id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt nyp.33433081838249 Rawlinson, George The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world ; or, the history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, andPersia Collected and illustrated from ancient and modern sources by George Rawlinson v. 3 1880 .txt text/plain 197224 23537 85 Map of Persian Empire in time of Darius Hystaspis king's time to furnish such good cavalry as the Persians, Medes, Darius, however, in the Behistun inscription, speaks of Babylonian horsemen; 10 and the armies which overran Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, seem to have consisted mainly of horse. in the time of the Persian Empire, see | 6 From the accounts which Herodotus possession of certain Sacans or Scythians," who in the flourishing times of the empire acknowledged subjection to the Persian from the time of the early Persian kings to the present day. were Babylon, Ecbatana, and Persepolis, the capitals respectively of Chaldæa, Media, and Persia Proper, all great and ancient cities, accustomed to the presence of Courts, and all occupying positions sufficiently central to render them not ill-suited me it seems probable that the Persians of the Great Cyrus, who was the fourth ./cache/nyp.33433081838249.pdf ./txt/nyp.33433081838249.txt