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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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odorus (xvii. 71), by a triple wall ofgreat strength. Persepolis was burnt by Alexander the Great, and isafterwards only noticed in 2 Mac. ix. 1, as having been attacked byAntiochus Epiphanes. The ruins stand on an immense aitificial plat-form, originally some 40 or 50 ft. in height above the plain, which isapproached by a remarkably fine flight of steps. The buildings areadorned with, bas-reliefs, and the columns are elaborately chiselled.In the neighbourhood of Persepolis are some places which bear marksof high antiquity, but which, are unnoticed by any early writer. Aboutfive miles off is the steep conical hill named Idahr, crowned with theremains of a fortress, and suiTounded by a plain which is thicklycovered with fragments of sculpture of all kinds. Xalish-i-rustam isanother cliff in the same neighbourhood, in the face of whichnumerous tombs have been excavated. The sculptures with whichthese are ornamented belong partly to the Persian, but more generallyto the Sassanian period.
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Tomb of Cynis at JTurghdb, the ancient Pasargadae. § 3. II. SusiANA.—Susiana was bounded on the X. by Media ;on the W. by the Tigris and a portion of Assyria : on the S. by thePersian Gulf; and on the E. by Persis, from which it is separatedby the ranges of Parachoathras : the name smwives in the slightlyaltered form Khiizistan. The coimtry is in its eastern half inter-sected by the various ramifications of Parachoatliras: the westernportion is a plain, and suffers from intense heat. In addition to Chap. XIII. EIYERS — IXHABITAXTS. 235 the Tigris, which skirts its western border, we may notice theChoaspes, Kerklmh^ which rises in Media, not far from Echatana,penetrates the chain of Zagrus, and, emerging into the plain, passesby the ancient Susa, and falls into the Tigris below its junction withthe Euphrates. Its course appears to have undergone considerablechange within historical times. It formerly divided above Susa, andsent otf two arms, one of which joined the EuLtus, while t

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