A Manual of Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire, Comprising the History of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylonia, Lydia, Phœnicia, Syria, Judæa, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Rome, and Parthia

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Harper & brothers, 1871 - 633 páginas

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