The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia: The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seven Great Monarchies Of The AncientEastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia, by George RawlinsonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.Author: George RawlinsonIllustrator: George RawlinsonRelease Date: July 1, 2005 [EBook #16165]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES ***Produced by David WidgerTHE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIESOF THEANCIENT EASTERN WORLD;OR,THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALDAEA, ASSYRIABABYLON, MEDIA, PERSIA, PARTHIA, AND SASSANIAN,OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE.BYGEORGE RAWLINSON, M.A.,CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDIN THREE VOLUMES.VOLUME II.WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONSPERSIA PROPER.[Illustration: MAP]THE FIFTH MONARCHY.PERSIA.CHAPTER I. EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE.The geographical extent of the Fifth Monarchy was far greater than thatof any one of the four which had preceded it. While Persia Proper is acomparatively ...