historian NNS 7474 31 43 understood understand VBD 7474 31 44 by by IN 7474 31 45 that that DT 7474 31 46 term term NN 7474 31 47 . . . 7474 32 1 To to IN 7474 32 2 Herodotus Herodotus NNP 7474 32 3 and and CC 7474 32 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 32 5 contemporary contemporary JJ 7474 32 6 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 32 7 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 32 8 , , , 7474 32 9 Arabia Arabia NNP 7474 32 10 and and CC 7474 32 11 India India NNP 7474 32 12 were be VBD 7474 32 13 the the DT 7474 32 14 South South NNP 7474 32 15 ; ; : 7474 32 16 Thrace Thrace NNP 7474 32 17 and and CC 7474 32 18 Scythia Scythia NNP 7474 32 19 were be VBD 7474 32 20 the the DT 7474 32 21 North North NNP 7474 32 22 ; ; : 7474 32 23 and and CC 7474 32 24 Hither Hither NNP 7474 32 25 Asia Asia NNP 7474 32 26 was be VBD 7474 32 27 the the DT 7474 32 28 East East NNP 7474 32 29 : : : 7474 32 30 for for IN 7474 32 31 they -PRON- PRP 7474 32 32 conceived conceive VBD 7474 32 33 nothing nothing NN 7474 32 34 beyond beyond IN 7474 32 35 except except IN 7474 32 36 the the DT 7474 32 37 fabled fabled JJ 7474 32 38 stream stream NN 7474 32 39 of of IN 7474 32 40 Ocean Ocean NNP 7474 32 41 . . . 7474 33 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 33 2 can can MD 7474 33 3 be be VB 7474 33 4 pleaded plead VBN 7474 33 5 also also RB 7474 33 6 that that IN 7474 33 7 my -PRON- PRP$ 7474 33 8 restriction restriction NN 7474 33 9 , , , 7474 33 10 while while IN 7474 33 11 not not RB 7474 33 12 in in IN 7474 33 13 itself -PRON- PRP 7474 33 14 arbitrary arbitrary JJ 7474 33 15 , , , 7474 33 16 does do VBZ 7474 33 17 , , , 7474 33 18 in in IN 7474 33 19 fact fact NN 7474 33 20 , , , 7474 33 21 obviate obviate VB 7474 33 22 an an DT 7474 33 23 otherwise otherwise RB 7474 33 24 inevitable inevitable JJ 7474 33 25 obligation obligation NN 7474 33 26 to to TO 7474 33 27 fix fix VB 7474 33 28 arbitrary arbitrary JJ 7474 33 29 bounds bound NNS 7474 33 30 to to IN 7474 33 31 the the DT 7474 33 32 East East NNP 7474 33 33 . . . 7474 34 1 For for IN 7474 34 2 the the DT 7474 34 3 term term NN 7474 34 4 , , , 7474 34 5 as as IN 7474 34 6 used use VBN 7474 34 7 in in IN 7474 34 8 modern modern JJ 7474 34 9 times time NNS 7474 34 10 , , , 7474 34 11 implies imply VBZ 7474 34 12 a a DT 7474 34 13 geographical geographical JJ 7474 34 14 area area NN 7474 34 15 characterized characterize VBN 7474 34 16 by by IN 7474 34 17 society society NN 7474 34 18 of of IN 7474 34 19 a a DT 7474 34 20 certain certain JJ 7474 34 21 general general JJ 7474 34 22 type type NN 7474 34 23 , , , 7474 34 24 and and CC 7474 34 25 according accord VBG 7474 34 26 to to IN 7474 34 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 34 28 opinion opinion NN 7474 34 29 of of IN 7474 34 30 this this DT 7474 34 31 type type NN 7474 34 32 , , , 7474 34 33 each each DT 7474 34 34 person person NN 7474 34 35 , , , 7474 34 36 who who WP 7474 34 37 thinks think VBZ 7474 34 38 or or CC 7474 34 39 writes write VBZ 7474 34 40 of of IN 7474 34 41 the the DT 7474 34 42 East East NNP 7474 34 43 , , , 7474 34 44 expands expand VBZ 7474 34 45 or or CC 7474 34 46 contracts contract VBZ 7474 34 47 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 34 48 geographical geographical JJ 7474 34 49 area area NN 7474 34 50 . . . 7474 35 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 35 2 is be VBZ 7474 35 3 more more RBR 7474 35 4 difficult difficult JJ 7474 35 5 to to TO 7474 35 6 justify justify VB 7474 35 7 the the DT 7474 35 8 restriction restriction NN 7474 35 9 which which WDT 7474 35 10 will will MD 7474 35 11 be be VB 7474 35 12 imposed impose VBN 7474 35 13 in in IN 7474 35 14 the the DT 7474 35 15 following following JJ 7474 35 16 chapters chapter NNS 7474 35 17 on on IN 7474 35 18 the the DT 7474 35 19 word word NN 7474 35 20 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 35 21 . . . 7474 36 1 This this DT 7474 36 2 term term NN 7474 36 3 is be VBZ 7474 36 4 used use VBN 7474 36 5 even even RB 7474 36 6 more more RBR 7474 36 7 vaguely vaguely RB 7474 36 8 and and CC 7474 36 9 variously variously RB 7474 36 10 than than IN 7474 36 11 the the DT 7474 36 12 other other JJ 7474 36 13 . . . 7474 37 1 If if IN 7474 37 2 generally generally RB 7474 37 3 it -PRON- PRP 7474 37 4 connotes connote VBZ 7474 37 5 the the DT 7474 37 6 converse converse NN 7474 37 7 of of IN 7474 37 8 " " `` 7474 37 9 Modern modern JJ 7474 37 10 , , , 7474 37 11 " " '' 7474 37 12 in in IN 7474 37 13 some some DT 7474 37 14 connections connection NNS 7474 37 15 and and CC 7474 37 16 particularly particularly RB 7474 37 17 in in IN 7474 37 18 the the DT 7474 37 19 study study NN 7474 37 20 of of IN 7474 37 21 history history NN 7474 37 22 the the DT 7474 37 23 Modern Modern NNP 7474 37 24 is be VBZ 7474 37 25 not not RB 7474 37 26 usually usually RB 7474 37 27 understood understand VBN 7474 37 28 to to TO 7474 37 29 begin begin VB 7474 37 30 where where WRB 7474 37 31 the the DT 7474 37 32 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 37 33 ended end VBD 7474 37 34 but but CC 7474 37 35 to to TO 7474 37 36 stand stand VB 7474 37 37 only only RB 7474 37 38 for for IN 7474 37 39 the the DT 7474 37 40 comparatively comparatively RB 7474 37 41 Recent Recent NNP 7474 37 42 . . . 7474 38 1 For for IN 7474 38 2 example example NN 7474 38 3 , , , 7474 38 4 in in IN 7474 38 5 History history NN 7474 38 6 , , , 7474 38 7 the the DT 7474 38 8 ill ill RB 7474 38 9 - - HYPH 7474 38 10 defined define VBN 7474 38 11 period period NN 7474 38 12 called call VBN 7474 38 13 the the DT 7474 38 14 Middle Middle NNP 7474 38 15 and and CC 7474 38 16 Dark Dark NNP 7474 38 17 Ages Ages NNPS 7474 38 18 makes make VBZ 7474 38 19 a a DT 7474 38 20 considerable considerable JJ 7474 38 21 hiatus hiatus NN 7474 38 22 before before RB 7474 38 23 , , , 7474 38 24 in in IN 7474 38 25 the the DT 7474 38 26 process process NN 7474 38 27 of of IN 7474 38 28 retrospection retrospection NN 7474 38 29 , , , 7474 38 30 we -PRON- PRP 7474 38 31 get get VBP 7474 38 32 back back RB 7474 38 33 to to IN 7474 38 34 a a DT 7474 38 35 civilization civilization NN 7474 38 36 which which WDT 7474 38 37 ( ( -LRB- 7474 38 38 in in IN 7474 38 39 Europe Europe NNP 7474 38 40 at at IN 7474 38 41 least least JJS 7474 38 42 ) ) -RRB- 7474 38 43 we -PRON- PRP 7474 38 44 ordinarily ordinarily RB 7474 38 45 regard regard VBP 7474 38 46 as as IN 7474 38 47 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 38 48 . . . 7474 39 1 Again again RB 7474 39 2 , , , 7474 39 3 in in IN 7474 39 4 History history NN 7474 39 5 , , , 7474 39 6 we -PRON- PRP 7474 39 7 distinguish distinguish VBP 7474 39 8 commonly commonly RB 7474 39 9 two two CD 7474 39 10 provinces province NNS 7474 39 11 within within IN 7474 39 12 the the DT 7474 39 13 undoubted undoubted JJ 7474 39 14 area area NN 7474 39 15 of of IN 7474 39 16 the the DT 7474 39 17 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 39 18 , , , 7474 39 19 the the DT 7474 39 20 Prehistoric Prehistoric NNP 7474 39 21 and and CC 7474 39 22 the the DT 7474 39 23 Historic Historic NNP 7474 39 24 , , , 7474 39 25 the the DT 7474 39 26 first first JJ 7474 39 27 comprising comprise VBG 7474 39 28 all all PDT 7474 39 29 the the DT 7474 39 30 time time NN 7474 39 31 to to TO 7474 39 32 which which WDT 7474 39 33 human human JJ 7474 39 34 memory memory NN 7474 39 35 , , , 7474 39 36 as as IN 7474 39 37 communicated communicate VBN 7474 39 38 by by IN 7474 39 39 surviving survive VBG 7474 39 40 literature literature NN 7474 39 41 , , , 7474 39 42 ran run VBD 7474 39 43 not not RB 7474 39 44 , , , 7474 39 45 or or CC 7474 39 46 , , , 7474 39 47 at at IN 7474 39 48 least least JJS 7474 39 49 , , , 7474 39 50 not not RB 7474 39 51 consciously consciously RB 7474 39 52 , , , 7474 39 53 consistently consistently RB 7474 39 54 and and CC 7474 39 55 credibly credibly RB 7474 39 56 . . . 7474 40 1 At at IN 7474 40 2 the the DT 7474 40 3 same same JJ 7474 40 4 time time NN 7474 40 5 it -PRON- PRP 7474 40 6 is be VBZ 7474 40 7 not not RB 7474 40 8 implied imply VBN 7474 40 9 that that IN 7474 40 10 we -PRON- PRP 7474 40 11 can can MD 7474 40 12 have have VB 7474 40 13 no no DT 7474 40 14 knowledge knowledge NN 7474 40 15 at at IN 7474 40 16 all all DT 7474 40 17 of of IN 7474 40 18 the the DT 7474 40 19 Prehistoric prehistoric JJ 7474 40 20 province province NN 7474 40 21 . . . 7474 41 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 41 2 may may MD 7474 41 3 even even RB 7474 41 4 be be VB 7474 41 5 better well RBR 7474 41 6 known know VBN 7474 41 7 to to IN 7474 41 8 us -PRON- PRP 7474 41 9 than than IN 7474 41 10 parts part NNS 7474 41 11 of of IN 7474 41 12 the the DT 7474 41 13 Historic Historic NNP 7474 41 14 , , , 7474 41 15 through through IN 7474 41 16 sure sure JJ 7474 41 17 deduction deduction NN 7474 41 18 from from IN 7474 41 19 archaeological archaeological JJ 7474 41 20 evidence evidence NN 7474 41 21 . . . 7474 42 1 But but CC 7474 42 2 what what WP 7474 42 3 we -PRON- PRP 7474 42 4 learn learn VBP 7474 42 5 from from IN 7474 42 6 archaeological archaeological JJ 7474 42 7 records record NNS 7474 42 8 is be VBZ 7474 42 9 annalistic annalistic JJ 7474 42 10 not not RB 7474 42 11 historic historic JJ 7474 42 12 , , , 7474 42 13 since since IN 7474 42 14 such such JJ 7474 42 15 records record NNS 7474 42 16 have have VBP 7474 42 17 not not RB 7474 42 18 passed pass VBN 7474 42 19 through through IN 7474 42 20 the the DT 7474 42 21 transforming transforming NN 7474 42 22 crucible crucible NN 7474 42 23 of of IN 7474 42 24 a a DT 7474 42 25 human human JJ 7474 42 26 intelligence intelligence NN 7474 42 27 which which WDT 7474 42 28 reasons reason NNS 7474 42 29 on on IN 7474 42 30 events event NNS 7474 42 31 as as IN 7474 42 32 effects effect NNS 7474 42 33 of of IN 7474 42 34 causes cause NNS 7474 42 35 . . . 7474 43 1 The the DT 7474 43 2 boundary boundary NN 7474 43 3 between between IN 7474 43 4 Prehistoric Prehistoric NNP 7474 43 5 and and CC 7474 43 6 Historic Historic NNP 7474 43 7 , , , 7474 43 8 however however RB 7474 43 9 , , , 7474 43 10 depends depend VBZ 7474 43 11 too too RB 7474 43 12 much much JJ 7474 43 13 on on IN 7474 43 14 the the DT 7474 43 15 subjectivity subjectivity NN 7474 43 16 of of IN 7474 43 17 individual individual JJ 7474 43 18 historians historian NNS 7474 43 19 and and CC 7474 43 20 is be VBZ 7474 43 21 too too RB 7474 43 22 apt apt JJ 7474 43 23 to to TO 7474 43 24 vary vary VB 7474 43 25 with with IN 7474 43 26 the the DT 7474 43 27 progress progress NN 7474 43 28 of of IN 7474 43 29 research research NN 7474 43 30 to to TO 7474 43 31 be be VB 7474 43 32 a a DT 7474 43 33 fixed fixed JJ 7474 43 34 moment moment NN 7474 43 35 . . . 7474 44 1 Nor nor CC 7474 44 2 can can MD 7474 44 3 it -PRON- PRP 7474 44 4 be be VB 7474 44 5 the the DT 7474 44 6 same same JJ 7474 44 7 for for IN 7474 44 8 all all DT 7474 44 9 civilizations civilization NNS 7474 44 10 . . . 7474 45 1 As as IN 7474 45 2 regards regard VBZ 7474 45 3 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 45 4 , , , 7474 45 5 for for IN 7474 45 6 example example NN 7474 45 7 , , , 7474 45 8 we -PRON- PRP 7474 45 9 have have VBP 7474 45 10 a a DT 7474 45 11 body body NN 7474 45 12 of of IN 7474 45 13 literary literary JJ 7474 45 14 tradition tradition NN 7474 45 15 which which WDT 7474 45 16 can can MD 7474 45 17 reasonably reasonably RB 7474 45 18 be be VB 7474 45 19 called call VBN 7474 45 20 Historic Historic NNP 7474 45 21 , , , 7474 45 22 relating relate VBG 7474 45 23 to to IN 7474 45 24 a a DT 7474 45 25 time time NN 7474 45 26 much much RB 7474 45 27 earlier early RBR 7474 45 28 than than IN 7474 45 29 is be VBZ 7474 45 30 reached reach VBN 7474 45 31 by by IN 7474 45 32 respectable respectable JJ 7474 45 33 literary literary JJ 7474 45 34 tradition tradition NN 7474 45 35 of of IN 7474 45 36 Elam Elam NNP 7474 45 37 and and CC 7474 45 38 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 45 39 , , , 7474 45 40 though though IN 7474 45 41 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 45 42 civilizations civilization NNS 7474 45 43 were be VBD 7474 45 44 probably probably RB 7474 45 45 older old JJR 7474 45 46 than than IN 7474 45 47 the the DT 7474 45 48 Egyptian Egyptian NNP 7474 45 49 . . . 7474 46 1 For for IN 7474 46 2 the the DT 7474 46 3 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 46 4 East East NNP 7474 46 5 as as IN 7474 46 6 here here RB 7474 46 7 understood understand VBN 7474 46 8 , , , 7474 46 9 we -PRON- PRP 7474 46 10 possess possess VBP 7474 46 11 two two CD 7474 46 12 bodies body NNS 7474 46 13 of of IN 7474 46 14 historic historic JJ 7474 46 15 literary literary JJ 7474 46 16 tradition tradition NN 7474 46 17 and and CC 7474 46 18 two two CD 7474 46 19 only only RB 7474 46 20 , , , 7474 46 21 the the DT 7474 46 22 Greek Greek NNP 7474 46 23 and and CC 7474 46 24 the the DT 7474 46 25 Hebrew hebrew JJ 7474 46 26 ; ; : 7474 46 27 and and CC 7474 46 28 as as IN 7474 46 29 it -PRON- PRP 7474 46 30 happens happen VBZ 7474 46 31 , , , 7474 46 32 both both DT 7474 46 33 ( ( -LRB- 7474 46 34 though though IN 7474 46 35 each each DT 7474 46 36 is be VBZ 7474 46 37 independent independent JJ 7474 46 38 of of IN 7474 46 39 the the DT 7474 46 40 other other JJ 7474 46 41 ) ) -RRB- 7474 46 42 lose lose VBP 7474 46 43 consistency consistency NN 7474 46 44 and and CC 7474 46 45 credibility credibility NN 7474 46 46 when when WRB 7474 46 47 they -PRON- PRP 7474 46 48 deal deal VBP 7474 46 49 with with IN 7474 46 50 history history NN 7474 46 51 before before IN 7474 46 52 1000 1000 CD 7474 46 53 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 47 1 Moreover moreover RB 7474 47 2 , , , 7474 47 3 Prof. Prof. NNP 7474 47 4 Myres Myres NNP 7474 47 5 has have VBZ 7474 47 6 covered cover VBN 7474 47 7 the the DT 7474 47 8 prehistoric prehistoric JJ 7474 47 9 period period NN 7474 47 10 in in IN 7474 47 11 the the DT 7474 47 12 East East NNP 7474 47 13 in in IN 7474 47 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 47 15 brilliant brilliant JJ 7474 47 16 _ _ NNP 7474 47 17 Dawn Dawn NNP 7474 47 18 of of IN 7474 47 19 History History NNP 7474 47 20 _ _ NNP 7474 47 21 . . . 7474 48 1 Therefore therefore RB 7474 48 2 , , , 7474 48 3 on on IN 7474 48 4 all all DT 7474 48 5 accounts account NNS 7474 48 6 , , , 7474 48 7 in in IN 7474 48 8 treating treating NN 7474 48 9 of of IN 7474 48 10 the the DT 7474 48 11 historic historic JJ 7474 48 12 period period NN 7474 48 13 , , , 7474 48 14 I -PRON- PRP 7474 48 15 am be VBP 7474 48 16 absolved absolve VBN 7474 48 17 from from IN 7474 48 18 looking look VBG 7474 48 19 back back RP 7474 48 20 more more RBR 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; : 7474 131 56 for for IN 7474 131 57 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 131 58 is be VBZ 7474 131 59 singularly singularly RB 7474 131 60 open open JJ 7474 131 61 on on IN 7474 131 62 all all DT 7474 131 63 sides side NNS 7474 131 64 . . . 7474 132 1 Accordingly accordingly RB 7474 132 2 , , , 7474 132 3 revolts revolt NNS 7474 132 4 of of IN 7474 132 5 the the DT 7474 132 6 " " `` 7474 132 7 Sea Sea NNP 7474 132 8 Land Land NNP 7474 132 9 " " '' 7474 132 10 folk folk NN 7474 132 11 , , , 7474 132 12 inrushing inrushe VBG 7474 132 13 hordes horde NNS 7474 132 14 from from IN 7474 132 15 Arabia Arabia NNP 7474 132 16 , , , 7474 132 17 descents descent NNS 7474 132 18 of of IN 7474 132 19 mountain mountain NN 7474 132 20 warriors warrior NNS 7474 132 21 from from IN 7474 132 22 the the DT 7474 132 23 border border NN 7474 132 24 hills hill NNS 7474 132 25 of of IN 7474 132 26 Elam Elam NNP 7474 132 27 on on IN 7474 132 28 the the DT 7474 132 29 south south JJ 7474 132 30 - - HYPH 7474 132 31 eastern eastern JJ 7474 132 32 edge edge NN 7474 132 33 of of IN 7474 132 34 the the DT 7474 132 35 twin twin NNP 7474 132 36 river river NNP 7474 132 37 basin basin NN 7474 132 38 , , , 7474 132 39 pressure pressure NN 7474 132 40 from from IN 7474 132 41 the the DT 7474 132 42 peoples people NNS 7474 132 43 of of IN 7474 132 44 more more RBR 7474 132 45 invigorating invigorating JJ 7474 132 46 lands land NNS 7474 132 47 on on IN 7474 132 48 the the DT 7474 132 49 higher high JJR 7474 132 50 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 7474 132 51 and and CC 7474 132 52 Tigris Tigris NNP 7474 132 53 -- -- : 7474 132 54 one one CD 7474 132 55 , , , 7474 132 56 or or CC 7474 132 57 more more JJR 7474 132 58 than than IN 7474 132 59 one one CD 7474 132 60 such such JJ 7474 132 61 danger danger NN 7474 132 62 ever ever RB 7474 132 63 waited wait VBN 7474 132 64 on on IN 7474 132 65 imperial imperial JJ 7474 132 66 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 132 67 and and CC 7474 132 68 brought bring VBD 7474 132 69 her -PRON- PRP 7474 132 70 low low JJ 7474 132 71 again again RB 7474 132 72 and and CC 7474 132 73 again again RB 7474 132 74 . . . 7474 133 1 A a DT 7474 133 2 great great JJ 7474 133 3 descent descent NN 7474 133 4 of of IN 7474 133 5 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 133 6 raiders raider NNS 7474 133 7 from from IN 7474 133 8 the the DT 7474 133 9 north north NN 7474 133 10 about about RB 7474 133 11 1800 1800 CD 7474 133 12 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 134 1 seems seem VBZ 7474 134 2 to to TO 7474 134 3 have have VB 7474 134 4 ended end VBN 7474 134 5 the the DT 7474 134 6 imperial imperial JJ 7474 134 7 dominion dominion NN 7474 134 8 of of IN 7474 134 9 the the DT 7474 134 10 First First NNP 7474 134 11 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 7474 134 12 . . . 7474 135 1 On on IN 7474 135 2 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 135 3 retirement retirement NN 7474 135 4 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 135 5 , , , 7474 135 6 falling fall VBG 7474 135 7 into into IN 7474 135 8 weak weak JJ 7474 135 9 native native JJ 7474 135 10 hands hand NNS 7474 135 11 , , , 7474 135 12 was be VBD 7474 135 13 a a DT 7474 135 14 prey prey NN 7474 135 15 to to IN 7474 135 16 a a DT 7474 135 17 succession succession NN 7474 135 18 of of IN 7474 135 19 inroads inroad NNS 7474 135 20 from from IN 7474 135 21 the the DT 7474 135 22 Kassite Kassite NNP 7474 135 23 mountains mountain NNS 7474 135 24 beyond beyond IN 7474 135 25 Elam Elam NNP 7474 135 26 , , , 7474 135 27 from from IN 7474 135 28 Elam Elam NNP 7474 135 29 itself -PRON- PRP 7474 135 30 , , , 7474 135 31 from from IN 7474 135 32 the the DT 7474 135 33 growing grow VBG 7474 135 34 Semitic semitic JJ 7474 135 35 power power NN 7474 135 36 of of IN 7474 135 37 Asshur Asshur NNP 7474 135 38 , , , 7474 135 39 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 135 40 's 's POS 7474 135 41 former former JJ 7474 135 42 vassal vassal NN 7474 135 43 , , , 7474 135 44 from from IN 7474 135 45 the the DT 7474 135 46 Hittite Hittite NNP 7474 135 47 Empire Empire NNP 7474 135 48 founded found VBD 7474 135 49 in in IN 7474 135 50 Cappadocia Cappadocia NNP 7474 135 51 about about IN 7474 135 52 1500 1500 CD 7474 135 53 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 135 54 , , , 7474 135 55 from from IN 7474 135 56 the the DT 7474 135 57 fresh fresh JJ 7474 135 58 wave wave NN 7474 135 59 of of IN 7474 135 60 Arabian arabian JJ 7474 135 61 overflow overflow IN 7474 135 62 which which WDT 7474 135 63 is be VBZ 7474 135 64 distinguished distinguish VBN 7474 135 65 as as IN 7474 135 66 the the DT 7474 135 67 Aramaean Aramaean NNP 7474 135 68 , , , 7474 135 69 and and CC 7474 135 70 from from IN 7474 135 71 yet yet RB 7474 135 72 another another DT 7474 135 73 following follow VBG 7474 135 74 it -PRON- PRP 7474 135 75 , , , 7474 135 76 which which WDT 7474 135 77 is be VBZ 7474 135 78 usually usually RB 7474 135 79 called call VBN 7474 135 80 Chaldaean Chaldaean NNP 7474 135 81 ; ; : 7474 135 82 and and CC 7474 135 83 it -PRON- PRP 7474 135 84 was be VBD 7474 135 85 not not RB 7474 135 86 till till IN 7474 135 87 almost almost RB 7474 135 88 the the DT 7474 135 89 close close NN 7474 135 90 of of IN 7474 135 91 the the DT 7474 135 92 twelfth twelfth JJ 7474 135 93 century century NN 7474 135 94 that that WDT 7474 135 95 one one CD 7474 135 96 of of IN 7474 135 97 these these DT 7474 135 98 intruding intrude VBG 7474 135 99 elements element NNS 7474 135 100 attained attain VBD 7474 135 101 sufficient sufficient JJ 7474 135 102 independence independence NN 7474 135 103 and and CC 7474 135 104 security security NN 7474 135 105 of of IN 7474 135 106 tenure tenure NN 7474 135 107 to to TO 7474 135 108 begin begin VB 7474 135 109 to to TO 7474 135 110 exalt exalt VB 7474 135 111 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 135 112 again again RB 7474 135 113 into into IN 7474 135 114 a a DT 7474 135 115 mistress mistress NN 7474 135 116 of of IN 7474 135 117 foreign foreign JJ 7474 135 118 empire empire NN 7474 135 119 . . . 7474 136 1 At at IN 7474 136 2 that that DT 7474 136 3 date date NN 7474 136 4 the the DT 7474 136 5 first first JJ 7474 136 6 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar NNP 7474 136 7 , , , 7474 136 8 a a DT 7474 136 9 part part NN 7474 136 10 of of IN 7474 136 11 whose whose WP$ 7474 136 12 own own JJ 7474 136 13 annals annal NNS 7474 136 14 has have VBZ 7474 136 15 been be VBN 7474 136 16 recovered recover VBN 7474 136 17 , , , 7474 136 18 seems seem VBZ 7474 136 19 to to TO 7474 136 20 have have VB 7474 136 21 established establish VBN 7474 136 22 overlordship overlordship NN 7474 136 23 in in IN 7474 136 24 some some DT 7474 136 25 part part NN 7474 136 26 of of IN 7474 136 27 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 7474 136 28 Asia--_Martu Asia--_Martu NNP 7474 136 29 _ _ NNP 7474 136 30 , , , 7474 136 31 the the DT 7474 136 32 West West NNP 7474 136 33 Land Land NNP 7474 136 34 ; ; : 7474 136 35 but but CC 7474 136 36 this this DT 7474 136 37 empire empire NN 7474 136 38 perished perish VBD 7474 136 39 again again RB 7474 136 40 with with IN 7474 136 41 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 136 42 author author NN 7474 136 43 . . . 7474 137 1 By by IN 7474 137 2 1000 1000 CD 7474 137 3 B.C. B.C. 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143 40 an an DT 7474 143 41 imperial imperial JJ 7474 143 42 organization organization NN 7474 143 43 which which WDT 7474 143 44 converted convert VBD 7474 143 45 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 143 46 conquests conquest NNS 7474 143 47 for for IN 7474 143 48 a a DT 7474 143 49 time time NN 7474 143 50 into into IN 7474 143 51 provincial provincial JJ 7474 143 52 dependencies dependency NNS 7474 143 53 of of IN 7474 143 54 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 143 55 . . . 7474 144 1 Of of IN 7474 144 2 the the DT 7474 144 3 fact fact NN 7474 144 4 we -PRON- PRP 7474 144 5 have have VBP 7474 144 6 full full JJ 7474 144 7 evidence evidence NN 7474 144 8 in in IN 7474 144 9 the the DT 7474 144 10 archives archive NNS 7474 144 11 of of IN 7474 144 12 Thothmes Thothmes NNP 7474 144 13 ' ' POS 7474 144 14 dynastic dynastic JJ 7474 144 15 successors successor NNS 7474 144 16 , , , 7474 144 17 found find VBN 7474 144 18 by by IN 7474 144 19 Flinders Flinders NNP 7474 144 20 Petrie Petrie NNP 7474 144 21 at at IN 7474 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neighbouring neighbour VBG 7474 147 16 fertile fertile JJ 7474 147 17 territory territory NN 7474 147 18 , , , 7474 147 19 which which WDT 7474 147 20 at at IN 7474 147 21 last last JJ 7474 147 22 lay lie VBD 7474 147 23 open open JJ 7474 147 24 , , , 7474 147 25 and and CC 7474 147 26 was be VBD 7474 147 27 claimed claim VBN 7474 147 28 by by IN 7474 147 29 no no DT 7474 147 30 other other JJ 7474 147 31 imperial imperial JJ 7474 147 32 power power NN 7474 147 33 , , , 7474 147 34 while while IN 7474 147 35 the the DT 7474 147 36 weak weak JJ 7474 147 37 Kassites Kassites NNP 7474 147 38 ruled rule VBD 7474 147 39 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 147 40 , , , 7474 147 41 and and CC 7474 147 42 the the DT 7474 147 43 independence independence NN 7474 147 44 of of IN 7474 147 45 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 147 46 was be VBD 7474 147 47 in in IN 7474 147 48 embryo embryo NN 7474 147 49 . . . 7474 148 1 But but CC 7474 148 2 the the DT 7474 148 3 earlier early JJR 7474 148 4 Egyptian egyptian JJ 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successor NN 7474 150 6 of of IN 7474 150 7 Queen Queen NNP 7474 150 8 Hatshepsut Hatshepsut NNP 7474 150 9 made make VBD 7474 150 10 Palestine Palestine NNP 7474 150 11 and and CC 7474 150 12 Phoenicia Phoenicia NNP 7474 150 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 150 14 own own JJ 7474 150 15 . . . 7474 151 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 151 2 was be VBD 7474 151 3 Thothmes Thothmes NNP 7474 151 4 III III NNP 7474 151 5 who who WP 7474 151 6 first first RB 7474 151 7 reduced reduce VBD 7474 151 8 such such JJ 7474 151 9 strongholds stronghold NNS 7474 151 10 as as IN 7474 151 11 Megiddo Megiddo NNP 7474 151 12 , , , 7474 151 13 and and CC 7474 151 14 occupied occupy VBD 7474 151 15 the the DT 7474 151 16 Syrian syrian JJ 7474 151 17 towns town NNS 7474 151 18 up up IN 7474 151 19 to to IN 7474 151 20 Arvad Arvad NNP 7474 151 21 on on IN 7474 151 22 the the DT 7474 151 23 shore shore NN 7474 151 24 and and CC 7474 151 25 almost almost RB 7474 151 26 to to IN 7474 151 27 Kadesh Kadesh NNP 7474 151 28 inland 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B.C. 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have have VB 7474 238 25 expected expect VBN 7474 238 26 to to TO 7474 238 27 disembark disembark VB 7474 238 28 at at IN 7474 238 29 or or CC 7474 238 30 near near IN 7474 238 31 some some DT 7474 238 32 infant infant NN 7474 238 33 settlement settlement NN 7474 238 34 of of IN 7474 238 35 men man NNS 7474 238 36 , , , 7474 238 37 not not RB 7474 238 38 natives native VBZ 7474 238 39 by by IN 7474 238 40 extraction extraction NN 7474 238 41 , , , 7474 238 42 but but CC 7474 238 43 newly newly RB 7474 238 44 come come VBN 7474 238 45 from from IN 7474 238 46 the the DT 7474 238 47 sea sea NN 7474 238 48 and and CC 7474 238 49 speaking speak VBG 7474 238 50 Greek Greek NNP 7474 238 51 or or CC 7474 238 52 another another DT 7474 238 53 Aegean aegean JJ 7474 238 54 tongue tongue NN 7474 238 55 . . . 7474 239 1 These these DT 7474 239 2 men man NNS 7474 239 3 had have VBD 7474 239 4 ventured venture VBN 7474 239 5 so so RB 7474 239 6 far far RB 7474 239 7 to to TO 7474 239 8 seize seize VB 7474 239 9 the the DT 7474 239 10 rich rich JJ 7474 239 11 lands land NNS 7474 239 12 at at IN 7474 239 13 the the DT 7474 239 14 mouths mouth NNS 7474 239 15 of of IN 7474 239 16 the the DT 7474 239 17 long long JJ 7474 239 18 Anatolian anatolian JJ 7474 239 19 valleys valley NNS 7474 239 20 , , , 7474 239 21 from from IN 7474 239 22 which which WDT 7474 239 23 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 239 24 roving rove VBG 7474 239 25 forefathers forefather NNS 7474 239 26 had have VBD 7474 239 27 been be VBN 7474 239 28 almost almost RB 7474 239 29 entirely entirely RB 7474 239 30 debarred debar VBN 7474 239 31 by by IN 7474 239 32 the the DT 7474 239 33 provincial provincial JJ 7474 239 34 forces force NNS 7474 239 35 of of IN 7474 239 36 some some DT 7474 239 37 inland inland JJ 7474 239 38 power power NN 7474 239 39 , , , 7474 239 40 presumably presumably RB 7474 239 41 the the DT 7474 239 42 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 239 43 Empire Empire NNP 7474 239 44 of of IN 7474 239 45 Cappadocia Cappadocia NNP 7474 239 46 . . . 7474 240 1 In in IN 7474 240 2 earlier early JJR 7474 240 3 days day NNS 7474 240 4 the the DT 7474 240 5 Cretans Cretans NNPS 7474 240 6 , , , 7474 240 7 or or CC 7474 240 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 240 9 kin kin NN 7474 240 10 of of IN 7474 240 11 Mycenaean Mycenaean NNP 7474 240 12 Greece Greece NNP 7474 240 13 in in IN 7474 240 14 the the DT 7474 240 15 latest late JJS 7474 240 16 Aegean Aegean NNP 7474 240 17 age age NN 7474 240 18 , , , 7474 240 19 had have VBD 7474 240 20 been be VBN 7474 240 21 able able JJ 7474 240 22 to to TO 7474 240 23 plant plant VB 7474 240 24 no no DT 7474 240 25 more more JJR 7474 240 26 than than IN 7474 240 27 a a DT 7474 240 28 few few JJ 7474 240 29 inconsiderable inconsiderable JJ 7474 240 30 colonies colony NNS 7474 240 31 of of IN 7474 240 32 traders trader NNS 7474 240 33 on on IN 7474 240 34 Anatolian anatolian JJ 7474 240 35 shores shore NNS 7474 240 36 . . . 7474 241 1 Now now RB 7474 241 2 , , , 7474 241 3 however however RB 7474 241 4 , , , 7474 241 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 241 6 descendants descendant NNS 7474 241 7 were be VBD 7474 241 8 being be VBG 7474 241 9 steadily steadily RB 7474 241 10 reinforced reinforce VBN 7474 241 11 from from IN 7474 241 12 the the DT 7474 241 13 west west NN 7474 241 14 by by IN 7474 241 15 members member NNS 7474 241 16 of of IN 7474 241 17 a a DT 7474 241 18 younger young JJR 7474 241 19 Aryan aryan JJ 7474 241 20 race race NN 7474 241 21 , , , 7474 241 22 who who WP 7474 241 23 mixed mix VBD 7474 241 24 with with IN 7474 241 25 the the DT 7474 241 26 natives native NNS 7474 241 27 of of IN 7474 241 28 the the DT 7474 241 29 coast coast NN 7474 241 30 , , , 7474 241 31 and and CC 7474 241 32 gradually gradually RB 7474 241 33 mastered master VBD 7474 241 34 or or CC 7474 241 35 drove drive VBD 7474 241 36 them -PRON- PRP 7474 241 37 inland inland RB 7474 241 38 . . . 7474 242 1 Inconsiderable inconsiderable JJ 7474 242 2 as as IN 7474 242 3 this this DT 7474 242 4 European european JJ 7474 242 5 soakage soakage NN 7474 242 6 into into IN 7474 242 7 the the DT 7474 242 8 fringe fringe NN 7474 242 9 of of IN 7474 242 10 the the DT 7474 242 11 neighbouring neighbour VBG 7474 242 12 continent continent NN 7474 242 13 must must MD 7474 242 14 have have VB 7474 242 15 seemed seem VBN 7474 242 16 at at IN 7474 242 17 that that DT 7474 242 18 moment moment NN 7474 242 19 , , , 7474 242 20 we -PRON- PRP 7474 242 21 know know VBP 7474 242 22 that that IN 7474 242 23 it -PRON- PRP 7474 242 24 was be VBD 7474 242 25 inaugurating inaugurate VBG 7474 242 26 a a DT 7474 242 27 process process NN 7474 242 28 which which WDT 7474 242 29 ultimately ultimately RB 7474 242 30 would would MD 7474 242 31 affect affect VB 7474 242 32 profoundly profoundly RB 7474 242 33 all all PDT 7474 242 34 the the DT 7474 242 35 history history NN 7474 242 36 of of IN 7474 242 37 Hither Hither NNP 7474 242 38 Asia Asia NNP 7474 242 39 . . . 7474 243 1 That that DT 7474 243 2 Greek greek JJ 7474 243 3 Ionian ionian JJ 7474 243 4 colonization colonization NN 7474 243 5 first first JJ 7474 243 6 attracts attract VBZ 7474 243 7 notice notice NN 7474 243 8 round round JJ 7474 243 9 about about RB 7474 243 10 1000 1000 CD 7474 243 11 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 244 1 marks mark NNS 7474 244 2 the the DT 7474 244 3 period period NN 7474 244 4 as as IN 7474 244 5 a a DT 7474 244 6 cardinal cardinal JJ 7474 244 7 point point NN 7474 244 8 in in IN 7474 244 9 history history NN 7474 244 10 . . . 7474 245 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 245 2 can can MD 7474 245 3 not not RB 7474 245 4 say say VB 7474 245 5 for for IN 7474 245 6 certain certain JJ 7474 245 7 , , , 7474 245 8 with with IN 7474 245 9 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 245 10 present present JJ 7474 245 11 knowledge knowledge NN 7474 245 12 , , , 7474 245 13 that that IN 7474 245 14 any any DT 7474 245 15 one one CD 7474 245 16 of of IN 7474 245 17 the the DT 7474 245 18 famous famous JJ 7474 245 19 Greek greek JJ 7474 245 20 cities city NNS 7474 245 21 had have VBD 7474 245 22 already already RB 7474 245 23 begun begin VBN 7474 245 24 to to TO 7474 245 25 grow grow VB 7474 245 26 on on IN 7474 245 27 the the DT 7474 245 28 Anatolian anatolian JJ 7474 245 29 coasts coast NNS 7474 245 30 . . . 7474 246 1 There there EX 7474 246 2 is be VBZ 7474 246 3 better well JJR 7474 246 4 evidence evidence NN 7474 246 5 for for IN 7474 246 6 the the DT 7474 246 7 so so RB 7474 246 8 early early JJ 7474 246 9 existence existence NN 7474 246 10 of of IN 7474 246 11 Miletus Miletus NNP 7474 246 12 , , , 7474 246 13 where where WRB 7474 246 14 the the DT 7474 246 15 German german JJ 7474 246 16 excavators excavator NNS 7474 246 17 have have VBP 7474 246 18 found find VBN 7474 246 19 much much JJ 7474 246 20 pottery pottery NN 7474 246 21 of of IN 7474 246 22 the the DT 7474 246 23 latest late JJS 7474 246 24 Aegean Aegean NNP 7474 246 25 age age NN 7474 246 26 , , , 7474 246 27 than than IN 7474 246 28 of of IN 7474 246 29 any any DT 7474 246 30 other other JJ 7474 246 31 . . . 7474 247 1 But but CC 7474 247 2 , , , 7474 247 3 at at IN 7474 247 4 least least JJS 7474 247 5 , , , 7474 247 6 it -PRON- PRP 7474 247 7 is be VBZ 7474 247 8 probable probable JJ 7474 247 9 that that IN 7474 247 10 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 247 11 were be VBD 7474 247 12 already already RB 7474 247 13 settled settle VBN 7474 247 14 on on IN 7474 247 15 the the DT 7474 247 16 sites site NNS 7474 247 17 of of IN 7474 247 18 Cnidus Cnidus NNP 7474 247 19 , , , 7474 247 20 Teos Teos NNP 7474 247 21 , , , 7474 247 22 Smyrna Smyrna NNP 7474 247 23 , , , 7474 247 24 Colophon Colophon NNP 7474 247 25 , , , 7474 247 26 Phocea Phocea NNP 7474 247 27 , , , 7474 247 28 Cyme Cyme NNP 7474 247 29 and and CC 7474 247 30 many many JJ 7474 247 31 more more JJR 7474 247 32 ; ; : 7474 247 33 while while IN 7474 247 34 the the DT 7474 247 35 greater great JJR 7474 247 36 islands island NNS 7474 247 37 Rhodes Rhodes NNP 7474 247 38 , , , 7474 247 39 Samos Samos NNP 7474 247 40 , , , 7474 247 41 Chios Chios NNPS 7474 247 42 and and CC 7474 247 43 Mitylene Mitylene NNP 7474 247 44 had have VBD 7474 247 45 apparently apparently RB 7474 247 46 received receive VBN 7474 247 47 western western JJ 7474 247 48 settlers settler NNS 7474 247 49 several several JJ 7474 247 50 generations generation NNS 7474 247 51 ago ago IN 7474 247 52 , , , 7474 247 53 perhaps perhaps RB 7474 247 54 before before IN 7474 247 55 even even RB 7474 247 56 the the DT 7474 247 57 first first JJ 7474 247 58 Achaean achaean JJ 7474 247 59 raids raid NNS 7474 247 60 into into IN 7474 247 61 Asia Asia NNP 7474 247 62 . . . 7474 248 1 The the DT 7474 248 2 western western JJ 7474 248 3 visitor visitor NN 7474 248 4 , , , 7474 248 5 if if IN 7474 248 6 he -PRON- PRP 7474 248 7 pushed push VBD 7474 248 8 inland inland RB 7474 248 9 , , , 7474 248 10 would would MD 7474 248 11 have have VB 7474 248 12 avoided avoid VBN 7474 248 13 the the DT 7474 248 14 south south JJ 7474 248 15 - - HYPH 7474 248 16 western western JJ 7474 248 17 districts district NNS 7474 248 18 of of IN 7474 248 19 the the DT 7474 248 20 peninsula peninsula NN 7474 248 21 , , , 7474 248 22 where where WRB 7474 248 23 a a DT 7474 248 24 mountainous mountainous JJ 7474 248 25 country country NN 7474 248 26 , , , 7474 248 27 known know VBN 7474 248 28 later later RB 7474 248 29 as as IN 7474 248 30 Caria Caria NNP 7474 248 31 , , , 7474 248 32 Lycia Lycia NNP 7474 248 33 , , , 7474 248 34 and and CC 7474 248 35 Pisidia Pisidia NNP 7474 248 36 , , , 7474 248 37 was be VBD 7474 248 38 held hold VBN 7474 248 39 by by IN 7474 248 40 primitive primitive JJ 7474 248 41 hill hill NN 7474 248 42 - - HYPH 7474 248 43 men man NNS 7474 248 44 settled settle VBN 7474 248 45 in in IN 7474 248 46 detached detach VBN 7474 248 47 tribal tribal JJ 7474 248 48 fashion fashion NN 7474 248 49 like like IN 7474 248 50 modern modern JJ 7474 248 51 Albanians Albanians NNPS 7474 248 52 . . . 7474 249 1 They -PRON- PRP 7474 249 2 had have VBD 7474 249 3 never never RB 7474 249 4 yet yet RB 7474 249 5 been be VBN 7474 249 6 subdued subdue VBN 7474 249 7 , , , 7474 249 8 and and CC 7474 249 9 as as RB 7474 249 10 soon soon RB 7474 249 11 as as IN 7474 249 12 the the DT 7474 249 13 rising rise VBG 7474 249 14 Greek greek JJ 7474 249 15 ports port NNS 7474 249 16 on on IN 7474 249 17 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 249 18 coasts coast NNS 7474 249 19 should should MD 7474 249 20 open open VB 7474 249 21 a a DT 7474 249 22 way way NN 7474 249 23 for for IN 7474 249 24 them -PRON- PRP 7474 249 25 to to IN 7474 249 26 the the DT 7474 249 27 outer outer JJ 7474 249 28 world world NN 7474 249 29 , , , 7474 249 30 they -PRON- PRP 7474 249 31 would would MD 7474 249 32 become become VB 7474 249 33 known known JJ 7474 249 34 as as IN 7474 249 35 admirable admirable JJ 7474 249 36 mercenary mercenary JJ 7474 249 37 soldiery soldiery NN 7474 249 38 , , , 7474 249 39 following follow VBG 7474 249 40 a a DT 7474 249 41 congenial congenial JJ 7474 249 42 trade trade NN 7474 249 43 which which WDT 7474 249 44 , , , 7474 249 45 if if IN 7474 249 46 the the DT 7474 249 47 Pedasu Pedasu NNP 7474 249 48 , , , 7474 249 49 who who WP 7474 249 50 appear appear VBP 7474 249 51 in in IN 7474 249 52 records record NNS 7474 249 53 of of IN 7474 249 54 Egyptian egyptian JJ 7474 249 55 campaigns campaign NNS 7474 249 56 of of IN 7474 249 57 the the DT 7474 249 58 Eighteenth Eighteenth NNP 7474 249 59 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 7474 249 60 , , , 7474 249 61 were be VBD 7474 249 62 really really RB 7474 249 63 Pisidians Pisidians NNPS 7474 249 64 , , , 7474 249 65 was be VBD 7474 249 66 not not RB 7474 249 67 new new JJ 7474 249 68 to to IN 7474 249 69 them -PRON- PRP 7474 249 70 . . . 7474 250 1 North north RB 7474 250 2 of of IN 7474 250 3 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 250 4 hills hill NNS 7474 250 5 , , , 7474 250 6 however however RB 7474 250 7 , , , 7474 250 8 lay lay VBP 7474 250 9 broader broad JJR 7474 250 10 valleys valley NNS 7474 250 11 leading lead VBG 7474 250 12 up up IN 7474 250 13 to to IN 7474 250 14 the the DT 7474 250 15 central central JJ 7474 250 16 plateau plateau NN 7474 250 17 ; ; : 7474 250 18 and and CC 7474 250 19 , , , 7474 250 20 if if IN 7474 250 21 Herodotus Herodotus NNP 7474 250 22 is be VBZ 7474 250 23 to to TO 7474 250 24 be be VB 7474 250 25 believed believe VBN 7474 250 26 , , , 7474 250 27 an an DT 7474 250 28 organized organized JJ 7474 250 29 monarchical monarchical JJ 7474 250 30 society society NN 7474 250 31 , , , 7474 250 32 ruled rule VBN 7474 250 33 by by IN 7474 250 34 the the DT 7474 250 35 " " `` 7474 250 36 Heraclids Heraclids NNPS 7474 250 37 " " '' 7474 250 38 of of IN 7474 250 39 Sardes Sardes NNP 7474 250 40 , , , 7474 250 41 was be VBD 7474 250 42 already already RB 7474 250 43 developed develop VBN 7474 250 44 there there RB 7474 250 45 . . . 7474 251 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 251 2 know know VBP 7474 251 3 practically practically RB 7474 251 4 nothing nothing NN 7474 251 5 about about IN 7474 251 6 it -PRON- PRP 7474 251 7 ; ; : 7474 251 8 but but CC 7474 251 9 since since IN 7474 251 10 some some DT 7474 251 11 three three CD 7474 251 12 centuries century NNS 7474 251 13 later later RB 7474 251 14 the the DT 7474 251 15 Lydian lydian JJ 7474 251 16 people people NNS 7474 251 17 was be VBD 7474 251 18 rich rich JJ 7474 251 19 and and CC 7474 251 20 luxurious luxurious JJ 7474 251 21 in in IN 7474 251 22 the the DT 7474 251 23 Hermus Hermus NNP 7474 251 24 valley valley NN 7474 251 25 , , , 7474 251 26 which which WDT 7474 251 27 had have VBD 7474 251 28 once once RB 7474 251 29 been be VBN 7474 251 30 a a DT 7474 251 31 fief fief NN 7474 251 32 of of IN 7474 251 33 the the DT 7474 251 34 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 251 35 , , , 7474 251 36 we -PRON- PRP 7474 251 37 must must MD 7474 251 38 conclude conclude VB 7474 251 39 that that IN 7474 251 40 it -PRON- PRP 7474 251 41 had have VBD 7474 251 42 been be VBN 7474 251 43 enjoying enjoy VBG 7474 251 44 security security NN 7474 251 45 as as IN 7474 251 46 far far RB 7474 251 47 back back RB 7474 251 48 as as IN 7474 251 49 1000 1000 CD 7474 251 50 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 252 1 Who who WP 7474 252 2 those those DT 7474 252 3 Heraclid Heraclid NNP 7474 252 4 princes prince NNS 7474 252 5 were be VBD 7474 252 6 exactly exactly RB 7474 252 7 is be VBZ 7474 252 8 obscure obscure JJ 7474 252 9 . . . 7474 253 1 The the DT 7474 253 2 dynastic dynastic JJ 7474 253 3 name name NN 7474 253 4 given give VBN 7474 253 5 to to IN 7474 253 6 them -PRON- PRP 7474 253 7 by by IN 7474 253 8 Herodotus Herodotus NNP 7474 253 9 probably probably RB 7474 253 10 implies imply VBZ 7474 253 11 that that IN 7474 253 12 they -PRON- PRP 7474 253 13 traced trace VBD 7474 253 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 253 15 origin origin NN 7474 253 16 ( ( -LRB- 7474 253 17 i.e. i.e. FW 7474 254 1 owed owe VBN 7474 254 2 especial especial JJ 7474 254 3 allegiance allegiance NN 7474 254 4 ) ) -RRB- 7474 254 5 to to IN 7474 254 6 a a DT 7474 254 7 God God NNP 7474 254 8 of of IN 7474 254 9 the the DT 7474 254 10 Double Double NNP 7474 254 11 War War NNP 7474 254 12 - - HYPH 7474 254 13 Axe Axe NNP 7474 254 14 , , , 7474 254 15 whom whom WP 7474 254 16 the the DT 7474 254 17 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 254 18 likened liken VBD 7474 254 19 to to IN 7474 254 20 Heracles Heracles NNP 7474 254 21 , , , 7474 254 22 but but CC 7474 254 23 we -PRON- PRP 7474 254 24 liken liken VBD 7474 254 25 to to IN 7474 254 26 Sandan Sandan NNP 7474 254 27 , , , 7474 254 28 god god NNP 7474 254 29 of of IN 7474 254 30 Tarsus Tarsus NNP 7474 254 31 and and CC 7474 254 32 of of IN 7474 254 33 the the DT 7474 254 34 lands land NNS 7474 254 35 of of IN 7474 254 36 the the DT 7474 254 37 south south NNP 7474 254 38 - - HYPH 7474 254 39 east east NN 7474 254 40 . . . 7474 255 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 255 2 shall shall MD 7474 255 3 say say VB 7474 255 4 more more JJR 7474 255 5 of of IN 7474 255 6 him -PRON- PRP 7474 255 7 and and CC 7474 255 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 255 9 worshippers worshipper NNS 7474 255 10 presently presently RB 7474 255 11 . . . 7474 256 1 Leaving leave VBG 7474 256 2 aside aside RP 7474 256 3 the the DT 7474 256 4 northern northern JJ 7474 256 5 fringe fringe NN 7474 256 6 - - HYPH 7474 256 7 lands land NNS 7474 256 8 as as IN 7474 256 9 ill ill NNP 7474 256 10 known know VBN 7474 256 11 and and CC 7474 256 12 of of IN 7474 256 13 small small JJ 7474 256 14 account account NN 7474 256 15 ( ( -LRB- 7474 256 16 as as IN 7474 256 17 we -PRON- PRP 7474 256 18 too too RB 7474 256 19 shall shall MD 7474 256 20 leave leave VB 7474 256 21 them -PRON- PRP 7474 256 22 ) ) -RRB- 7474 256 23 , , , 7474 256 24 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 256 25 traveller traveller NN 7474 256 26 would would MD 7474 256 27 pass pass VB 7474 256 28 up up RP 7474 256 29 from from IN 7474 256 30 the the DT 7474 256 31 Lydian lydian JJ 7474 256 32 vales vale NNS 7474 256 33 to to TO 7474 256 34 find find VB 7474 256 35 the the DT 7474 256 36 Cappadocian Cappadocian NNP 7474 256 37 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 256 38 no no RB 7474 256 39 longer long RBR 7474 256 40 the the DT 7474 256 41 masters master NNS 7474 256 42 of of IN 7474 256 43 the the DT 7474 256 44 plateau plateau NN 7474 256 45 as as IN 7474 256 46 of of IN 7474 256 47 old old JJ 7474 256 48 . . . 7474 257 1 No no DT 7474 257 2 one one NN 7474 257 3 of of IN 7474 257 4 equal equal JJ 7474 257 5 power power NN 7474 257 6 seems seem VBZ 7474 257 7 to to TO 7474 257 8 have have VB 7474 257 9 taken take VBN 7474 257 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 257 11 place place NN 7474 257 12 ; ; : 7474 257 13 but but CC 7474 257 14 there there EX 7474 257 15 is be VBZ 7474 257 16 reason reason NN 7474 257 17 to to TO 7474 257 18 think think VB 7474 257 19 that that IN 7474 257 20 the the DT 7474 257 21 Mushki Mushki NNP 7474 257 22 , , , 7474 257 23 who who WP 7474 257 24 had have VBD 7474 257 25 brought bring VBN 7474 257 26 them -PRON- PRP 7474 257 27 low low JJ 7474 257 28 , , , 7474 257 29 now now RB 7474 257 30 filled fill VBN 7474 257 31 some some DT 7474 257 32 of of IN 7474 257 33 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 257 34 room room NN 7474 257 35 in in IN 7474 257 36 Asia Asia NNP 7474 257 37 Minor Minor NNP 7474 257 38 . . . 7474 258 1 But but CC 7474 258 2 these these DT 7474 258 3 Mushki Mushki NNP 7474 258 4 had have VBD 7474 258 5 so so RB 7474 258 6 far far RB 7474 258 7 adopted adopt VBN 7474 258 8 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 258 9 civilization civilization NN 7474 258 10 either either CC 7474 258 11 before before IN 7474 258 12 or or CC 7474 258 13 since since IN 7474 258 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 258 15 great great JJ 7474 258 16 raiding raiding JJ 7474 258 17 expedition expedition NN 7474 258 18 which which WDT 7474 258 19 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 7474 258 20 Pileser Pileser NNP 7474 258 21 I -PRON- PRP 7474 258 22 of of IN 7474 258 23 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 258 24 repelled repel VBD 7474 258 25 , , , 7474 258 26 that that IN 7474 258 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 258 28 domination domination NN 7474 258 29 can can MD 7474 258 30 scarcely scarcely RB 7474 258 31 have have VB 7474 258 32 made make VBN 7474 258 33 much much JJ 7474 258 34 difference difference NN 7474 258 35 to to IN 7474 258 36 the the DT 7474 258 37 social social JJ 7474 258 38 condition condition NN 7474 258 39 of of IN 7474 258 40 Asia Asia NNP 7474 258 41 Minor Minor NNP 7474 258 42 . . . 7474 259 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 259 2 capital capital NN 7474 259 3 was be VBD 7474 259 4 probably probably RB 7474 259 5 where where WRB 7474 259 6 the the DT 7474 259 7 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 259 8 capital capital NN 7474 259 9 had have VBD 7474 259 10 been be VBN 7474 259 11 -- -- : 7474 259 12 at at IN 7474 259 13 Boghazkeui Boghazkeui NNP 7474 259 14 ; ; : 7474 259 15 but but CC 7474 259 16 how how WRB 7474 259 17 far far RB 7474 259 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 259 19 lordship lordship NN 7474 259 20 radiated radiate VBD 7474 259 21 from from IN 7474 259 22 that that DT 7474 259 23 centre centre NN 7474 259 24 is be VBZ 7474 259 25 not not RB 7474 259 26 known know VBN 7474 259 27 . . . 7474 260 1 In in IN 7474 260 2 the the DT 7474 260 3 south south JJ 7474 260 4 - 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B.C. 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B.C. 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; : 7474 336 19 and and CC 7474 336 20 the the DT 7474 336 21 first first JJ 7474 336 22 king king NN 7474 336 23 set set VBN 7474 336 24 up up RP 7474 336 25 by by IN 7474 336 26 the the DT 7474 336 27 victorious victorious JJ 7474 336 28 peoples people NNS 7474 336 29 of of IN 7474 336 30 the the DT 7474 336 31 Sea Sea NNP 7474 336 32 - - HYPH 7474 336 33 Land Land NNP 7474 336 34 had have VBD 7474 336 35 to to TO 7474 336 36 expel expel VB 7474 336 37 them -PRON- PRP 7474 336 38 and and CC 7474 336 39 to to TO 7474 336 40 repair repair VB 7474 336 41 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 336 42 ravages ravage NNS 7474 336 43 before before IN 7474 336 44 he -PRON- PRP 7474 336 45 could could MD 7474 336 46 seat seat VB 7474 336 47 himself -PRON- PRP 7474 336 48 on on IN 7474 336 49 a a DT 7474 336 50 throne throne NN 7474 336 51 which which WDT 7474 336 52 was be VBD 7474 336 53 menaced menace VBN 7474 336 54 by by IN 7474 336 55 Elam Elam NNP 7474 336 56 on on IN 7474 336 57 the the DT 7474 336 58 east east NN 7474 336 59 and and CC 7474 336 60 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 336 61 on on IN 7474 336 62 the the DT 7474 336 63 north north NN 7474 336 64 , , , 7474 336 65 and and CC 7474 336 66 must must MD 7474 336 67 fall fall VB 7474 336 68 so so RB 7474 336 69 soon soon RB 7474 336 70 as as IN 7474 336 71 either either DT 7474 336 72 of of IN 7474 336 73 these these DT 7474 336 74 found find VBD 7474 336 75 a a DT 7474 336 76 strong strong JJ 7474 336 77 leader leader NN 7474 336 78 . . . 7474 337 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER NNP 7474 337 2 II II NNP 7474 337 3 THE the DT 7474 337 4 EAST EAST NNP 7474 337 5 IN in IN 7474 337 6 800 800 CD 7474 337 7 B.C. B.C. NNS 7474 338 1 Two two CD 7474 338 2 centuries century NNS 7474 338 3 have have VBP 7474 338 4 passed pass VBN 7474 338 5 over over RP 7474 338 6 the the DT 7474 338 7 East East NNP 7474 338 8 , , , 7474 338 9 and and CC 7474 338 10 at at IN 7474 338 11 first first JJ 7474 338 12 sight sight NN 7474 338 13 it -PRON- PRP 7474 338 14 looks look VBZ 7474 338 15 as as IN 7474 338 16 if if IN 7474 338 17 no no DT 7474 338 18 radical radical JJ 7474 338 19 change change NN 7474 338 20 has have VBZ 7474 338 21 taken take VBN 7474 338 22 place place NN 7474 338 23 in in IN 7474 338 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 338 25 political political JJ 7474 338 26 or or CC 7474 338 27 social social JJ 7474 338 28 condition condition NN 7474 338 29 . . . 7474 339 1 No no DT 7474 339 2 new new JJ 7474 339 3 power power NN 7474 339 4 has have VBZ 7474 339 5 entered enter VBN 7474 339 6 it -PRON- PRP 7474 339 7 from from IN 7474 339 8 without without IN 7474 339 9 ; ; : 7474 339 10 only only RB 7474 339 11 one one CD 7474 339 12 new new JJ 7474 339 13 state state NN 7474 339 14 of of IN 7474 339 15 importance importance NN 7474 339 16 , , , 7474 339 17 the the DT 7474 339 18 Phrygian Phrygian NNP 7474 339 19 , , , 7474 339 20 has have VBZ 7474 339 21 arisen arise VBN 7474 339 22 within within IN 7474 339 23 . . . 7474 340 1 The the DT 7474 340 2 peoples people NNS 7474 340 3 , , , 7474 340 4 which which WDT 7474 340 5 were be VBD 7474 340 6 of of IN 7474 340 7 most most JJS 7474 340 8 account account NN 7474 340 9 in in IN 7474 340 10 1000 1000 CD 7474 340 11 , , , 7474 340 12 are be VBP 7474 340 13 still still RB 7474 340 14 of of IN 7474 340 15 the the DT 7474 340 16 most most JJS 7474 340 17 account account NN 7474 340 18 in in IN 7474 340 19 800 800 CD 7474 340 20 - - NNS 7474 340 21 -the -the -RRB- 7474 340 22 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 7474 340 23 , , , 7474 340 24 the the DT 7474 340 25 Babylonians Babylonians NNPS 7474 340 26 , , , 7474 340 27 the the DT 7474 340 28 Mushki Mushki NNP 7474 340 29 of of IN 7474 340 30 Cappadocia Cappadocia NNP 7474 340 31 , , , 7474 340 32 the the DT 7474 340 33 tribesmen tribesman NNS 7474 340 34 of of IN 7474 340 35 Urartu Urartu NNP 7474 340 36 , , , 7474 340 37 the the DT 7474 340 38 Aramaeans Aramaeans NNPS 7474 340 39 of of IN 7474 340 40 Damascus Damascus NNP 7474 340 41 , , , 7474 340 42 the the DT 7474 340 43 trading trading NN 7474 340 44 Phoenicians Phoenicians NNPS 7474 340 45 on on IN 7474 340 46 the the DT 7474 340 47 Syrian syrian JJ 7474 340 48 coast coast NN 7474 340 49 and and CC 7474 340 50 the the DT 7474 340 51 trading trading NN 7474 340 52 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 340 53 on on IN 7474 340 54 the the DT 7474 340 55 Anatolian Anatolian NNP 7474 340 56 . . . 7474 341 1 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 341 2 has have VBZ 7474 341 3 remained remain VBN 7474 341 4 behind behind IN 7474 341 5 her -PRON- PRP$ 7474 341 6 frontier frontier NN 7474 341 7 except except IN 7474 341 8 for for IN 7474 341 9 one one CD 7474 341 10 raid raid NN 7474 341 11 into into IN 7474 341 12 Palestine Palestine NNP 7474 341 13 about about IN 7474 341 14 925 925 CD 7474 341 15 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 341 16 , , , 7474 341 17 from from IN 7474 341 18 which which WDT 7474 341 19 Sheshenk Sheshenk NNP 7474 341 20 , , , 7474 341 21 the the DT 7474 341 22 Libyan libyan JJ 7474 341 23 , , , 7474 341 24 brought bring VBD 7474 341 25 back back RB 7474 341 26 treasures treasure NNS 7474 341 27 of of IN 7474 341 28 Solomon Solomon NNP 7474 341 29 's 's POS 7474 341 30 temple temple NN 7474 341 31 to to TO 7474 341 32 enhance enhance VB 7474 341 33 the the DT 7474 341 34 splendour splendour NN 7474 341 35 of of IN 7474 341 36 Amen amen UH 7474 341 37 . . . 7474 342 1 Arabia Arabia NNP 7474 342 2 has have VBZ 7474 342 3 not not RB 7474 342 4 begun begin VBN 7474 342 5 to to TO 7474 342 6 matter matter VB 7474 342 7 . . . 7474 343 1 There there EX 7474 343 2 has have VBZ 7474 343 3 been be VBN 7474 343 4 , , , 7474 343 5 of of IN 7474 343 6 course course NN 7474 343 7 , , , 7474 343 8 development development NN 7474 343 9 , , , 7474 343 10 but but CC 7474 343 11 on on IN 7474 343 12 old old JJ 7474 343 13 lines line NNS 7474 343 14 . . . 7474 344 1 The the DT 7474 344 2 comparative comparative JJ 7474 344 3 values value NNS 7474 344 4 of of IN 7474 344 5 the the DT 7474 344 6 states state NNS 7474 344 7 have have VBP 7474 344 8 altered alter VBN 7474 344 9 : : : 7474 344 10 some some DT 7474 344 11 have have VBP 7474 344 12 become become VBN 7474 344 13 more more RBR 7474 344 14 decisively decisively RB 7474 344 15 the the DT 7474 344 16 superiors superior NNS 7474 344 17 of of IN 7474 344 18 others other NNS 7474 344 19 than than IN 7474 344 20 they -PRON- PRP 7474 344 21 were be VBD 7474 344 22 two two CD 7474 344 23 hundred hundred CD 7474 344 24 years year NNS 7474 344 25 ago ago RB 7474 344 26 , , , 7474 344 27 but but CC 7474 344 28 they -PRON- PRP 7474 344 29 are be VBP 7474 344 30 those those DT 7474 344 31 whose whose WP$ 7474 344 32 growth growth NN 7474 344 33 was be VBD 7474 344 34 foreseen foresee VBN 7474 344 35 . . . 7474 345 1 Wherein wherein WRB 7474 345 2 , , , 7474 345 3 then then RB 7474 345 4 , , , 7474 345 5 lies lie VBZ 7474 345 6 the the DT 7474 345 7 great great JJ 7474 345 8 difference difference NN 7474 345 9 ? ? . 7474 346 1 For for IN 7474 346 2 great great JJ 7474 346 3 difference difference NN 7474 346 4 there there EX 7474 346 5 is be VBZ 7474 346 6 . . . 7474 347 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 347 2 scarcely scarcely RB 7474 347 3 needs need VBZ 7474 347 4 a a DT 7474 347 5 second second JJ 7474 347 6 glance glance NN 7474 347 7 to to TO 7474 347 8 detect detect VB 7474 347 9 the the DT 7474 347 10 change change NN 7474 347 11 , , , 7474 347 12 and and CC 7474 347 13 any any DT 7474 347 14 one one NN 7474 347 15 who who WP 7474 347 16 looks look VBZ 7474 347 17 narrowly narrowly RB 7474 347 18 will will MD 7474 347 19 see see VB 7474 347 20 not not RB 7474 347 21 only only RB 7474 347 22 certain certain JJ 7474 347 23 consequent consequent JJ 7474 347 24 changes change NNS 7474 347 25 , , , 7474 347 26 but but CC 7474 347 27 in in IN 7474 347 28 more more JJR 7474 347 29 than than IN 7474 347 30 one one CD 7474 347 31 quarter quarter NN 7474 347 32 signs sign NNS 7474 347 33 and and CC 7474 347 34 warnings warning NNS 7474 347 35 of of IN 7474 347 36 a a DT 7474 347 37 coming come VBG 7474 347 38 order order NN 7474 347 39 of of IN 7474 347 40 things thing NNS 7474 347 41 not not RB 7474 347 42 dreamt dreamt NN 7474 347 43 of of IN 7474 347 44 in in IN 7474 347 45 1000 1000 CD 7474 347 46 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 348 1 SECTION section NN 7474 348 2 1 1 CD 7474 348 3 . . . 7474 349 1 MIDDLE middle JJ 7474 349 2 KINGDOM KINGDOM NNS 7474 349 3 OF of IN 7474 349 4 ASSYRIA assyria NN 7474 349 5 The the DT 7474 349 6 obvious obvious JJ 7474 349 7 novelty novelty NN 7474 349 8 is be VBZ 7474 349 9 the the DT 7474 349 10 presence presence NN 7474 349 11 of of IN 7474 349 12 a a DT 7474 349 13 predominant predominant JJ 7474 349 14 power power NN 7474 349 15 . . . 7474 350 1 The the DT 7474 350 2 mosaic mosaic JJ 7474 350 3 of of IN 7474 350 4 small small JJ 7474 350 5 states state NNS 7474 350 6 is be VBZ 7474 350 7 still still RB 7474 350 8 there there RB 7474 350 9 , , , 7474 350 10 but but CC 7474 350 11 one one NN 7474 350 12 holds hold VBZ 7474 350 13 lordship lordship NN 7474 350 14 over over IN 7474 350 15 most most JJS 7474 350 16 of of IN 7474 350 17 them -PRON- PRP 7474 350 18 , , , 7474 350 19 and and CC 7474 350 20 that that IN 7474 350 21 one one CD 7474 350 22 is be VBZ 7474 350 23 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 350 24 . . . 7474 351 1 Moreover moreover RB 7474 351 2 , , , 7474 351 3 the the DT 7474 351 4 foreign foreign JJ 7474 351 5 dominion dominion NN 7474 351 6 which which WDT 7474 351 7 the the DT 7474 351 8 latter latter NN 7474 351 9 has have VBZ 7474 351 10 now now RB 7474 351 11 been be VBN 7474 351 12 enjoying enjoy VBG 7474 351 13 for for IN 7474 351 14 three three CD 7474 351 15 - - HYPH 7474 351 16 parts part NNS 7474 351 17 of of IN 7474 351 18 a a DT 7474 351 19 century century NN 7474 351 20 is be VBZ 7474 351 21 the the DT 7474 351 22 first first JJ 7474 351 23 of of IN 7474 351 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 351 25 kind kind NN 7474 351 26 established establish VBN 7474 351 27 by by IN 7474 351 28 an an DT 7474 351 29 Asiatic asiatic JJ 7474 351 30 power power NN 7474 351 31 . . . 7474 352 1 Twice twice RB 7474 352 2 , , , 7474 352 3 as as IN 7474 352 4 we -PRON- PRP 7474 352 5 have have VBP 7474 352 6 seen see VBN 7474 352 7 , , , 7474 352 8 had have VBD 7474 352 9 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 352 10 conquered conquer VBD 7474 352 11 in in IN 7474 352 12 earlier early JJR 7474 352 13 times time NNS 7474 352 14 an an DT 7474 352 15 empire empire NN 7474 352 16 of of IN 7474 352 17 the the DT 7474 352 18 nomad nomad NN 7474 352 19 Semitic semitic JJ 7474 352 20 type type NN 7474 352 21 , , , 7474 352 22 that that RB 7474 352 23 is is RB 7474 352 24 , , , 7474 352 25 a a DT 7474 352 26 licence licence NN 7474 352 27 to to TO 7474 352 28 raid raid VB 7474 352 29 unchecked unchecked JJ 7474 352 30 over over IN 7474 352 31 a a DT 7474 352 32 wide wide JJ 7474 352 33 tract tract NN 7474 352 34 of of IN 7474 352 35 lands land NNS 7474 352 36 ; ; : 7474 352 37 but but CC 7474 352 38 , , , 7474 352 39 so so RB 7474 352 40 far far RB 7474 352 41 as as IN 7474 352 42 we -PRON- PRP 7474 352 43 know know VBP 7474 352 44 , , , 7474 352 45 neither neither CC 7474 352 46 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 352 47 I I NNP 7474 352 48 nor nor CC 7474 352 49 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 7474 352 50 Pileser Pileser NNP 7474 352 51 I -PRON- PRP 7474 352 52 had have VBD 7474 352 53 so so RB 7474 352 54 much much RB 7474 352 55 as as IN 7474 352 56 conceived conceive VBN 7474 352 57 the the DT 7474 352 58 idea idea NN 7474 352 59 of of IN 7474 352 60 holding hold VBG 7474 352 61 the the DT 7474 352 62 raided raid VBN 7474 352 63 provinces province NNS 7474 352 64 by by IN 7474 352 65 a a DT 7474 352 66 permanent permanent JJ 7474 352 67 official official JJ 7474 352 68 organization organization NN 7474 352 69 . . . 7474 353 1 But but CC 7474 353 2 in in IN 7474 353 3 the the DT 7474 353 4 ninth ninth JJ 7474 353 5 century century NN 7474 353 6 , , , 7474 353 7 when when WRB 7474 353 8 Ashurnatsirpal Ashurnatsirpal NNP 7474 353 9 and and CC 7474 353 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 353 11 successor successor NN 7474 353 12 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 353 13 , , , 7474 353 14 second second JJ 7474 353 15 of of IN 7474 353 16 the the DT 7474 353 17 name name NN 7474 353 18 , , , 7474 353 19 marched march VBD 7474 353 20 out out RP 7474 353 21 year year NN 7474 353 22 by by IN 7474 353 23 year year NN 7474 353 24 , , , 7474 353 25 they -PRON- PRP 7474 353 26 passed pass VBD 7474 353 27 across across IN 7474 353 28 wide wide JJ 7474 353 29 territories territory NNS 7474 353 30 held hold VBN 7474 353 31 for for IN 7474 353 32 them -PRON- PRP 7474 353 33 by by IN 7474 353 34 governors governor NNS 7474 353 35 and and CC 7474 353 36 garrisons garrison NNS 7474 353 37 , , , 7474 353 38 before before IN 7474 353 39 they -PRON- PRP 7474 353 40 reached reach VBD 7474 353 41 others other NNS 7474 353 42 upon upon IN 7474 353 43 which which WDT 7474 353 44 they -PRON- PRP 7474 353 45 hoped hope VBD 7474 353 46 to to TO 7474 353 47 impose impose VB 7474 353 48 like like IN 7474 353 49 fetters fetter NNS 7474 353 50 . . . 7474 354 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 354 2 find find VBP 7474 354 3 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 354 4 II II NNP 7474 354 5 , , , 7474 354 6 for for IN 7474 354 7 example example NN 7474 354 8 , , , 7474 354 9 in in IN 7474 354 10 the the DT 7474 354 11 third third JJ 7474 354 12 year year NN 7474 354 13 of of IN 7474 354 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 354 15 reign reign NN 7474 354 16 , , , 7474 354 17 fortifying fortifying NN 7474 354 18 , , , 7474 354 19 renaming rename VBG 7474 354 20 , , , 7474 354 21 garrisoning garrison VBG 7474 354 22 and and CC 7474 354 23 endowing endow VBG 7474 354 24 with with IN 7474 354 25 a a DT 7474 354 26 royal royal JJ 7474 354 27 palace palace NN 7474 354 28 the the DT 7474 354 29 town town NN 7474 354 30 of of IN 7474 354 31 Til Til NNP 7474 354 32 Barsip Barsip NNP 7474 354 33 on on IN 7474 354 34 the the DT 7474 354 35 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 7474 354 36 bank bank NN 7474 354 37 , , , 7474 354 38 the the DT 7474 354 39 better well JJR 7474 354 40 to to TO 7474 354 41 secure secure VB 7474 354 42 for for IN 7474 354 43 himself -PRON- PRP 7474 354 44 free free JJ 7474 354 45 passage passage NN 7474 354 46 at at IN 7474 354 47 will will NN 7474 354 48 across across IN 7474 354 49 the the DT 7474 354 50 river river NN 7474 354 51 . . . 7474 355 1 He -PRON- PRP 7474 355 2 has have VBZ 7474 355 3 finally finally RB 7474 355 4 deprived deprive VBN 7474 355 5 Ahuni Ahuni NNP 7474 355 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 355 7 local local JJ 7474 355 8 Aramaean Aramaean NNP 7474 355 9 chief chief NN 7474 355 10 , , , 7474 355 11 and and CC 7474 355 12 holds hold VBZ 7474 355 13 the the DT 7474 355 14 place place NN 7474 355 15 as as IN 7474 355 16 an an DT 7474 355 17 Assyrian assyrian JJ 7474 355 18 fortress fortress NN 7474 355 19 . . . 7474 356 1 Thus thus RB 7474 356 2 far far RB 7474 356 3 had have VBD 7474 356 4 the the DT 7474 356 5 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 356 6 advanced advance VBD 7474 356 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 356 8 territorial territorial JJ 7474 356 9 empire empire NN 7474 356 10 but but CC 7474 356 11 not not RB 7474 356 12 farther farther RB 7474 356 13 . . . 7474 357 1 Beyond beyond IN 7474 357 2 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 7474 357 3 he -PRON- PRP 7474 357 4 would would MD 7474 357 5 , , , 7474 357 6 indeed indeed RB 7474 357 7 , , , 7474 357 8 push push VB 7474 357 9 year year NN 7474 357 10 by by IN 7474 357 11 year year NN 7474 357 12 , , , 7474 357 13 even even RB 7474 357 14 to to IN 7474 357 15 Phoenicia Phoenicia NNP 7474 357 16 and and CC 7474 357 17 Damascus Damascus NNP 7474 357 18 and and CC 7474 357 19 Cilicia Cilicia NNP 7474 357 20 , , , 7474 357 21 but but CC 7474 357 22 merely merely RB 7474 357 23 to to TO 7474 357 24 raid raid VB 7474 357 25 , , , 7474 357 26 levy levy VB 7474 357 27 blackmail blackmail NNP 7474 357 28 and and CC 7474 357 29 destroy destroy VB 7474 357 30 , , , 7474 357 31 like like IN 7474 357 32 the the DT 7474 357 33 old old JJ 7474 357 34 emperors emperor NNS 7474 357 35 of of IN 7474 357 36 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 357 37 or or CC 7474 357 38 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 357 39 own own JJ 7474 357 40 imperial imperial JJ 7474 357 41 predecessors predecessor NNS 7474 357 42 of of IN 7474 357 43 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 357 44 . . . 7474 358 1 There there EX 7474 358 2 was be VBD 7474 358 3 then then RB 7474 358 4 much much JJ 7474 358 5 of of IN 7474 358 6 the the DT 7474 358 7 old old JJ 7474 358 8 destructive destructive JJ 7474 358 9 instinct instinct NN 7474 358 10 in in IN 7474 358 11 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 358 12 's 's POS 7474 358 13 conception conception NN 7474 358 14 of of IN 7474 358 15 empire empire NN 7474 358 16 ; ; : 7474 358 17 but but CC 7474 358 18 a a DT 7474 358 19 constructive constructive JJ 7474 358 20 principle principle NN 7474 358 21 also also RB 7474 358 22 was be VBD 7474 358 23 at at IN 7474 358 24 work work NN 7474 358 25 modifying modify VBG 7474 358 26 that that DT 7474 358 27 conception conception NN 7474 358 28 . . . 7474 359 1 If if IN 7474 359 2 the the DT 7474 359 3 Great Great NNP 7474 359 4 King King NNP 7474 359 5 was be VBD 7474 359 6 still still RB 7474 359 7 something something NN 7474 359 8 of of IN 7474 359 9 a a DT 7474 359 10 Bedawi Bedawi NNP 7474 359 11 Emir Emir NNP 7474 359 12 , , , 7474 359 13 bound bind VBN 7474 359 14 to to TO 7474 359 15 go go VB 7474 359 16 a a DT 7474 359 17 - - HYPH 7474 359 18 raiding raid VBG 7474 359 19 summer summer NN 7474 359 20 by by IN 7474 359 21 summer summer NN 7474 359 22 , , , 7474 359 23 he -PRON- PRP 7474 359 24 had have VBD 7474 359 25 conceived conceive VBN 7474 359 26 , , , 7474 359 27 like like IN 7474 359 28 Mohammed Mohammed NNP 7474 359 29 ibn ibn NNP 7474 359 30 Rashid Rashid NNP 7474 359 31 , , , 7474 359 32 the the DT 7474 359 33 Arabian arabian JJ 7474 359 34 prince prince NN 7474 359 35 of of IN 7474 359 36 Jebel Jebel NNP 7474 359 37 Shammar Shammar NNP 7474 359 38 in in IN 7474 359 39 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 359 40 own own JJ 7474 359 41 days day NNS 7474 359 42 , , , 7474 359 43 the the DT 7474 359 44 idea idea NN 7474 359 45 of of IN 7474 359 46 extending extend VBG 7474 359 47 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 359 48 territorial territorial JJ 7474 359 49 dominion dominion NN 7474 359 50 , , , 7474 359 51 so so IN 7474 359 52 that that IN 7474 359 53 he -PRON- PRP 7474 359 54 might may MD 7474 359 55 safely safely RB 7474 359 56 and and CC 7474 359 57 easily easily RB 7474 359 58 reach reach VB 7474 359 59 fresh fresh JJ 7474 359 60 fields field NNS 7474 359 61 for for IN 7474 359 62 wider wide JJR 7474 359 63 raids raid NNS 7474 359 64 . . . 7474 360 1 If if IN 7474 360 2 we -PRON- PRP 7474 360 3 may may MD 7474 360 4 use use VB 7474 360 5 modern modern JJ 7474 360 6 formulas formula NNS 7474 360 7 about about IN 7474 360 8 an an DT 7474 360 9 ancient ancient JJ 7474 360 10 and and CC 7474 360 11 imperfectly imperfectly RB 7474 360 12 realized realize VBD 7474 360 13 imperial imperial JJ 7474 360 14 system system NN 7474 360 15 , , , 7474 360 16 we -PRON- PRP 7474 360 17 should should MD 7474 360 18 describe describe VB 7474 360 19 the the DT 7474 360 20 dominion dominion NN 7474 360 21 of of IN 7474 360 22 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 360 23 II II NNP 7474 360 24 as as IN 7474 360 25 made make VBN 7474 360 26 up up RP 7474 360 27 ( ( -LRB- 7474 360 28 over over RB 7474 360 29 and and CC 7474 360 30 above above IN 7474 360 31 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 360 32 Assyrian assyrian JJ 7474 360 33 core core NN 7474 360 34 ) ) -RRB- 7474 360 35 of of IN 7474 360 36 a a DT 7474 360 37 wide wide JJ 7474 360 38 circle circle NN 7474 360 39 of of IN 7474 360 40 foreign foreign JJ 7474 360 41 territorial territorial JJ 7474 360 42 possessions possession NNS 7474 360 43 which which WDT 7474 360 44 included include VBD 7474 360 45 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 360 46 on on IN 7474 360 47 the the DT 7474 360 48 south south NN 7474 360 49 , , , 7474 360 50 all all DT 7474 360 51 Mesopotamia Mesopotamia NNP 7474 360 52 on on IN 7474 360 53 the the DT 7474 360 54 west west NN 7474 360 55 and and CC 7474 360 56 north north NN 7474 360 57 , , , 7474 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364 18 , , , 7474 364 19 which which WDT 7474 364 20 had have VBD 7474 364 21 not not RB 7474 364 22 always always RB 7474 364 23 been be VBN 7474 364 24 , , , 7474 364 25 and and CC 7474 364 26 would would MD 7474 364 27 seldom seldom RB 7474 364 28 thereafter thereafter RB 7474 364 29 be be VB 7474 364 30 , , , 7474 364 31 the the DT 7474 364 32 rule rule NN 7474 364 33 . . . 7474 365 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 365 2 court court NN 7474 365 3 was be VBD 7474 365 4 fixed fix VBN 7474 365 5 securely securely RB 7474 365 6 in in IN 7474 365 7 midmost midmost JJ 7474 365 8 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 365 9 , , , 7474 365 10 away away RB 7474 365 11 from from IN 7474 365 12 priest priest NN 7474 365 13 - - HYPH 7474 365 14 ridden ride VBN 7474 365 15 Asshur Asshur NNP 7474 365 16 , , , 7474 365 17 which which WDT 7474 365 18 seems seem VBZ 7474 365 19 to to TO 7474 365 20 have have VB 7474 365 21 been be VBN 7474 365 22 always always RB 7474 365 23 anti anti JJ 7474 365 24 - - JJ 7474 365 25 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. . 7474 421 1 As as IN 7474 421 2 hard hard RB 7474 421 3 to to TO 7474 421 4 arrest arrest VB 7474 421 5 as as IN 7474 421 6 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 421 7 own own JJ 7474 421 8 blown blown JJ 7474 421 9 sands sand NNS 7474 421 10 , , , 7474 421 11 the the DT 7474 421 12 moving move VBG 7474 421 13 Arabs Arabs NNPS 7474 421 14 fall fall VB 7474 421 15 on on IN 7474 421 16 the the DT 7474 421 17 nearest near JJS 7474 421 18 fertile fertile JJ 7474 421 19 regions region NNS 7474 421 20 , , , 7474 421 21 there there RB 7474 421 22 to to TO 7474 421 23 plunder plunder VB 7474 421 24 , , , 7474 421 25 fight fight VB 7474 421 26 , , , 7474 421 27 and and CC 7474 421 28 eventually eventually RB 7474 421 29 settle settle VBP 7474 421 30 down down RP 7474 421 31 . . . 7474 422 1 So so CC 7474 422 2 in in IN 7474 422 3 comparatively comparatively RB 7474 422 4 modern modern JJ 7474 422 5 times time NNS 7474 422 6 have have VBP 7474 422 7 the the DT 7474 422 8 Shammar Shammar NNP 7474 422 9 tribesmen tribesman NNS 7474 422 10 moved move VBD 7474 422 11 into into IN 7474 422 12 Syria Syria NNP 7474 422 13 and and CC 7474 422 14 Mesopotamia Mesopotamia NNP 7474 422 15 , , , 7474 422 16 and and CC 7474 422 17 so so RB 7474 422 18 in in IN 7474 422 19 antiquity antiquity NN 7474 422 20 moved move VBD 7474 422 21 the the DT 7474 422 22 Canaanites Canaanites NNPS 7474 422 23 , , , 7474 422 24 the the DT 7474 422 25 Aramaeans Aramaeans NNPS 7474 422 26 , , , 7474 422 27 and and CC 7474 422 28 the the DT 7474 422 29 Chaldaeans Chaldaeans NNPS 7474 422 30 . . . 7474 423 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 423 2 find find VBP 7474 423 3 the the DT 7474 423 4 latter latter NN 7474 423 5 already already RB 7474 423 6 well well RB 7474 423 7 established establish VBN 7474 423 8 by by IN 7474 423 9 900 900 CD 7474 423 10 B.C. B.C. 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B.C. NNP 7474 425 30 , , , 7474 425 31 acknowledged acknowledge VBD 7474 425 32 the the DT 7474 425 33 suzerainty suzerainty NN 7474 425 34 of of IN 7474 425 35 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 425 36 , , , 7474 425 37 they -PRON- PRP 7474 425 38 ever ever RB 7474 425 39 strove strove VBP 7474 425 40 to to TO 7474 425 41 repudiate repudiate VB 7474 425 42 it -PRON- PRP 7474 425 43 , , , 7474 425 44 looking look VBG 7474 425 45 for for IN 7474 425 46 help help NN 7474 425 47 to to IN 7474 425 48 Elam Elam NNP 7474 425 49 or or CC 7474 425 50 the the DT 7474 425 51 western western JJ 7474 425 52 desert desert NN 7474 425 53 tribes tribe NNS 7474 425 54 . . . 7474 426 1 The the DT 7474 426 2 times time NNS 7474 426 3 , , , 7474 426 4 however however RB 7474 426 5 , , , 7474 426 6 were be VBD 7474 426 7 not not RB 7474 426 8 quite quite RB 7474 426 9 ripe ripe JJ 7474 426 10 . . . 7474 427 1 The the DT 7474 427 2 century century NN 7474 427 3 closed close VBD 7474 427 4 with with IN 7474 427 5 the the DT 7474 427 6 reassertion reassertion NN 7474 427 7 of of IN 7474 427 8 Assyrian assyrian JJ 7474 427 9 power power NN 7474 427 10 in in IN 7474 427 11 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 427 12 itself -PRON- PRP 7474 427 13 by by IN 7474 427 14 Adadnirari Adadnirari NNP 7474 427 15 . . . 7474 428 1 SECTION section NN 7474 428 2 5 5 CD 7474 428 3 . . . 7474 429 1 SYRIAN SYRIAN NNP 7474 429 2 EXPANSION expansion NN 7474 429 3 OF of IN 7474 429 4 ASSYRIA assyria NN 7474 429 5 Such such JJ 7474 429 6 were be VBD 7474 429 7 the the DT 7474 429 8 dangers danger NNS 7474 429 9 which which WDT 7474 429 10 , , , 7474 429 11 as as IN 7474 429 12 we -PRON- PRP 7474 429 13 now now RB 7474 429 14 know know VBP 7474 429 15 , , , 7474 429 16 lurked lurk VBN 7474 429 17 on on IN 7474 429 18 the the DT 7474 429 19 horizon horizon NN 7474 429 20 of of IN 7474 429 21 the the DT 7474 429 22 Northern Northern NNP 7474 429 23 Semites Semites NNPS 7474 429 24 in in IN 7474 429 25 800 800 CD 7474 429 26 B.C. B.C. 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there EX 7474 432 2 lay lie VBD 7474 432 3 the the DT 7474 432 4 fragments fragment NNS 7474 432 5 of of IN 7474 432 6 the the DT 7474 432 7 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 432 8 Empire Empire NNP 7474 432 9 , , , 7474 432 10 enjoying enjoy VBG 7474 432 11 the the DT 7474 432 12 fruits fruit NNS 7474 432 13 of of IN 7474 432 14 Hatti Hatti NNP 7474 432 15 civilization civilization NN 7474 432 16 ; ; : 7474 432 17 there there EX 7474 432 18 were be VBD 7474 432 19 the the DT 7474 432 20 wealthy wealthy JJ 7474 432 21 Aramaean aramaean JJ 7474 432 22 states state NNS 7474 432 23 , , , 7474 432 24 and and CC 7474 432 25 still still RB 7474 432 26 richer rich JJR 7474 432 27 Phoenician phoenician JJ 7474 432 28 ports port NNS 7474 432 29 . . . 7474 433 1 There there EX 7474 433 2 urban urban JJ 7474 433 3 life life NN 7474 433 4 was be VBD 7474 433 5 well well RB 7474 433 6 developed developed JJ 7474 433 7 , , , 7474 433 8 each each DT 7474 433 9 city city NN 7474 433 10 standing stand VBG 7474 433 11 for for IN 7474 433 12 itself -PRON- PRP 7474 433 13 , , , 7474 433 14 sufficient sufficient JJ 7474 433 15 in in IN 7474 433 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 433 17 territory territory NN 7474 433 18 , , , 7474 433 19 and and CC 7474 433 20 living live VBG 7474 433 21 more more RBR 7474 433 22 or or CC 7474 433 23 less less RBR 7474 433 24 on on IN 7474 433 25 the the DT 7474 433 26 caravan caravan NNP 7474 433 27 trade trade NN 7474 433 28 which which WDT 7474 433 29 perforce perforce NN 7474 433 30 passed pass VBD 7474 433 31 under under IN 7474 433 32 or or CC 7474 433 33 near near IN 7474 433 34 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 433 35 walls wall NNS 7474 433 36 between between IN 7474 433 37 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 433 38 on on IN 7474 433 39 the the DT 7474 433 40 one one CD 7474 433 41 hand hand NN 7474 433 42 and and CC 7474 433 43 Mesopotamia Mesopotamia NNP 7474 433 44 and and CC 7474 433 45 Asia Asia NNP 7474 433 46 Minor Minor NNP 7474 433 47 on on IN 7474 433 48 the the DT 7474 433 49 other 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fleece NNP 7474 434 38 Syria Syria NNP 7474 434 39 . . . 7474 435 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 435 2 was be VBD 7474 435 3 almost almost RB 7474 435 4 the the DT 7474 435 5 yearly yearly JJ 7474 435 6 practice practice NN 7474 435 7 of of IN 7474 435 8 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 435 9 II II NNP 7474 435 10 to to TO 7474 435 11 march march VB 7474 435 12 down down RP 7474 435 13 to to IN 7474 435 14 the the DT 7474 435 15 Middle Middle NNP 7474 435 16 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 7474 435 17 , , , 7474 435 18 ferry ferry VB 7474 435 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 435 20 army army NN 7474 435 21 across across IN 7474 435 22 , , , 7474 435 23 and and CC 7474 435 24 levy levy VB 7474 435 25 blackmail blackmail NN 7474 435 26 on on IN 7474 435 27 Carchemish Carchemish NNP 7474 435 28 and and CC 7474 435 29 the the DT 7474 435 30 other other JJ 7474 435 31 north north JJ 7474 435 32 Syrian syrian JJ 7474 435 33 cities city NNS 7474 435 34 as as RB 7474 435 35 far far RB 7474 435 36 as as IN 7474 435 37 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of of IN 7474 436 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 436 31 compulsion compulsion NN 7474 436 32 . . . 7474 437 1 Since since IN 7474 437 2 last last JJ 7474 437 3 we -PRON- PRP 7474 437 4 looked look VBD 7474 437 5 at at IN 7474 437 6 the the DT 7474 437 7 Aramaean Aramaean NNP 7474 437 8 states state NNS 7474 437 9 , , , 7474 437 10 Damascus Damascus NNP 7474 437 11 has have VBZ 7474 437 12 definitely definitely RB 7474 437 13 asserted assert VBN 7474 437 14 the the DT 7474 437 15 supremacy supremacy NN 7474 437 16 which which WDT 7474 437 17 her -PRON- PRP$ 7474 437 18 natural natural JJ 7474 437 19 advantages advantage NNS 7474 437 20 must must MD 7474 437 21 always always RB 7474 437 22 secure secure VB 7474 437 23 to to IN 7474 437 24 her -PRON- PRP$ 7474 437 25 whenever whenever WRB 7474 437 26 Syria Syria NNP 7474 437 27 is be VBZ 7474 437 28 not not RB 7474 437 29 under under IN 7474 437 30 foreign foreign JJ 7474 437 31 domination domination NN 7474 437 32 . . . 7474 438 1 Her -PRON- 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7474 438 40 Hamath Hamath NNP 7474 438 41 on on IN 7474 438 42 the the DT 7474 438 43 north north NN 7474 438 44 and and CC 7474 438 45 of of IN 7474 438 46 the the DT 7474 438 47 Hebrews Hebrews NNPS 7474 438 48 on on IN 7474 438 49 the the DT 7474 438 50 south south NN 7474 438 51 . . . 7474 439 1 Ashurnatsirpal Ashurnatsirpal NNP 7474 439 2 had have VBD 7474 439 3 never never RB 7474 439 4 ventured venture VBN 7474 439 5 to to TO 7474 439 6 do do VB 7474 439 7 more more JJR 7474 439 8 than than IN 7474 439 9 summon summon NNP 7474 439 10 at at IN 7474 439 11 long long NNP 7474 439 12 range range NN 7474 439 13 the the DT 7474 439 14 lord lord NNP 7474 439 15 of of IN 7474 439 16 this this DT 7474 439 17 large large JJ 7474 439 18 and and CC 7474 439 19 wealthy wealthy JJ 7474 439 20 state state NN 7474 439 21 to to TO 7474 439 22 contribute contribute VB 7474 439 23 to to IN 7474 439 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 439 25 coffers coffer NNS 7474 439 26 ; ; : 7474 439 27 but but CC 7474 439 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-PRON- PRP 7474 440 2 chose choose VBD 7474 440 3 the the DT 7474 440 4 bold bold JJ 7474 440 5 course course NN 7474 440 6 , , , 7474 440 7 and and CC 7474 440 8 struck strike VBD 7474 440 9 at at IN 7474 440 10 Hamath Hamath NNP 7474 440 11 , , , 7474 440 12 the the DT 7474 440 13 northernmost northernmost JJ 7474 440 14 Damascene damascene JJ 7474 440 15 dependency dependency NN 7474 440 16 , , , 7474 440 17 in in IN 7474 440 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 440 19 seventh seventh JJ 7474 440 20 summer summer NN 7474 440 21 . . . 7474 441 1 A a DT 7474 441 2 notable notable JJ 7474 441 3 victory victory NN 7474 441 4 , , , 7474 441 5 won win VBD 7474 441 6 at at IN 7474 441 7 Karkar Karkar NNP 7474 441 8 on on IN 7474 441 9 the the DT 7474 441 10 Middle Middle NNP 7474 441 11 Orontes Orontes NNP 7474 441 12 over over IN 7474 441 13 an an DT 7474 441 14 army army NN 7474 441 15 which which WDT 7474 441 16 included include VBD 7474 441 17 contingents contingent NNS 7474 441 18 from from IN 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NNS 7474 483 30 of of IN 7474 483 31 any any DT 7474 483 32 who who WP 7474 483 33 might may MD 7474 483 34 be be VB 7474 483 35 slow slow JJ 7474 483 36 to to TO 7474 483 37 comply comply VB 7474 483 38 , , , 7474 483 39 he -PRON- PRP 7474 483 40 was be VBD 7474 483 41 much much RB 7474 483 42 nearer near JJR 7474 483 43 the the DT 7474 483 44 frontiers frontier NNS 7474 483 45 of of IN 7474 483 46 Asia Asia NNP 7474 483 47 Minor Minor NNP 7474 483 48 than than IN 7474 483 49 those those DT 7474 483 50 of of IN 7474 483 51 Phoenicia Phoenicia NNP 7474 483 52 or or CC 7474 483 53 the the DT 7474 483 54 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 7474 483 55 of of IN 7474 483 56 Damascus Damascus NNP 7474 483 57 . . . 7474 484 1 Yet yet RB 7474 484 2 on on IN 7474 484 3 three three CD 7474 484 4 occasions occasion NNS 7474 484 5 out out IN 7474 484 6 of of IN 7474 484 7 four four CD 7474 484 8 , , , 7474 484 9 the the DT 7474 484 10 lords lord NNS 7474 484 11 of of IN 7474 484 12 the the DT 7474 484 13 Middle 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. . . 7474 507 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 507 2 know know VBP 7474 507 3 it -PRON- PRP 7474 507 4 to to TO 7474 507 5 have have VB 7474 507 6 been be VBN 7474 507 7 a a DT 7474 507 8 great great JJ 7474 507 9 centre centre NN 7474 507 10 of of IN 7474 507 11 Sandan Sandan NNP 7474 507 12 worship worship VB 7474 507 13 , , , 7474 507 14 and and CC 7474 507 15 may may MD 7474 507 16 guess guess VB 7474 507 17 that that IN 7474 507 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 507 19 kings king NNS 7474 507 20 were be VBD 7474 507 21 kin kin NN 7474 507 22 of of IN 7474 507 23 the the DT 7474 507 24 Mushki Mushki NNP 7474 507 25 race race NN 7474 507 26 and and CC 7474 507 27 , , , 7474 507 28 if if IN 7474 507 29 not not RB 7474 507 30 the the DT 7474 507 31 chief chief JJ 7474 507 32 survivors survivor NNS 7474 507 33 of of IN 7474 507 34 the the DT 7474 507 35 original original JJ 7474 507 36 stock stock NN 7474 507 37 which which WDT 7474 507 38 invaded invade VBD 7474 507 39 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 507 40 in 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27 , , , 7474 509 28 from from IN 7474 509 29 Tarsus Tarsus NNP 7474 509 30 and and CC 7474 509 31 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 509 32 port port NN 7474 509 33 , , , 7474 509 34 engraved engrave VBD 7474 509 35 stones stone NNS 7474 509 36 and and CC 7474 509 37 seals seal NNS 7474 509 38 of of IN 7474 509 39 singularly singularly RB 7474 509 40 fine fine JJ 7474 509 41 workmanship workmanship NN 7474 509 42 , , , 7474 509 43 which which WDT 7474 509 44 belong belong VBP 7474 509 45 to to IN 7474 509 46 Hittite Hittite NNP 7474 509 47 art art NN 7474 509 48 but but CC 7474 509 49 seem seem VBP 7474 509 50 of of IN 7474 509 51 later later JJ 7474 509 52 date date NN 7474 509 53 than than IN 7474 509 54 most most JJS 7474 509 55 of of IN 7474 509 56 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 509 57 products product NNS 7474 509 58 . . . 7474 510 1 They -PRON- PRP 7474 510 2 display display VBP 7474 510 3 in in IN 7474 510 4 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 510 5 decoration decoration NN 7474 510 6 certain certain JJ 7474 510 7 peculiar peculiar JJ 7474 510 8 designs design NNS 7474 510 9 , , , 7474 510 10 which which WDT 7474 510 11 have have VBP 7474 510 12 been be VBN 7474 510 13 remarked remark VBN 7474 510 14 also also RB 7474 510 15 in in IN 7474 510 16 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 7474 510 17 , , , 7474 510 18 and and CC 7474 510 19 present present VB 7474 510 20 some some DT 7474 510 21 peculiarities peculiarity NNS 7474 510 22 of of IN 7474 510 23 form form NN 7474 510 24 , , , 7474 510 25 which which WDT 7474 510 26 occur occur VBP 7474 510 27 also also RB 7474 510 28 in in IN 7474 510 29 the the DT 7474 510 30 earliest early JJS 7474 510 31 Ionian ionian JJ 7474 510 32 art art NN 7474 510 33 . . . 7474 511 1 Till till IN 7474 511 2 other other JJ 7474 511 3 evidence evidence NN 7474 511 4 comes come VBZ 7474 511 5 to to TO 7474 511 6 hand hand VB 7474 511 7 these these DT 7474 511 8 little little JJ 7474 511 9 objects object NNS 7474 511 10 must must MD 7474 511 11 be be VB 7474 511 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 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515 12 the the DT 7474 515 13 Great Great NNP 7474 515 14 King King NNP 7474 515 15 's 's POS 7474 515 16 reach reach NN 7474 515 17 , , , 7474 515 18 and and CC 7474 515 19 we -PRON- PRP 7474 515 20 know know VBP 7474 515 21 as as RB 7474 515 22 little little JJ 7474 515 23 of of IN 7474 515 24 it -PRON- PRP 7474 515 25 in in IN 7474 515 26 the the DT 7474 515 27 year year NN 7474 515 28 800 800 CD 7474 515 29 as as IN 7474 515 30 , , , 7474 515 31 perhaps perhaps RB 7474 515 32 , , , 7474 515 33 the the DT 7474 515 34 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 7474 515 35 themselves -PRON- PRP 7474 515 36 knew know VBD 7474 515 37 . . . 7474 516 1 We -PRON- PRP 7474 516 2 do do VBP 7474 516 3 know know VB 7474 516 4 , , , 7474 516 5 however however RB 7474 516 6 , , , 7474 516 7 that that IN 7474 516 8 it -PRON- PRP 7474 516 9 contained contain VBD 7474 516 10 a a DT 7474 516 11 strong strong JJ 7474 516 12 principality principality NN 7474 516 13 centrally centrally RB 7474 516 14 situated situate 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VBD 7474 517 19 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 517 20 at at IN 7474 517 21 this this DT 7474 517 22 time time NN 7474 517 23 , , , 7474 517 24 and and CC 7474 517 25 passed pass VBD 7474 517 26 in in IN 7474 517 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 517 28 eyes eye NNS 7474 517 29 for for IN 7474 517 30 the the DT 7474 517 31 richest rich JJS 7474 517 32 on on IN 7474 517 33 earth earth NN 7474 517 34 . . . 7474 518 1 On on IN 7474 518 2 the the DT 7474 518 3 sole sole JJ 7474 518 4 ground ground NN 7474 518 5 of of IN 7474 518 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 518 7 importance importance NN 7474 518 8 in in IN 7474 518 9 early early JJ 7474 518 10 Greek greek JJ 7474 518 11 legend legend NN 7474 518 12 , , , 7474 518 13 we -PRON- PRP 7474 518 14 are be VBP 7474 518 15 quite quite RB 7474 518 16 safe safe JJ 7474 518 17 in in IN 7474 518 18 dating date VBG 7474 518 19 not not RB 7474 518 20 only only RB 7474 518 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 518 22 rise rise NN 7474 518 23 but but CC 7474 518 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 518 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and and CC 7474 597 28 the the DT 7474 597 29 southern southern JJ 7474 597 30 part part NN 7474 597 31 of of IN 7474 597 32 Phrygia Phrygia NNP 7474 597 33 . . . 7474 598 1 Southward Southward NNP 7474 598 2 , , , 7474 598 3 all all DT 7474 598 4 Syria Syria NNP 7474 598 5 was be VBD 7474 598 6 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 598 7 's 's POS 7474 598 8 , , , 7474 598 9 most most JJS 7474 598 10 of of IN 7474 598 11 it -PRON- PRP 7474 598 12 by by IN 7474 598 13 direct direct JJ 7474 598 14 occupation occupation NN 7474 598 15 , , , 7474 598 16 and and CC 7474 598 17 the the DT 7474 598 18 rest rest NN 7474 598 19 in in IN 7474 598 20 virtue virtue NN 7474 598 21 of of IN 7474 598 22 acknowledged acknowledge VBN 7474 598 23 overlordship overlordship NN 7474 598 24 and and CC 7474 598 25 payment payment NN 7474 598 26 of of IN 7474 598 27 tribute tribute NN 7474 598 28 . . . 7474 599 1 Even even RB 7474 599 2 the the DT 7474 599 3 seven seven CD 7474 599 4 princes prince NNS 7474 599 5 of of IN 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1 The the DT 7474 604 2 marshes marsh NNS 7474 604 3 of of IN 7474 604 4 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 604 5 south south JJ 7474 604 6 - - HYPH 7474 604 7 west west NN 7474 604 8 , , , 7474 604 9 the the DT 7474 604 10 tropical tropical JJ 7474 604 11 plains plain NNS 7474 604 12 of of IN 7474 604 13 the the DT 7474 604 14 centre centre NN 7474 604 15 and and CC 7474 604 16 the the DT 7474 604 17 mountains mountain NNS 7474 604 18 on on IN 7474 604 19 the the DT 7474 604 20 east east NN 7474 604 21 , , , 7474 604 22 made make VBD 7474 604 23 it -PRON- PRP 7474 604 24 a a DT 7474 604 25 difficult difficult JJ 7474 604 26 land land NN 7474 604 27 for for IN 7474 604 28 the the DT 7474 604 29 northern northern JJ 7474 604 30 Semites Semites NNPS 7474 604 31 to to TO 7474 604 32 conquer conquer VB 7474 604 33 and and CC 7474 604 34 hold hold VB 7474 604 35 . . . 7474 605 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 605 2 had have VBD 7474 605 3 been be VBN 7474 605 4 wise wise JJ 7474 605 5 enough enough RB 7474 605 6 to to TO 7474 605 7 let let VB 7474 605 8 it -PRON- PRP 7474 605 9 be be VB 7474 605 10 . . . 7474 606 1 Neither neither CC 7474 606 2 so so RB 7474 606 3 prudent prudent JJ 7474 606 4 nor nor CC 7474 606 5 so so RB 7474 606 6 fortunate fortunate JJ 7474 606 7 would would MD 7474 606 8 be be VB 7474 606 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 606 10 son son NN 7474 606 11 and and CC 7474 606 12 successors successor NNS 7474 606 13 . . . 7474 607 1 SECTION section NN 7474 607 2 3 3 CD 7474 607 3 . . . 7474 608 1 THE the DT 7474 608 2 CONQUEST CONQUEST NNP 7474 608 3 OF of IN 7474 608 4 EGYPT EGYPT NNP 7474 608 5 Such Such NNP 7474 608 6 was be VBD 7474 608 7 the the DT 7474 608 8 empire empire NN 7474 608 9 inherited inherit VBN 7474 608 10 by by IN 7474 608 11 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 608 12 's 's POS 7474 608 13 son son NN 7474 608 14 , , , 7474 608 15 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 7474 608 16 . . . 7474 609 1 Not not RB 7474 609 2 content content JJ 7474 609 3 , , , 7474 609 4 he -PRON- PRP 7474 609 5 would would MD 7474 609 6 go go VB 7474 609 7 farther far RBR 7474 609 8 afield afield RB 7474 609 9 to to TO 7474 609 10 make make VB 7474 609 11 a a DT 7474 609 12 conquest conquest NN 7474 609 13 which which WDT 7474 609 14 has have VBZ 7474 609 15 never never RB 7474 609 16 remained remain VBN 7474 609 17 long long RB 7474 609 18 in in IN 7474 609 19 the the DT 7474 609 20 hands hand NNS 7474 609 21 of of IN 7474 609 22 an an DT 7474 609 23 Asiatic asiatic JJ 7474 609 24 power power NN 7474 609 25 . . . 7474 610 1 It -PRON- PRP 7474 610 2 was be VBD 7474 610 3 not not RB 7474 610 4 only only RB 7474 610 5 lust lust NN 7474 610 6 of of IN 7474 610 7 loot loot NN 7474 610 8 , , , 7474 610 9 however however RB 7474 610 10 , , , 7474 610 11 which which WDT 7474 610 12 now now RB 7474 610 13 urged urge VBD 7474 610 14 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 610 15 towards towards IN 7474 610 16 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 610 17 . . . 7474 611 1 The the DT 7474 611 2 Great great JJ 7474 611 3 Kings king NNS 7474 611 4 had have VBD 7474 611 5 long long RB 7474 611 6 found find VBN 7474 611 7 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 611 8 influence influence NN 7474 611 9 counteracted counteract VBN 7474 611 10 in in IN 7474 611 11 southern southern JJ 7474 611 12 Syria Syria NNP 7474 611 13 by by IN 7474 611 14 that that DT 7474 611 15 of of IN 7474 611 16 the the DT 7474 611 17 Pharaohs Pharaohs NNPS 7474 611 18 . . . 7474 612 1 Princes prince NNS 7474 612 2 of of IN 7474 612 3 both both DT 7474 612 4 Hebrew hebrew JJ 7474 612 5 states state NNS 7474 612 6 , , , 7474 612 7 of of IN 7474 612 8 the the DT 7474 612 9 Phoenician phoenician JJ 7474 612 10 and and CC 7474 612 11 the the DT 7474 612 12 Philistine philistine JJ 7474 612 13 cities city NNS 7474 612 14 and and CC 7474 612 15 even even RB 7474 612 16 of of IN 7474 612 17 Damascus Damascus NNP 7474 612 18 , , , 7474 612 19 had have VBD 7474 612 20 all all DT 7474 612 21 relied rely VBN 7474 612 22 at at IN 7474 612 23 one one CD 7474 612 24 time time 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15 it -PRON- PRP 7474 613 16 had have VBD 7474 613 17 done do VBN 7474 613 18 for for IN 7474 613 19 Israel Israel NNP 7474 613 20 when when WRB 7474 613 21 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 7474 613 22 IV IV NNP 7474 613 23 beleaguered beleaguer VBD 7474 613 24 , , , 7474 613 25 and and CC 7474 613 26 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 613 27 took take VBD 7474 613 28 and and CC 7474 613 29 garrisoned garrison VBD 7474 613 30 , , , 7474 613 31 Samaria Samaria NNP 7474 613 32 ; ; : 7474 613 33 but but CC 7474 613 34 even even RB 7474 613 35 ignorant ignorant JJ 7474 613 36 hopes hope NNS 7474 613 37 and and CC 7474 613 38 empty empty JJ 7474 613 39 promises promise NNS 7474 613 40 of of IN 7474 613 41 help help NN 7474 613 42 cause cause VB 7474 613 43 constant constant JJ 7474 613 44 unrest unrest NN 7474 613 45 . . . 7474 614 1 Therefore therefore RB 7474 614 2 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 7474 614 3 , , , 7474 614 4 after after IN 7474 614 5 drastic drastic JJ 7474 614 6 chastisement chastisement NN 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last last JJ 7474 614 48 but but CC 7474 614 49 one one CD 7474 614 50 , , , 7474 614 51 of of IN 7474 614 52 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 614 53 reign reign NN 7474 614 54 for for IN 7474 614 55 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 614 56 . . . 7474 615 1 In in IN 7474 615 2 southern southern JJ 7474 615 3 Palestine Palestine NNP 7474 615 4 he -PRON- PRP 7474 615 5 was be VBD 7474 615 6 as as RB 7474 615 7 successful successful JJ 7474 615 8 as as IN 7474 615 9 before before RB 7474 615 10 , , , 7474 615 11 but but CC 7474 615 12 , , , 7474 615 13 thereafter thereafter RB 7474 615 14 , , , 7474 615 15 some some DT 7474 615 16 signal signal JJ 7474 615 17 disaster disaster NN 7474 615 18 befell befall VBD 7474 615 19 him -PRON- PRP 7474 615 20 . . . 7474 616 1 Probably probably RB 7474 616 2 an an DT 7474 616 3 epidemic epidemic NN 7474 616 4 pestilence pestilence NN 7474 616 5 overtook overtake VBD 7474 616 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 616 7 army army NN 7474 616 8 when when WRB 7474 616 9 not not RB 7474 616 10 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7474 617 25 name name NN 7474 617 26 which which WDT 7474 617 27 it -PRON- PRP 7474 617 28 has have VBZ 7474 617 29 been be VBN 7474 617 30 agreed agree VBN 7474 617 31 to to TO 7474 617 32 write write VB 7474 617 33 Esarhaddon Esarhaddon NNP 7474 617 34 . . . 7474 618 1 So so RB 7474 618 2 soon soon RB 7474 618 3 as as IN 7474 618 4 movements movement NNS 7474 618 5 in in IN 7474 618 6 Urartu Urartu NNP 7474 618 7 and and CC 7474 618 8 south south JJ 7474 618 9 - - HYPH 7474 618 10 western western JJ 7474 618 11 Asia Asia NNP 7474 618 12 Minor Minor NNP 7474 618 13 had have VBD 7474 618 14 been be VBN 7474 618 15 suppressed suppress VBN 7474 618 16 , , , 7474 618 17 and and CC 7474 618 18 , , , 7474 618 19 more more RBR 7474 618 20 important important JJ 7474 618 21 , , , 7474 618 22 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 618 23 , , , 7474 618 24 which which WDT 7474 618 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 618 26 father father NN 7474 618 27 had have VBD 7474 618 28 dishonoured dishonour VBN 7474 618 29 , , , 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4 expedition expedition NN 7474 620 5 ( ( -LRB- 7474 620 6 670 670 CD 7474 620 7 ) ) -RRB- 7474 620 8 he -PRON- PRP 7474 620 9 reached reach VBD 7474 620 10 Memphis Memphis NNP 7474 620 11 itself -PRON- PRP 7474 620 12 , , , 7474 620 13 carried carry VBD 7474 620 14 it -PRON- PRP 7474 620 15 by by IN 7474 620 16 assault assault NN 7474 620 17 , , , 7474 620 18 and and CC 7474 620 19 drove drive VBD 7474 620 20 the the DT 7474 620 21 Cushite Cushite NNP 7474 620 22 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 7474 620 23 past past IN 7474 620 24 Thebes thebe NNS 7474 620 25 to to IN 7474 620 26 the the DT 7474 620 27 Cataracts cataract NNS 7474 620 28 . . . 7474 621 1 The the DT 7474 621 2 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 621 3 proclaimed proclaim VBD 7474 621 4 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 621 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 621 6 territory territory NN 7474 621 7 and and CC 7474 621 8 spread spread VB 7474 621 9 the the DT 7474 621 10 net net NN 7474 621 11 of of IN 7474 621 12 Ninevite Ninevite NNP 7474 621 13 bureaucracy 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NNP 7474 629 1 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 629 2 seemed seem VBD 7474 629 3 in in IN 7474 629 4 a a DT 7474 629 5 fair fair JJ 7474 629 6 way way NN 7474 629 7 to to TO 7474 629 8 be be VB 7474 629 9 mistress mistress NN 7474 629 10 of of IN 7474 629 11 the the DT 7474 629 12 desirable desirable JJ 7474 629 13 earth earth NN 7474 629 14 . . . 7474 630 1 SECTION section NN 7474 630 2 4 4 CD 7474 630 3 . . . 7474 631 1 DECLINE DECLINE NNP 7474 631 2 AND and CC 7474 631 3 FALL fall NN 7474 631 4 OF of IN 7474 631 5 ASSYRIA assyria NN 7474 631 6 Strong strong JJ 7474 631 7 as as IN 7474 631 8 it -PRON- PRP 7474 631 9 seemed seem VBD 7474 631 10 in in IN 7474 631 11 the the DT 7474 631 12 7th 7th JJ 7474 631 13 century century NN 7474 631 14 , , , 7474 631 15 the the DT 7474 631 16 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 631 17 Empire Empire NNP 7474 631 18 was be VBD 7474 631 19 , , , 7474 631 20 however however RB 7474 631 21 , , , 7474 631 22 rotten rotten JJ 7474 631 23 at at IN 7474 631 24 the the DT 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44 crush crush VB 7474 636 45 it -PRON- PRP 7474 636 46 for for IN 7474 636 47 ever ever RB 7474 636 48 , , , 7474 636 49 wrecked wreck VBD 7474 636 50 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 636 51 and and CC 7474 636 52 terrorized terrorize VBD 7474 636 53 the the DT 7474 636 54 central central JJ 7474 636 55 home home NN 7474 636 56 of of IN 7474 636 57 Semitic semitic JJ 7474 636 58 cult cult NN 7474 636 59 , , , 7474 636 60 the the DT 7474 636 61 great great JJ 7474 636 62 sacerdotal sacerdotal JJ 7474 636 63 establishment establishment NN 7474 636 64 of of IN 7474 636 65 Bel Bel NNP 7474 636 66 - - HYPH 7474 636 67 Marduk Marduk NNP 7474 636 68 . . . 7474 637 1 After after IN 7474 637 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 637 3 father father NN 7474 637 4 's 's POS 7474 637 5 murder murder NN 7474 637 6 , , , 7474 637 7 Esarhaddon Esarhaddon NNP 7474 637 8 veered veer VBD 7474 637 9 back back RB 7474 637 10 to to IN 7474 637 11 the the DT 7474 637 12 priests priest NNS 7474 637 13 , , , 7474 637 14 and and CC 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to TO 7474 644 10 impotence impotence VB 7474 644 11 any any DT 7474 644 12 conquered conquered JJ 7474 644 13 district district NN 7474 644 14 , , , 7474 644 15 the the DT 7474 644 16 population population NN 7474 644 17 of of IN 7474 644 18 some some DT 7474 644 19 other other JJ 7474 644 20 conquered conquer VBN 7474 644 21 district district NN 7474 644 22 would would MD 7474 644 23 be be VB 7474 644 24 deported deport VBN 7474 644 25 thither thither NN 7474 644 26 , , , 7474 644 27 while while IN 7474 644 28 the the DT 7474 644 29 new new JJ 7474 644 30 subjects subject NNS 7474 644 31 took take VBD 7474 644 32 the the DT 7474 644 33 vacant vacant JJ 7474 644 34 place place NN 7474 644 35 . . . 7474 645 1 What what WP 7474 645 2 happened happen VBD 7474 645 3 when when WRB 7474 645 4 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 645 5 captured capture VBD 7474 645 6 Samaria Samaria NNP 7474 645 7 happened happen VBD 7474 645 8 often often RB 7474 645 9 elsewhere elsewhere RB 7474 645 10 ( ( -LRB- 7474 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B.C. 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34 the the DT 7474 713 35 Halys Halys NNP 7474 713 36 , , , 7474 713 37 fifteen fifteen CD 7474 713 38 years year NNS 7474 713 39 after after IN 7474 713 40 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 713 41 present present JJ 7474 713 42 survey survey NN 7474 713 43 , , , 7474 713 44 will will MD 7474 713 45 argue argue VB 7474 713 46 that that IN 7474 713 47 some some DT 7474 713 48 control control NN 7474 713 49 of of IN 7474 713 50 Cappadocia Cappadocia NNP 7474 713 51 also also RB 7474 713 52 had have VBD 7474 713 53 been be VBN 7474 713 54 attempted attempt VBN 7474 713 55 . . . 7474 714 1 Before before IN 7474 714 2 we -PRON- PRP 7474 714 3 speak speak VBP 7474 714 4 of of IN 7474 714 5 the the DT 7474 714 6 Lydian lydian JJ 7474 714 7 kingdom kingdom NN 7474 714 8 , , , 7474 714 9 however however RB 7474 714 10 , , , 7474 714 11 and and CC 7474 714 12 of of IN 7474 714 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 714 14 rise rise NN 7474 714 15 to to IN 7474 714 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 714 17 present present JJ 7474 714 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7474 715 37 not not RB 7474 715 38 imply imply VB 7474 715 39 that that IN 7474 715 40 Cilicia Cilicia NNP 7474 715 41 had have VBD 7474 715 42 attained attain VBN 7474 715 43 an an DT 7474 715 44 imperial imperial JJ 7474 715 45 position position NN 7474 715 46 . . . 7474 716 1 Doubtless doubtless RB 7474 716 2 of of IN 7474 716 3 the the DT 7474 716 4 four four CD 7474 716 5 " " `` 7474 716 6 powers power NNS 7474 716 7 , , , 7474 716 8 " " '' 7474 716 9 she -PRON- PRP 7474 716 10 ranked rank VBD 7474 716 11 lowest lowest RBS 7474 716 12 . . . 7474 717 1 SECTION section NN 7474 717 2 7 7 CD 7474 717 3 . . . 7474 718 1 CILICIA CILICIA NNP 7474 718 2 It -PRON- PRP 7474 718 3 will will MD 7474 718 4 be be VB 7474 718 5 remembered remember VBN 7474 718 6 how how WRB 7474 718 7 much much JJ 7474 718 8 attention attention NN 7474 718 9 a a DT 7474 718 10 great great JJ 7474 718 11 raiding raiding JJ 7474 718 12 Emperor Emperor NNP 7474 718 13 of of IN 7474 718 14 the the DT 7474 718 15 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of of IN 7474 824 14 Indo indo JJ 7474 824 15 - - HYPH 7474 824 16 European european JJ 7474 824 17 tribes tribe NNS 7474 824 18 from from IN 7474 824 19 Russia Russia NNP 7474 824 20 , , , 7474 824 21 which which WDT 7474 824 22 was be VBD 7474 824 23 to to TO 7474 824 24 develop develop VB 7474 824 25 the the DT 7474 824 26 Armenian armenian JJ 7474 824 27 people people NNS 7474 824 28 of of IN 7474 824 29 history history NN 7474 824 30 , , , 7474 824 31 are be VBP 7474 824 32 the the DT 7474 824 33 most most RBS 7474 824 34 momentous momentous JJ 7474 824 35 signs sign NNS 7474 824 36 of of IN 7474 824 37 coming come VBG 7474 824 38 change change NN 7474 824 39 to to TO 7474 824 40 be be VB 7474 824 41 noted note VBN 7474 824 42 between between IN 7474 824 43 800 800 CD 7474 824 44 and and CC 7474 824 45 600 600 CD 7474 824 46 B.C. B.C. NNP 7474 825 1 with with IN 7474 825 2 one one CD 7474 825 3 exception exception NN 7474 825 4 , , , 7474 825 5 the the DT 7474 825 6 full full JJ 7474 825 7 import import NN 7474 825 8 of of IN 7474 825 9 which which WDT 7474 825 10 will will MD 7474 825 11 be be VB 7474 825 12 plain plain JJ 7474 825 13 at at IN 7474 825 14 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 825 15 next next JJ 7474 825 16 survey survey NN 7474 825 17 . . . 7474 826 1 This this DT 7474 826 2 was be VBD 7474 826 3 the the DT 7474 826 4 eastward eastward JJ 7474 826 5 movement movement NN 7474 826 6 of of IN 7474 826 7 the the DT 7474 826 8 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 826 9 . . . 7474 827 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER NNP 7474 827 2 IV IV NNP 7474 827 3 THE the DT 7474 827 4 EAST EAST NNP 7474 827 5 IN in IN 7474 827 6 400 400 CD 7474 827 7 B.C. B.C. NNS 7474 828 1 As as IN 7474 828 2 the the DT 7474 828 3 fifth fifth JJ 7474 828 4 century century NN 7474 828 5 draws draw VBZ 7474 828 6 to to IN 7474 828 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 828 8 close close NN 7474 828 9 the the DT 7474 828 10 East East NNP 7474 828 11 lies lie NNS 7474 828 12 revealed reveal VBN 7474 828 13 at at IN 7474 828 14 last last RB 7474 828 15 in in IN 7474 828 16 the the DT 7474 828 17 light light NN 7474 828 18 of of IN 7474 828 19 history history NN 7474 828 20 written write VBN 7474 828 21 by by IN 7474 828 22 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 828 23 . . . 7474 829 1 Among among IN 7474 829 2 the the DT 7474 829 3 peoples people NNS 7474 829 4 whose whose WP$ 7474 829 5 literary literary JJ 7474 829 6 works work NNS 7474 829 7 are be VBP 7474 829 8 known know VBN 7474 829 9 to to IN 7474 829 10 us -PRON- PRP 7474 829 11 , , , 7474 829 12 these these DT 7474 829 13 were be VBD 7474 829 14 the the DT 7474 829 15 first first JJ 7474 829 16 who who WP 7474 829 17 showed show VBD 7474 829 18 curiosity curiosity NN 7474 829 19 about about IN 7474 829 20 the the DT 7474 829 21 world world NN 7474 829 22 in in IN 7474 829 23 which which WDT 7474 829 24 they -PRON- PRP 7474 829 25 lived live VBD 7474 829 26 and and CC 7474 829 27 sufficient sufficient JJ 7474 829 28 consciousness consciousness NN 7474 829 29 of of IN 7474 829 30 the the DT 7474 829 31 curiosity curiosity NN 7474 829 32 of of IN 7474 829 33 others other NNS 7474 829 34 to to TO 7474 829 35 record record VB 7474 829 36 the the DT 7474 829 37 results result NNS 7474 829 38 of of IN 7474 829 39 inquiry inquiry NN 7474 829 40 . . . 7474 830 1 Before before IN 7474 830 2 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 830 3 present present JJ 7474 830 4 date date NN 7474 830 5 the the DT 7474 830 6 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 830 7 had have VBD 7474 830 8 inquired inquire VBN 7474 830 9 a a DT 7474 830 10 good good JJ 7474 830 11 deal deal NN 7474 830 12 about about IN 7474 830 13 the the DT 7474 830 14 East East NNP 7474 830 15 , , , 7474 830 16 and and CC 7474 830 17 not not RB 7474 830 18 of of IN 7474 830 19 Orientals oriental NNS 7474 830 20 alone alone RB 7474 830 21 . . . 7474 831 1 Their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 831 2 own own JJ 7474 831 3 public public JJ 7474 831 4 men man NNS 7474 831 5 , , , 7474 831 6 military military NN 7474 831 7 and and CC 7474 831 8 civil civil JJ 7474 831 9 , , , 7474 831 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 831 11 men man NNS 7474 831 12 of of IN 7474 831 13 science science NN 7474 831 14 , , , 7474 831 15 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 831 16 men man NNS 7474 831 17 of of IN 7474 831 18 letters letter NNS 7474 831 19 , , , 7474 831 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 831 21 merchants merchant NNS 7474 831 22 in in IN 7474 831 23 unknown unknown JJ 7474 831 24 number number NN 7474 831 25 , , , 7474 831 26 even even RB 7474 831 27 soldiers soldier NNS 7474 831 28 of of IN 7474 831 29 theirs -PRON- PRP 7474 831 30 in in IN 7474 831 31 thousands thousand NNS 7474 831 32 , , , 7474 831 33 had have VBD 7474 831 34 gone go VBN 7474 831 35 up up RP 7474 831 36 into into IN 7474 831 37 Inner Inner NNP 7474 831 38 Asia Asia NNP 7474 831 39 and and CC 7474 831 40 returned return VBD 7474 831 41 . . . 7474 832 1 Leading lead VBG 7474 832 2 Athenians Athenians NNPS 7474 832 3 , , , 7474 832 4 Solon Solon NNP 7474 832 5 , , , 7474 832 6 Hippias Hippias NNP 7474 832 7 and and CC 7474 832 8 Themistocles Themistocles NNP 7474 832 9 , , , 7474 832 10 had have VBD 7474 832 11 been be VBN 7474 832 12 received receive VBN 7474 832 13 at at IN 7474 832 14 Eastern eastern JJ 7474 832 15 courts court NNS 7474 832 16 or or CC 7474 832 17 had have VBD 7474 832 18 accompanied accompany VBN 7474 832 19 Eastern eastern JJ 7474 832 20 sovereigns sovereign NNS 7474 832 21 to to IN 7474 832 22 war war NN 7474 832 23 , , , 7474 832 24 and and CC 7474 832 25 one one CD 7474 832 26 more more RBR 7474 832 27 famous famous JJ 7474 832 28 even even RB 7474 832 29 than than IN 7474 832 30 these these DT 7474 832 31 , , , 7474 832 32 Alcibiades Alcibiades NNPS 7474 832 33 , , , 7474 832 34 had have VBD 7474 832 35 lately lately RB 7474 832 36 lived live VBN 7474 832 37 with with IN 7474 832 38 a a DT 7474 832 39 Persian persian JJ 7474 832 40 satrap satrap NN 7474 832 41 . . . 7474 833 1 Greek greek JJ 7474 833 2 physicians physician NNS 7474 833 3 , , , 7474 833 4 Democedes Democedes NNPS 7474 833 5 of of IN 7474 833 6 Croton Croton NNP 7474 833 7 , , , 7474 833 8 Apollonides Apollonides NNPS 7474 833 9 of of IN 7474 833 10 Cos Cos NNP 7474 833 11 , , , 7474 833 12 Ctesias Ctesias NNP 7474 833 13 of of IN 7474 833 14 Cnidus Cnidus NNP 7474 833 15 , , , 7474 833 16 had have VBD 7474 833 17 ministered minister VBN 7474 833 18 to to IN 7474 833 19 kings king NNS 7474 833 20 and and CC 7474 833 21 queens queen NNS 7474 833 22 of of IN 7474 833 23 Persia Persia NNP 7474 833 24 in in IN 7474 833 25 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 833 26 palaces palace NNS 7474 833 27 . . . 7474 834 1 Herodotus Herodotus NNP 7474 834 2 of of IN 7474 834 3 Halicarnassus Halicarnassus NNP 7474 834 4 had have VBD 7474 834 5 seen see VBN 7474 834 6 Babylon Babylon NNP 7474 834 7 , , , 7474 834 8 perhaps perhaps RB 7474 834 9 , , , 7474 834 10 and and CC 7474 834 11 certainly certainly RB 7474 834 12 good good JJ 7474 834 13 part part NN 7474 834 14 of of IN 7474 834 15 Syria Syria NNP 7474 834 16 ; ; : 7474 834 17 Ctesias Ctesias NNP 7474 834 18 had have VBD 7474 834 19 dwelt dwell VBN 7474 834 20 at at IN 7474 834 21 Susa Susa NNP 7474 834 22 and and CC 7474 834 23 collected collected JJ 7474 834 24 notes note NNS 7474 834 25 for for IN 7474 834 26 a a DT 7474 834 27 history history NN 7474 834 28 of of IN 7474 834 29 the the DT 7474 834 30 Persian Persian NNP 7474 834 31 Empire Empire NNP 7474 834 32 ; ; : 7474 834 33 Xenophon Xenophon NNP 7474 834 34 of of IN 7474 834 35 Attica Attica NNP 7474 834 36 had have VBD 7474 834 37 tramped tramp VBN 7474 834 38 from from IN 7474 834 39 the the DT 7474 834 40 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 7474 834 41 to to IN 7474 834 42 the the DT 7474 834 43 Tigris Tigris NNP 7474 834 44 and and CC 7474 834 45 from from IN 7474 834 46 the the DT 7474 834 47 Tigris Tigris NNP 7474 834 48 to to IN 7474 834 49 the the DT 7474 834 50 Black Black NNP 7474 834 51 Sea Sea NNP 7474 834 52 , , , 7474 834 53 and and CC 7474 834 54 with with IN 7474 834 55 him -PRON- PRP 7474 834 56 had have VBD 7474 834 57 marched march VBN 7474 834 58 more more JJR 7474 834 59 than than IN 7474 834 60 ten ten CD 7474 834 61 thousand thousand CD 7474 834 62 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 834 63 . . . 7474 835 1 Not not RB 7474 835 2 only only RB 7474 835 3 have have VBP 7474 835 4 works work NNS 7474 835 5 by by IN 7474 835 6 these these DT 7474 835 7 three three CD 7474 835 8 men man NNS 7474 835 9 of of IN 7474 835 10 letters letter NNS 7474 835 11 survived survive VBD 7474 835 12 , , , 7474 835 13 wholly wholly RB 7474 835 14 or or CC 7474 835 15 in in IN 7474 835 16 part part NN 7474 835 17 , , , 7474 835 18 to to IN 7474 835 19 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 835 20 time time NN 7474 835 21 , , , 7474 835 22 but but CC 7474 835 23 also also RB 7474 835 24 many many JJ 7474 835 25 notes note NNS 7474 835 26 on on IN 7474 835 27 the the DT 7474 835 28 East East NNP 7474 835 29 as as IN 7474 835 30 it -PRON- PRP 7474 835 31 was be VBD 7474 835 32 before before IN 7474 835 33 400 400 CD 7474 835 34 B.C. B.C. NNS 7474 836 1 have have VBP 7474 836 2 been be VBN 7474 836 3 preserved preserve VBN 7474 836 4 in in IN 7474 836 5 excerpts excerpt NNS 7474 836 6 , , , 7474 836 7 paraphrases paraphrase NNS 7474 836 8 and and CC 7474 836 9 epitomes epitome NNS 7474 836 10 by by IN 7474 836 11 later later JJ 7474 836 12 authors author NNS 7474 836 13 . . . 7474 837 1 And and CC 7474 837 2 we -PRON- PRP 7474 837 3 still still RB 7474 837 4 have have VBP 7474 837 5 some some DT 7474 837 6 archaeological archaeological JJ 7474 837 7 documents document NNS 7474 837 8 to to TO 7474 837 9 fall fall VB 7474 837 10 back back RB 7474 837 11 upon upon IN 7474 837 12 . . . 7474 838 1 If if IN 7474 838 2 the the DT 7474 838 3 cuneiform cuneiform NN 7474 838 4 records record NNS 7474 838 5 of of IN 7474 838 6 the the DT 7474 838 7 Persian Persian NNP 7474 838 8 Empire Empire NNP 7474 838 9 are be VBP 7474 838 10 less less RBR 7474 838 11 abundant abundant JJ 7474 838 12 than than IN 7474 838 13 those those DT 7474 838 14 of of IN 7474 838 15 the the DT 7474 838 16 later later JJ 7474 838 17 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 838 18 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 7474 838 19 , , , 7474 838 20 they -PRON- PRP 7474 838 21 nevertheless nevertheless RB 7474 838 22 include include VBP 7474 838 23 such such JJ 7474 838 24 priceless priceless JJ 7474 838 25 historical historical JJ 7474 838 26 inscriptions inscription NNS 7474 838 27 as as IN 7474 838 28 that that DT 7474 838 29 graven grave VBN 7474 838 30 by by IN 7474 838 31 Darius Darius NNP 7474 838 32 , , , 7474 838 33 son son NN 7474 838 34 of of IN 7474 838 35 Hystaspes Hystaspes NNP 7474 838 36 , , , 7474 838 37 on on IN 7474 838 38 the the DT 7474 838 39 rock rock NN 7474 838 40 of of IN 7474 838 41 Behistun Behistun NNP 7474 838 42 . . . 7474 839 1 There there EX 7474 839 2 are be VBP 7474 839 3 also also RB 7474 839 4 hieroglyphic hieroglyphic JJ 7474 839 5 , , , 7474 839 6 hieratic hieratic JJ 7474 839 7 and and CC 7474 839 8 demotic demotic NN 7474 839 9 texts text NNS 7474 839 10 of of IN 7474 839 11 Persian Persian NNP 7474 839 12 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 839 13 ; ; : 7474 839 14 inscriptions inscription NNS 7474 839 15 of of IN 7474 839 16 Semitic Semitic NNP 7474 839 17 Syria Syria NNP 7474 839 18 and and CC 7474 839 19 a a DT 7474 839 20 few few JJ 7474 839 21 of of IN 7474 839 22 archaic archaic NN 7474 839 23 Greece Greece NNP 7474 839 24 ; ; : 7474 839 25 and and CC 7474 839 26 much much JJ 7474 839 27 other other JJ 7474 839 28 miscellaneous miscellaneous JJ 7474 839 29 archaeological archaeological JJ 7474 839 30 material material NN 7474 839 31 from from IN 7474 839 32 various various JJ 7474 839 33 parts part NNS 7474 839 34 of of IN 7474 839 35 the the DT 7474 839 36 East East NNP 7474 839 37 , , , 7474 839 38 which which WDT 7474 839 39 , , , 7474 839 40 even even RB 7474 839 41 if if IN 7474 839 42 uninscribed uninscribed JJ 7474 839 43 , , , 7474 839 44 can can MD 7474 839 45 inform inform VB 7474 839 46 us -PRON- PRP 7474 839 47 of of IN 7474 839 48 local local JJ 7474 839 49 society society NN 7474 839 50 and and CC 7474 839 51 life life NN 7474 839 52 . . . 7474 840 1 SECTION section NN 7474 840 2 1 1 CD 7474 840 3 . . . 7474 841 1 EASTWARD EASTWARD NNP 7474 841 2 MOVEMENT MOVEMENT NNP 7474 841 3 OF of IN 7474 841 4 THE the DT 7474 841 5 GREEKS GREEKS NNP 7474 841 6 The the DT 7474 841 7 Greek Greek NNP 7474 841 8 had have VBD 7474 841 9 been be VBN 7474 841 10 pushing push VBG 7474 841 11 eastward eastward RB 7474 841 12 for for IN 7474 841 13 a a DT 7474 841 14 long long JJ 7474 841 15 time time NN 7474 841 16 . . . 7474 842 1 More More JJR 7474 842 2 than than IN 7474 842 3 three three CD 7474 842 4 hundred hundred CD 7474 842 5 years year NNS 7474 842 6 ago ago RB 7474 842 7 , , , 7474 842 8 as as IN 7474 842 9 has have VBZ 7474 842 10 been be VBN 7474 842 11 shown show VBN 7474 842 12 in in IN 7474 842 13 the the DT 7474 842 14 last last JJ 7474 842 15 chapter chapter NN 7474 842 16 , , , 7474 842 17 he -PRON- PRP 7474 842 18 had have VBD 7474 842 19 become become VBN 7474 842 20 a a DT 7474 842 21 terror terror NN 7474 842 22 in in IN 7474 842 23 the the DT 7474 842 24 farthest farth JJS 7474 842 25 Levant Levant NNP 7474 842 26 . . . 7474 843 1 Before before IN 7474 843 2 another another DT 7474 843 3 century century NN 7474 843 4 had have VBD 7474 843 5 passed pass VBN 7474 843 6 he -PRON- PRP 7474 843 7 found find VBD 7474 843 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 843 9 way way NN 7474 843 10 into into IN 7474 843 11 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 843 12 also also RB 7474 843 13 . . . 7474 844 1 Originally originally RB 7474 844 2 hired hire VBN 7474 844 3 as as IN 7474 844 4 mercenaries mercenary NNS 7474 844 5 to to TO 7474 844 6 support support VB 7474 844 7 a a DT 7474 844 8 native native JJ 7474 844 9 revolt revolt NN 7474 844 10 against against IN 7474 844 11 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 844 12 , , , 7474 844 13 the the DT 7474 844 14 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 844 15 remained remain VBD 7474 844 16 in in IN 7474 844 17 the the DT 7474 844 18 Nile Nile NNP 7474 844 19 valley valley NNP 7474 844 20 not not RB 7474 844 21 only only RB 7474 844 22 to to TO 7474 844 23 fight fight VB 7474 844 24 but but CC 7474 844 25 to to IN 7474 844 26 trade trade VB 7474 844 27 . . . 7474 845 1 The the DT 7474 845 2 first first JJ 7474 845 3 introduction introduction NN 7474 845 4 of of IN 7474 845 5 them -PRON- PRP 7474 845 6 to to IN 7474 845 7 the the DT 7474 845 8 Saite Saite NNP 7474 845 9 Pharaoh Pharaoh NNP 7474 845 10 , , , 7474 845 11 Psammetichus Psammetichus NNP 7474 845 12 , , , 7474 845 13 was be VBD 7474 845 14 promoted promote VBN 7474 845 15 by by IN 7474 845 16 Gyges Gyges NNP 7474 845 17 the the DT 7474 845 18 Lydian Lydian NNP 7474 845 19 to to TO 7474 845 20 further further VB 7474 845 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 845 22 own own JJ 7474 845 23 ends end NNS 7474 845 24 , , , 7474 845 25 but but CC 7474 845 26 the the DT 7474 845 27 first first JJ 7474 845 28 development development NN 7474 845 29 of of IN 7474 845 30 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 845 31 social social JJ 7474 845 32 influence influence NN 7474 845 33 in in IN 7474 845 34 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 845 35 was be VBD 7474 845 36 due due JJ 7474 845 37 to to IN 7474 845 38 the the DT 7474 845 39 enterprise enterprise NN 7474 845 40 of of IN 7474 845 41 Miletus Miletus NNP 7474 845 42 in in IN 7474 845 43 establishing establish VBG 7474 845 44 a a DT 7474 845 45 factory factory NN 7474 845 46 on on IN 7474 845 47 the the DT 7474 845 48 lowest low JJS 7474 845 49 course course NN 7474 845 50 of of IN 7474 845 51 the the DT 7474 845 52 Canopic Canopic NNP 7474 845 53 Nile Nile NNP 7474 845 54 . . . 7474 846 1 This this DT 7474 846 2 post post NN 7474 846 3 and and CC 7474 846 4 two two CD 7474 846 5 standing stand VBG 7474 846 6 camps camp NNS 7474 846 7 of of IN 7474 846 8 Greek greek JJ 7474 846 9 mercenaries mercenary NNS 7474 846 10 , , , 7474 846 11 one one CD 7474 846 12 at at IN 7474 846 13 Tahpanhes Tahpanhes NNPS 7474 846 14 watching watch VBG 7474 846 15 the the DT 7474 846 16 approach approach NN 7474 846 17 from from IN 7474 846 18 Asia Asia NNP 7474 846 19 , , , 7474 846 20 the the DT 7474 846 21 other other JJ 7474 846 22 at at IN 7474 846 23 Memphis Memphis NNP 7474 846 24 overawing overawe VBG 7474 846 25 the the DT 7474 846 26 capital capital NN 7474 846 27 and and CC 7474 846 28 keeping keep VBG 7474 846 29 the the DT 7474 846 30 road road NN 7474 846 31 to to IN 7474 846 32 Upper Upper NNP 7474 846 33 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 846 34 , , , 7474 846 35 served serve VBD 7474 846 36 to to TO 7474 846 37 introduce introduce VB 7474 846 38 Ionian ionian JJ 7474 846 39 civilization civilization NN 7474 846 40 to to IN 7474 846 41 the the DT 7474 846 42 Delta Delta NNP 7474 846 43 in in IN 7474 846 44 the the DT 7474 846 45 seventh seventh JJ 7474 846 46 century century NN 7474 846 47 . . . 7474 847 1 Indeed indeed RB 7474 847 2 , , , 7474 847 3 to to IN 7474 847 4 this this DT 7474 847 5 day day NN 7474 847 6 our -PRON- PRP$ 7474 847 7 knowledge knowledge NN 7474 847 8 of of IN 7474 847 9 the the DT 7474 847 10 earliest early JJS 7474 847 11 fine fine JJ 7474 847 12 painted paint VBN 7474 847 13 pottery pottery NN 7474 847 14 of of IN 7474 847 15 Ionia Ionia NNP 7474 847 16 and and CC 7474 847 17 Caria Caria NNP 7474 847 18 depends depend VBZ 7474 847 19 largely largely RB 7474 847 20 on on IN 7474 847 21 the the DT 7474 847 22 fragments fragment NNS 7474 847 23 of of IN 7474 847 24 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 847 25 vases vase NNS 7474 847 26 imported import VBN 7474 847 27 into into IN 7474 847 28 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 847 29 which which WDT 7474 847 30 have have VBP 7474 847 31 been be VBN 7474 847 32 found find VBN 7474 847 33 at at IN 7474 847 34 Tahpanhes Tahpanhes NNP 7474 847 35 , , , 7474 847 36 Memphis Memphis NNP 7474 847 37 and and CC 7474 847 38 another another DT 7474 847 39 Greek greek JJ 7474 847 40 colony colony NN 7474 847 41 , , , 7474 847 42 Naukratis Naukratis NNP 7474 847 43 , , , 7474 847 44 founded found VBD 7474 847 45 a a DT 7474 847 46 little little JJ 7474 847 47 later later RB 7474 847 48 ( ( -LRB- 7474 847 49 as as IN 7474 847 50 will will MD 7474 847 51 be be VB 7474 847 52 told tell VBN 7474 847 53 presently presently RB 7474 847 54 ) ) -RRB- 7474 847 55 to to TO 7474 847 56 supersede supersede VB 7474 847 57 the the DT 7474 847 58 original original JJ 7474 847 59 Milesian milesian JJ 7474 847 60 factory factory NN 7474 847 61 . . . 7474 848 1 Though though IN 7474 848 2 those those DT 7474 848 3 foreign foreign JJ 7474 848 4 vases vase VBZ 7474 848 5 themselves -PRON- PRP 7474 848 6 , , , 7474 848 7 with with IN 7474 848 8 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 848 9 decoration decoration NN 7474 848 10 of of IN 7474 848 11 nude nude JJ 7474 848 12 figure figure NN 7474 848 13 subjects subject NNS 7474 848 14 which which WDT 7474 848 15 revolted revolt VBD 7474 848 16 vulgar vulgar JJ 7474 848 17 Egyptian egyptian JJ 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RBR 7474 883 45 probably probably RB 7474 883 46 in in IN 7474 883 47 Hittite Hittite NNP 7474 883 48 hands hand NNS 7474 883 49 than than IN 7474 883 50 theirs -PRON- PRP 7474 883 51 . . . 7474 884 1 The the DT 7474 884 2 strongest strong JJS 7474 884 3 Nilotic nilotic JJ 7474 884 4 influence influence NN 7474 884 5 which which WDT 7474 884 6 affected affect VBD 7474 884 7 Mesopotamian mesopotamian JJ 7474 884 8 art art NN 7474 884 9 is be VBZ 7474 884 10 to to TO 7474 884 11 be be VB 7474 884 12 noticed notice VBN 7474 884 13 during during IN 7474 884 14 the the DT 7474 884 15 latter latter JJ 7474 884 16 half half NN 7474 884 17 of of IN 7474 884 18 the the DT 7474 884 19 New New NNP 7474 884 20 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 884 21 Kingdom Kingdom NNP 7474 884 22 , , , 7474 884 23 when when WRB 7474 884 24 there there EX 7474 884 25 was be VBD 7474 884 26 no no DT 7474 884 27 need need NN 7474 884 28 for for IN 7474 884 29 alien alien JJ 7474 884 30 intermediaries intermediary NNS 7474 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PRP 7474 1178 2 did do VBD 7474 1178 3 not not RB 7474 1178 4 wait wait VB 7474 1178 5 long long RB 7474 1178 6 . . . 7474 1179 1 The the DT 7474 1179 2 heavy heavy JJ 7474 1179 3 Macedonian macedonian JJ 7474 1179 4 cavalry cavalry NN 7474 1179 5 dashed dash VBN 7474 1179 6 through through IN 7474 1179 7 the the DT 7474 1179 8 stream stream NN 7474 1179 9 late late RB 7474 1179 10 on on IN 7474 1179 11 an an DT 7474 1179 12 afternoon afternoon NN 7474 1179 13 , , , 7474 1179 14 made make VBD 7474 1179 15 short short JJ 7474 1179 16 work work NN 7474 1179 17 of of IN 7474 1179 18 the the DT 7474 1179 19 Asiatic asiatic JJ 7474 1179 20 constituents constituent NNS 7474 1179 21 , , , 7474 1179 22 and and CC 7474 1179 23 having have VBG 7474 1179 24 cleared clear VBN 7474 1179 25 a a DT 7474 1179 26 way way NN 7474 1179 27 for for IN 7474 1179 28 the the DT 7474 1179 29 phalanx phalanx NN 7474 1179 30 helped help VBD 7474 1179 31 it -PRON- PRP 7474 1179 32 to to TO 7474 1179 33 cut cut VB 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the the DT 7474 1180 27 Persian Persian NNP 7474 1180 28 Empire Empire NNP 7474 1180 29 and and CC 7474 1180 30 brought bring VBD 7474 1180 31 down down RP 7474 1180 32 to to IN 7474 1180 33 the the DT 7474 1180 34 west west NN 7474 1180 35 , , , 7474 1180 36 a a DT 7474 1180 37 process process NN 7474 1180 38 which which WDT 7474 1180 39 would would MD 7474 1180 40 take take VB 7474 1180 41 many many JJ 7474 1180 42 months month NNS 7474 1180 43 , , , 7474 1180 44 and and CC 7474 1180 45 in in IN 7474 1180 46 fact fact NN 7474 1180 47 did do VBD 7474 1180 48 take take VB 7474 1180 49 a a DT 7474 1180 50 full full JJ 7474 1180 51 year year NN 7474 1180 52 . . . 7474 1181 1 But but CC 7474 1181 2 some some DT 7474 1181 3 of of IN 7474 1181 4 the the DT 7474 1181 5 Western western JJ 7474 1181 6 cities city NNS 7474 1181 7 offered offer VBD 7474 1181 8 no no DT 7474 1181 9 small small JJ 7474 1181 10 impediment impediment NN 7474 1181 11 to to IN 7474 1181 12 his -PRON- PRP$ 7474 1181 13 progress progress NN 7474 1181 14 . . . 7474 1182 1 If if IN 7474 1182 2 Aeolia Aeolia NNP 7474 1182 3 , , , 7474 1182 4 Lydia Lydia NNP 7474 1182 5 and and CC 7474 1182 6 Ionia Ionia NNP 7474 1182 7 made make VBD 7474 1182 8 no no DT 7474 1182 9 resistance resistance NN 7474 1182 10 worth worth JJ 7474 1182 11 mentioning mention VBG 7474 1182 12 , , , 7474 1182 13 the the DT 7474 1182 14 two two CD 7474 1182 15 chief chief JJ 7474 1182 16 cities city NNS 7474 1182 17 of of IN 7474 1182 18 Caria Caria NNP 7474 1182 19 , , , 7474 1182 20 Miletus Miletus NNP 7474 1182 21 and and CC 7474 1182 22 Halicarnassus Halicarnassus NNP 7474 1182 23 , , , 7474 1182 24 which which WDT 7474 1182 25 had have VBD 7474 1182 26 been be VBN 7474 1182 27 enjoying enjoy VBG 7474 1182 28 in in IN 7474 1182 29 virtual virtual JJ 7474 1182 30 freedom freedom NN 7474 1182 31 a a DT 7474 1182 32 lion lion NN 7474 1182 33 's 's POS 7474 1182 34 share share NN 7474 1182 35 of of IN 7474 1182 36 Aegean aegean JJ 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3 any any DT 7474 1185 4 definite definite JJ 7474 1185 5 venture venture NN 7474 1185 6 into into IN 7474 1185 7 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1185 8 aroused arouse VBD 7474 1185 9 envy envy NN 7474 1185 10 , , , 7474 1185 11 not not RB 7474 1185 12 enthusiasm enthusiasm JJ 7474 1185 13 , , , 7474 1185 14 among among IN 7474 1185 15 those those DT 7474 1185 16 who who WP 7474 1185 17 would would MD 7474 1185 18 be be VB 7474 1185 19 forestalled forestall VBN 7474 1185 20 by by IN 7474 1185 21 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 1185 22 success success NN 7474 1185 23 . . . 7474 1186 1 Neither neither CC 7474 1186 2 with with IN 7474 1186 3 ships ship NNS 7474 1186 4 nor nor CC 7474 1186 5 men man NNS 7474 1186 6 had have VBD 7474 1186 7 any any DT 7474 1186 8 leading lead VBG 7474 1186 9 Greek greek JJ 7474 1186 10 state state NN 7474 1186 11 come come VBN 7474 1186 12 forward forward RB 7474 1186 13 to to TO 7474 1186 14 help help VB 7474 1186 15 Alexander Alexander NNP 7474 1186 16 , , , 7474 1186 17 and and 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more JJR 7474 1188 11 in in IN 7474 1188 12 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1188 13 Minor Minor NNP 7474 1188 14 than than IN 7474 1188 15 parade parade VB 7474 1188 16 the the DT 7474 1188 17 western western JJ 7474 1188 18 part part NN 7474 1188 19 of of IN 7474 1188 20 it -PRON- PRP 7474 1188 21 , , , 7474 1188 22 the the DT 7474 1188 23 better well JJR 7474 1188 24 to to TO 7474 1188 25 secure secure VB 7474 1188 26 the the DT 7474 1188 27 footing footing NN 7474 1188 28 he -PRON- PRP 7474 1188 29 had have VBD 7474 1188 30 gained gain VBN 7474 1188 31 in in IN 7474 1188 32 the the DT 7474 1188 33 continent continent NN 7474 1188 34 . . . 7474 1189 1 Here here RB 7474 1189 2 and and CC 7474 1189 3 there there RB 7474 1189 4 he -PRON- PRP 7474 1189 5 had have VBD 7474 1189 6 a a DT 7474 1189 7 brush brush NN 7474 1189 8 with with IN 7474 1189 9 hill hill NN 7474 1189 10 - - HYPH 7474 1189 11 men man NNS 7474 1189 12 , , , 7474 1189 13 who who WP 7474 1189 14 had have VBD 7474 1189 15 long long RB 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7474 1242 46 which which WDT 7474 1242 47 , , , 7474 1242 48 if if IN 7474 1242 49 not not RB 7474 1242 50 subject subject JJ 7474 1242 51 to to IN 7474 1242 52 Ptolemy Ptolemy NNP 7474 1242 53 of of IN 7474 1242 54 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 1242 55 , , , 7474 1242 56 were be VBD 7474 1242 57 free free JJ 7474 1242 58 of of IN 7474 1242 59 both both DT 7474 1242 60 kings king NNS 7474 1242 61 or or CC 7474 1242 62 dominated dominate VBN 7474 1242 63 by by IN 7474 1242 64 a a DT 7474 1242 65 third third JJ 7474 1242 66 , , , 7474 1242 67 resident resident JJ 7474 1242 68 in in IN 7474 1242 69 Europe Europe NNP 7474 1242 70 and and CC 7474 1242 71 soon soon RB 7474 1242 72 to to TO 7474 1242 73 disappear disappear VB 7474 1242 74 . . . 7474 1243 1 In in IN 7474 1243 2 the the DT 7474 1243 3 event event NN 7474 1243 4 those those DT 7474 1243 5 two two CD 7474 1243 6 , , , 7474 1243 7 Seleucus Seleucus NNP 7474 1243 8 and and CC 7474 1243 9 Ptolemy Ptolemy NNP 7474 1243 10 , , , 7474 1243 11 alone alone RB 7474 1243 12 of of IN 7474 1243 13 all all PDT 7474 1243 14 the the DT 7474 1243 15 Macedonian macedonian JJ 7474 1243 16 successors successor NNS 7474 1243 17 , , , 7474 1243 18 would would MD 7474 1243 19 found find VBD 7474 1243 20 dynasties dynasty NNS 7474 1243 21 destined destine VBN 7474 1243 22 to to TO 7474 1243 23 endure endure VB 7474 1243 24 long long RB 7474 1243 25 enough enough RB 7474 1243 26 in in IN 7474 1243 27 kingdoms kingdom NNS 7474 1243 28 great great JJ 7474 1243 29 enough enough RB 7474 1243 30 to to TO 7474 1243 31 affect affect VB 7474 1243 32 the the DT 7474 1243 33 general general JJ 7474 1243 34 history history NN 7474 1243 35 of of IN 7474 1243 36 civilization civilization NN 7474 1243 37 in in IN 7474 1243 38 the the DT 7474 1243 39 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 1243 40 East East NNP 7474 1243 41 . . . 7474 1244 1 Seleucus Seleucus NNP 7474 1244 2 has have VBZ 7474 1244 3 no no DT 7474 1244 4 surviving survive VBG 7474 1244 5 chronicler 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H. NNP 7474 1416 16 R. R. NNP 7474 1416 17 Hall Hall NNP 7474 1416 18 's 's POS 7474 1416 19 _ _ NNP 7474 1416 20 The the DT 7474 1416 21 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 1416 22 History history NN 7474 1416 23 of of IN 7474 1416 24 the the DT 7474 1416 25 Near Near NNP 7474 1416 26 East East NNP 7474 1416 27 _ _ NNP 7474 1416 28 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1416 29 1913 1913 CD 7474 1416 30 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1416 31 , , , 7474 1416 32 which which WDT 7474 1416 33 gathers gather VBZ 7474 1416 34 up up RP 7474 1416 35 , , , 7474 1416 36 not not RB 7474 1416 37 only only RB 7474 1416 38 what what WP 7474 1416 39 was be VBD 7474 1416 40 in in IN 7474 1416 41 the the DT 7474 1416 42 books book NNS 7474 1416 43 by by IN 7474 1416 44 Mr. Mr. NNP 7474 1416 45 Hall Hall NNP 7474 1416 46 and and CC 7474 1416 47 Mr. Mr. NNP 7474 1416 48 King King NNP 7474 1416 49 cited cite VBD 7474 1416 50 by by IN 7474 1416 51 Prof. Prof. NNP 7474 1416 52 Myres Myres NNP 7474 1416 53 , , , 7474 1416 54 but but CC 7474 1416 55 also also RB 7474 1416 56 the the DT 7474 1416 57 contents content NNS 7474 1416 58 of of IN 7474 1416 59 Meyer Meyer NNP 7474 1416 60 's 's POS 7474 1416 61 and and CC 7474 1416 62 Maspero Maspero NNP 7474 1416 63 's 's POS 7474 1416 64 books book NNS 7474 1416 65 , , , 7474 1416 66 and and CC 7474 1416 67 others other NNS 7474 1416 68 , , , 7474 1416 69 and and CC 7474 1416 70 the the DT 7474 1416 71 results result NNS 7474 1416 72 of of IN 7474 1416 73 more more JJR 7474 1416 74 recent recent JJ 7474 1416 75 research research NN 7474 1416 76 , , , 7474 1416 77 in in IN 7474 1416 78 some some DT 7474 1416 79 of of IN 7474 1416 80 which which WDT 7474 1416 81 the the DT 7474 1416 82 author author NN 7474 1416 83 has have VBZ 7474 1416 84 taken take VBN 7474 1416 85 part part NN 7474 1416 86 . . . 7474 1417 1 This this DT 7474 1417 2 book book NN 7474 1417 3 includes include VBZ 7474 1417 4 in in IN 7474 1417 5 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 1417 6 scope scope NN 7474 1417 7 both both DT 7474 1417 8 Egypt Egypt NNP 7474 1417 9 and and CC 7474 1417 10 the the DT 7474 1417 11 Aegean Aegean NNP 7474 1417 12 area area NN 7474 1417 13 , , , 7474 1417 14 besides besides IN 7474 1417 15 Western Western NNP 7474 1417 16 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1417 17 . . . 7474 1418 1 For for IN 7474 1418 2 the the DT 7474 1418 3 special special JJ 7474 1418 4 history history NN 7474 1418 5 of of IN 7474 1418 6 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 1418 7 and and CC 7474 1418 8 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 1418 9 and and CC 7474 1418 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 7474 1418 11 Empires empire NNS 7474 1418 12 , , , 7474 1418 13 R. 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NNP 7474 1419 2 Winckler Winckler NNP 7474 1419 3 's 's POS 7474 1419 4 _ _ NNP 7474 1419 5 History history NN 7474 1419 6 of of IN 7474 1419 7 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 7474 1419 8 and and CC 7474 1419 9 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 1419 10 _ _ NNP 7474 1419 11 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1419 12 translated translate VBN 7474 1419 13 from from IN 7474 1419 14 the the DT 7474 1419 15 German German NNP 7474 1419 16 by by IN 7474 1419 17 J. J. NNP 7474 1420 1 A. A. NNP 7474 1420 2 Craig Craig NNP 7474 1420 3 , , , 7474 1420 4 1907 1907 CD 7474 1420 5 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1420 6 is be VBZ 7474 1420 7 more more RBR 7474 1420 8 brilliant brilliant JJ 7474 1420 9 and and CC 7474 1420 10 suggestive suggestive JJ 7474 1420 11 , , , 7474 1420 12 but but CC 7474 1420 13 needs need VBZ 7474 1420 14 to to TO 7474 1420 15 be be VB 7474 1420 16 used use VBN 7474 1420 17 with with IN 7474 1420 18 more more JJR 7474 1420 19 caution caution NN 7474 1420 20 . . . 7474 1421 1 A. A. NNP 7474 1421 2 T. T. NNP 7474 1421 3 Olmstead Olmstead NNP 7474 1421 4 's 's POS 7474 1421 5 _ _ NNP 7474 1421 6 Western Western NNP 7474 1421 7 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1421 8 in in IN 7474 1421 9 the the DT 7474 1421 10 Days day NNS 7474 1421 11 of of IN 7474 1421 12 Sargon Sargon NNP 7474 1421 13 of of IN 7474 1421 14 Assyria Assyria NNP 7474 1421 15 _ _ NNP 7474 1421 16 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1421 17 1908 1908 CD 7474 1421 18 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1421 19 is be VBZ 7474 1421 20 an an DT 7474 1421 21 instructive instructive JJ 7474 1421 22 study study NN 7474 1421 23 of of IN 7474 1421 24 the the DT 7474 1421 25 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 7474 1421 26 Empire Empire NNP 7474 1421 27 at at IN 7474 1421 28 its -PRON- PRP$ 7474 1421 29 height height NN 7474 1421 30 . . . 7474 1422 1 For for IN 7474 1422 2 the the DT 7474 1422 3 Hittite Hittite NNP 7474 1422 4 Empire Empire NNP 7474 1422 5 and and CC 7474 1422 6 civilization civilization NN 7474 1422 7 J. J. NNP 7474 1422 8 Garstang Garstang NNP 7474 1422 9 's 's POS 7474 1422 10 _ _ NNP 7474 1422 11 The the DT 7474 1422 12 Land Land NNP 7474 1422 13 of of IN 7474 1422 14 the the DT 7474 1422 15 Hittites Hittites NNPS 7474 1422 16 _ _ NNP 7474 1422 17 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1422 18 1910 1910 CD 7474 1422 19 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1422 20 is be VBZ 7474 1422 21 the the DT 7474 1422 22 best good JJS 7474 1422 23 recent recent JJ 7474 1422 24 book book NN 7474 1422 25 which which WDT 7474 1422 26 aims aim VBZ 7474 1422 27 at at IN 7474 1422 28 being be VBG 7474 1422 29 comprehensive comprehensive JJ 7474 1422 30 . . . 7474 1423 1 But but CC 7474 1423 2 it -PRON- PRP 7474 1423 3 must must MD 7474 1423 4 be be VB 7474 1423 5 borne bear VBN 7474 1423 6 in in IN 7474 1423 7 mind mind NN 7474 1423 8 that that IN 7474 1423 9 this this DT 7474 1423 10 subject subject NN 7474 1423 11 is be VBZ 7474 1423 12 in in IN 7474 1423 13 the the DT 7474 1423 14 melting melt VBG 7474 1423 15 - - HYPH 7474 1423 16 pot pot NN 7474 1423 17 at at IN 7474 1423 18 present present NN 7474 1423 19 , , , 7474 1423 20 that that IN 7474 1423 21 excavations excavation NNS 7474 1423 22 now now RB 7474 1423 23 in in IN 7474 1423 24 progress progress NN 7474 1423 25 have have VBP 7474 1423 26 added add VBN 7474 1423 27 greatly greatly RB 7474 1423 28 to to IN 7474 1423 29 the the DT 7474 1423 30 available available JJ 7474 1423 31 evidence evidence NN 7474 1423 32 , , , 7474 1423 33 and and CC 7474 1423 34 that that DT 7474 1423 35 very very RB 7474 1423 36 few few JJ 7474 1423 37 of of IN 7474 1423 38 the the DT 7474 1423 39 Boghazkeui Boghazkeui NNP 7474 1423 40 archives archive NNS 7474 1423 41 were be VBD 7474 1423 42 published publish VBN 7474 1423 43 when when WRB 7474 1423 44 Garstang Garstang NNP 7474 1423 45 's 's POS 7474 1423 46 book book NN 7474 1423 47 was be VBD 7474 1423 48 issued issue VBN 7474 1423 49 . . . 7474 1424 1 D. D. NNP 7474 1424 2 G. G. NNP 7474 1424 3 Hogarth Hogarth NNP 7474 1424 4 's 's POS 7474 1424 5 articles article NNS 7474 1424 6 on on IN 7474 1424 7 the the DT 7474 1424 8 Hittites Hittites NNPS 7474 1424 9 , , , 7474 1424 10 in in IN 7474 1424 11 Enc Enc NNP 7474 1424 12 . . . 7474 1425 1 Brit Brit NNP 7474 1425 2 , , , 7474 1425 3 and and CC 7474 1425 4 Enc Enc NNP 7474 1425 5 . . . 7474 1426 1 Brit Brit NNP 7474 1426 2 . . . 7474 1427 1 Year year NN 7474 1427 2 - - HYPH 7474 1427 3 book book NN 7474 1427 4 , , , 7474 1427 5 summarize summarize VB 7474 1427 6 some some DT 7474 1427 7 more more RBR 7474 1427 8 recent recent JJ 7474 1427 9 research research NN 7474 1427 10 ; ; : 7474 1427 11 but but CC 7474 1427 12 there there EX 7474 1427 13 is be VBZ 7474 1427 14 no no DT 7474 1427 15 compendium compendium NN 7474 1427 16 of of IN 7474 1427 17 Hittite Hittite NNP 7474 1427 18 research research NN 7474 1427 19 which which WDT 7474 1427 20 is be VBZ 7474 1427 21 really really RB 7474 1427 22 up up IN 7474 1427 23 to to IN 7474 1427 24 date date NN 7474 1427 25 . . . 7474 1428 1 For for IN 7474 1428 2 Semitic semitic JJ 7474 1428 3 Syrian syrian JJ 7474 1428 4 history history NN 7474 1428 5 , , , 7474 1428 6 Rogers Rogers NNP 7474 1428 7 and and CC 7474 1428 8 Winckler Winckler NNP 7474 1428 9 , , , 7474 1428 10 as as IN 7474 1428 11 cited cite VBN 7474 1428 12 above above RB 7474 1428 13 , , , 7474 1428 14 will will MD 7474 1428 15 probably probably RB 7474 1428 16 be be VB 7474 1428 17 found find VBN 7474 1428 18 sufficient sufficient JJ 7474 1428 19 ; ; : 7474 1428 20 and and CC 7474 1428 21 also also RB 7474 1428 22 for for IN 7474 1428 23 the the DT 7474 1428 24 Urartu Urartu NNP 7474 1428 25 peoples people NNS 7474 1428 26 . . . 7474 1429 1 For for IN 7474 1429 2 Western Western NNP 7474 1429 3 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1429 4 Minor Minor NNP 7474 1429 5 and and CC 7474 1429 6 the the DT 7474 1429 7 Greeks Greeks NNPS 7474 1429 8 , , , 7474 1429 9 besides besides IN 7474 1429 10 D.G. D.G. NNP 7474 1430 1 Hogarth Hogarth NNP 7474 1430 2 's 's POS 7474 1430 3 _ _ NNP 7474 1430 4 Ionia Ionia NNP 7474 1430 5 and and CC 7474 1430 6 the the DT 7474 1430 7 East East NNP 7474 1430 8 _ _ NNP 7474 1430 9 , , , 7474 1430 10 the the DT 7474 1430 11 new new JJ 7474 1430 12 edition edition NN 7474 1430 13 of of IN 7474 1430 14 Beloch Beloch NNP 7474 1430 15 's 's POS 7474 1430 16 _ _ NNP 7474 1430 17 Griechische Griechische NNP 7474 1430 18 Geschichte Geschichte NNP 7474 1430 19 _ _ NNP 7474 1430 20 gives give VBZ 7474 1430 21 all all DT 7474 1430 22 , , , 7474 1430 23 and and CC 7474 1430 24 more more JJR 7474 1430 25 than than IN 7474 1430 26 all all DT 7474 1430 27 , , , 7474 1430 28 that that IN 7474 1430 29 the the DT 7474 1430 30 general general JJ 7474 1430 31 reader reader NN 7474 1430 32 will will MD 7474 1430 33 require require VB 7474 1430 34 . . . 7474 1431 1 If if IN 7474 1431 2 German German NNP 7474 1431 3 is be VBZ 7474 1431 4 a a DT 7474 1431 5 difficulty difficulty NN 7474 1431 6 to to IN 7474 1431 7 him -PRON- PRP 7474 1431 8 , , , 7474 1431 9 he -PRON- PRP 7474 1431 10 must must MD 7474 1431 11 turn turn VB 7474 1431 12 to to IN 7474 1431 13 J.B. J.B. NNP 7474 1432 1 Bury Bury NNP 7474 1432 2 's 's POS 7474 1432 3 _ _ NNP 7474 1432 4 History history NN 7474 1432 5 of of IN 7474 1432 6 Greece Greece NNP 7474 1432 7 _ _ NNP 7474 1432 8 and and CC 7474 1432 9 to to IN 7474 1432 10 the the DT 7474 1432 11 later later JJ 7474 1432 12 part part NN 7474 1432 13 of of IN 7474 1432 14 Hall Hall NNP 7474 1432 15 's 's POS 7474 1432 16 _ _ NNP 7474 1432 17 Ancient Ancient NNP 7474 1432 18 History History NNP 7474 1432 19 of of IN 7474 1432 20 the the DT 7474 1432 21 Near Near NNP 7474 1432 22 East East NNP 7474 1432 23 _ _ NNP 7474 1432 24 , , , 7474 1432 25 cited cite VBD 7474 1432 26 above above RB 7474 1432 27 . . . 7474 1433 1 For for IN 7474 1433 2 Alexander Alexander NNP 7474 1433 3 's 's POS 7474 1433 4 conquest conquest NN 7474 1433 5 he -PRON- PRP 7474 1433 6 can can MD 7474 1433 7 go go VB 7474 1433 8 to to IN 7474 1433 9 J. J. NNP 7474 1433 10 Karst Karst NNP 7474 1433 11 , , , 7474 1433 12 _ _ NNP 7474 1433 13 Geschichte Geschichte NNP 7474 1433 14 des des NNP 7474 1433 15 hellenistischen hellenistischen NNP 7474 1433 16 Zeitalters Zeitalters NNP 7474 1433 17 _ _ NNP 7474 1433 18 , , , 7474 1433 19 Vol Vol NNP 7474 1433 20 . . . 7474 1434 1 I -PRON- PRP 7474 1434 2 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1434 3 1901 1901 CD 7474 1434 4 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1434 5 , , , 7474 1434 6 B. B. NNP 7474 1434 7 Niese Niese NNP 7474 1434 8 , , , 7474 1434 9 _ _ NNP 7474 1434 10 Geschichte Geschichte NNP 7474 1434 11 der der NNP 7474 1434 12 griechischen griechischen NNP 7474 1434 13 und und NNP 7474 1434 14 makedonischen makedonischen NNP 7474 1434 15 Staaten Staaten NNP 7474 1434 16 _ _ NNP 7474 1434 17 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1434 18 1899 1899 CD 7474 1434 19 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1434 20 , , , 7474 1434 21 or or CC 7474 1434 22 D.G. D.G. NNP 7474 1435 1 Hogarth Hogarth NNP 7474 1435 2 , , , 7474 1435 3 _ _ NNP 7474 1435 4 Philip Philip NNP 7474 1435 5 and and CC 7474 1435 6 Alexander Alexander NNP 7474 1435 7 of of IN 7474 1435 8 Macedon Macedon NNP 7474 1435 9 _ _ NNP 7474 1435 10 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1435 11 1897 1897 CD 7474 1435 12 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1435 13 ; ; : 7474 1435 14 but but CC 7474 1435 15 the the DT 7474 1435 16 great great JJ 7474 1435 17 work work NN 7474 1435 18 of of IN 7474 1435 19 J.G. J.G. NNP 7474 1436 1 Droysen Droysen NNP 7474 1436 2 , , , 7474 1436 3 _ _ NNP 7474 1436 4 Das Das NNP 7474 1436 5 Hellenismus Hellenismus NNP 7474 1436 6 _ _ NNP 7474 1436 7 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1436 8 French french JJ 7474 1436 9 translation translation NN 7474 1436 10 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1436 11 , , , 7474 1436 12 lies lie VBZ 7474 1436 13 behind behind IN 7474 1436 14 all all PDT 7474 1436 15 these these DT 7474 1436 16 . . . 7474 1437 1 Finally finally RB 7474 1437 2 , , , 7474 1437 3 the the DT 7474 1437 4 fourth fourth JJ 7474 1437 5 English english JJ 7474 1437 6 volume volume NN 7474 1437 7 of of IN 7474 1437 8 A. A. NNP 7474 1437 9 Holm Holm NNP 7474 1437 10 's 's POS 7474 1437 11 _ _ NNP 7474 1437 12 History History NNP 7474 1437 13 of of IN 7474 1437 14 Greece Greece NNP 7474 1437 15 _ _ NNP 7474 1437 16 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1437 17 1898 1898 CD 7474 1437 18 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1437 19 and and CC 7474 1437 20 E.R. E.R. NNP 7474 1438 1 Bevan Bevan NNP 7474 1438 2 's 's POS 7474 1438 3 _ _ NNP 7474 1438 4 House House NNP 7474 1438 5 of of IN 7474 1438 6 Seleucus Seleucus NNP 7474 1438 7 _ _ NNP 7474 1438 8 ( ( -LRB- 7474 1438 9 1902 1902 CD 7474 1438 10 ) ) -RRB- 7474 1438 11 will will MD 7474 1438 12 supply supply VB 7474 1438 13 most most JJS 7474 1438 14 that that WDT 7474 1438 15 is be VBZ 7474 1438 16 known know VBN 7474 1438 17 of of IN 7474 1438 18 the the DT 7474 1438 19 Hellenistic Hellenistic NNP 7474 1438 20 Age Age NNP 7474 1438 21 in in IN 7474 1438 22 Asia Asia NNP 7474 1438 23 . . .