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Title: A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Goodspeed, George Stephen, 1860-1905
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ofthe sea and could be subdued only by getting possessionof the Phoenician seaports. City after city submitted Tyre. Until Tyre was reached. Situated on an island, strongly fortified, it held out for seven months in one of the greatestsieges of history. The king built a mole to the island halfa mile into the deep, and, by the aid of the fleets of thecities of Phoenicia and Cyprus that had yielded to him,finally carried the city by assault. A similar siege at Gazawas successful; the way was open to Egypt, which heoccupied without a battle. The Jews. 260. While ou the way down the coast, as the story istold by Josephus the Jewish historian, he visited Jerusa-lem. After the overthrow of their kingdom and theirexile to Babylon (§ 80), the Jews had been permitted byCyrus to return and rebuild their city and temple (538 B.C.)Since that time they had been under Persian rule and haddevoted themselves to the upbuilding of their religioussystem under the leadership of their High-Priests. They
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IT. t-Hpi. o H< paW Alexandria 213 had suffered much from their neighbors, the Samaritans,but were faithful to the law of Moses as their teachersenlarged and explained it. As Alexander advanced tothe city, the high-priest with his attendants came forth tomeet him. The king, who was at first inclined to be angrywith the Jews for not taking his side, was led by a visionwhich he had seen some time before to give them specialfavors. 261. In Egypt Alexanders chief work was the founding Egypt.of a city at the western mouth of the Nile, between the

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