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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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, and was destroyed.From that point Alexander continued his trumphant career through Palestine,where the only city that refused to submit was Gaza, whose fate was the sameas Tyres. Egypt, as will be remembered, was groaning at that time under thePersian yoke, and it welcomed Alexander as a deliverer. Different from themerciless Cambyses, he won the respect and affection of the people by restor-ing all the old customs and religious institutions of the country. There, too,he founded Alexandria, which became one of the leading cities of ancienttimes, and is still an important metropolis of Egypt, Alexander next marched through the Libyan desert, in order to consult theoracle of Jupiter Amon, whose priests saluted him as a son of Jove. Hemade the consultation in secret, and it is said never revealed the answer whichhe received, though the magnificence of his offerings to the god leave no doubtthat it was favorable. At the town of Arbela, now known as Arbil, east of Mossul, in Assyria (the
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KING PORUS BROUGHT BEFORE A^LaAIwci Greece—Excesses of Alexander 249 battle was really fought near Guagamela, to the northwest), Alexander metDarius with an army numbering fully half a million men, and routed and pur-sued them for fifty miles from the scene of the fight. He was particularly anx-ious to make the Persian king a prisoner, but the latter fled as before on a swifthorse, leaving again his baggage and royal treasure in the hands of his con-queror. Babylon and Susa opened their gates to him, and he next movedtoward Persepolis, the capital of Persia, which he entered in triumph. Rarely, indeed, can a man withstand the perils of attaining the highestpinnacle of success. Alexander had always been fond of wine and luxuriousliving, and he now descended to the most degrading debauchery, during whichhe spent days in sodden drunkenness. At such times he was capricious andas ferocious as a demon. It seems pretty certain that he set fire to Persepolis,then the most splendid city of t

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