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Title: Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind ..
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Swinton, William, 1833-1892
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. 55 CHAPTER VII.THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. I. HISTORICAL OUTLINE. 120. It will be convenient to connect the history of theMedes with that of the Persians for two rea- Connection of mi ^ e ^ ^t • -i Media and sons: I. Ihe people or both countries be- Persia,longed to the same race; 2. Although Media and Persiawere for a time separate governments, yet very soon Mediawas absorbed in Persia. 121. On the plateau east of the chain of Zagros — theplain of ancient Iran — dwelt a hardy race, the origin of theMedes, and a kindred stock, the Persians. ^^^^They were both pure Aryans. They were immigrants fromthe northeasterly native seat of the Aryan stock. By vari-ous successive movements, which were not completed tillthe 8th century B. c, they established themselves in thehighlands of Media and Persia. 122. The Medes first come to notice in connection withthe Assyrians. About B. c. 710 Sargon, an ^ , ,^ ^ . ■ \ir \- Early Medes. Assyrian monarch, conquered some Median territ

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