Sacred Geography: Or, A Gazetteer of the Bible. Containing, in Alphabetical Order, a Geographical Description of All the Countries, Kingdoms, Nations and Tribes of Men, with All the Villages, Towns, Cities, Provinces, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Islands, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, Or Apocrypha, Including an Account of the Religion, Government, Population, Fulfilment of Prophecies, and Present Condition of the Most Important PlacesSamuel T. Armstrong, 1813 - 522 pages |
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... ancient name was Acco , or Accho , and is called by the Arabs Akka . It was afterwards denominated Ptole- mais , from one of the Ptole- mys in Egypt , and Acra , on account of its fortifications , and importance ; whence the knights of ...
... ancient name was Acco , or Accho , and is called by the Arabs Akka . It was afterwards denominated Ptole- mais , from one of the Ptole- mys in Egypt , and Acra , on account of its fortifications , and importance ; whence the knights of ...
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... ancient opulence in this city , are two obelisks full of hieroglyphics , also Pom- pey's pillar , which is one entire piece of granite , 40 feet high and 25 in circumference . The ancient Pharos , famous among the ancients , as one of ...
... ancient opulence in this city , are two obelisks full of hieroglyphics , also Pom- pey's pillar , which is one entire piece of granite , 40 feet high and 25 in circumference . The ancient Pharos , famous among the ancients , as one of ...
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... ancient and modern , have imagined , that the giants spoken of in scripture , were indeed men of an extraordinary stature , but not so much above what was common as some have fancied , who describe them as three or four times larger ...
... ancient and modern , have imagined , that the giants spoken of in scripture , were indeed men of an extraordinary stature , but not so much above what was common as some have fancied , who describe them as three or four times larger ...
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... ancient Mesopotamia ; east by the gulf of Persia and Ormus , and south by the Indian ocean . On the north this country runs up to an angle , about 100 miles east of Palmyra , which is not included in Arabia . Arabia lies between Lat 12 ...
... ancient Mesopotamia ; east by the gulf of Persia and Ormus , and south by the Indian ocean . On the north this country runs up to an angle , about 100 miles east of Palmyra , which is not included in Arabia . Arabia lies between Lat 12 ...
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... ancient civilized people . The merchants of Tyre had explored the Islands of Britain , before the Chinese had discovered Japan . When the literati of India or China can show us a volume as an- cient as the writings of Moses , they may ...
... ancient civilized people . The merchants of Tyre had explored the Islands of Britain , before the Chinese had discovered Japan . When the literati of India or China can show us a volume as an- cient as the writings of Moses , they may ...
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