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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... Italy and Greece , burned the city of Rome , passed into the Asiatic continent ; and ad- vanced as far as Babylon , car . rying conquest and ruin where they went ; but being broken by Attalus king of Pergamus , and driven out of other ...
... Italy and Greece , burned the city of Rome , passed into the Asiatic continent ; and ad- vanced as far as Babylon , car . rying conquest and ruin where they went ; but being broken by Attalus king of Pergamus , and driven out of other ...
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... Italy with all the fury of sav- age conquerors ; about two hun- dred years after they returned , plundered and burned the city of Rome , and about two hun- dred and seventy years before Christ , they lifted their bloody sword over Asia ...
... Italy with all the fury of sav- age conquerors ; about two hun- dred years after they returned , plundered and burned the city of Rome , and about two hun- dred and seventy years before Christ , they lifted their bloody sword over Asia ...
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... Italy passed Gnidus ; but whether it was the island or promontory , it is not certain . GOB , a place where two battles were fought between the Hebrews and Philistines . 2 Sam . xxi , 18. In Chroni- cles , we read Gezer instead of Gob ...
... Italy passed Gnidus ; but whether it was the island or promontory , it is not certain . GOB , a place where two battles were fought between the Hebrews and Philistines . 2 Sam . xxi , 18. In Chroni- cles , we read Gezer instead of Gob ...
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... Italy , and in some other places . GOLGOTHA , a part of Calvary , where Jesus Christ was crucified . GOMORRAH , one of the five principal cities of the Per tapolis , that was consumed by fire from heaven , as a punish- ment for its ...
... Italy , and in some other places . GOLGOTHA , a part of Calvary , where Jesus Christ was crucified . GOMORRAH , one of the five principal cities of the Per tapolis , that was consumed by fire from heaven , as a punish- ment for its ...
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... Italy , supplanting part of the clans , who had preceded them , and uniting with others ; while oth ers of them , it is thought , found their way to Mexico and Peru , where rude traces of literature and mythology were discovered ...
... Italy , supplanting part of the clans , who had preceded them , and uniting with others ; while oth ers of them , it is thought , found their way to Mexico and Peru , where rude traces of literature and mythology were discovered ...
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