Download or read book History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint) written by G. Maspero and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria, Vol. 9 Cyrus and the legenas concerning his origin his revolt against Astyages and the fall of the Median empire - The early years of the' reign of Nabonidus revolutions in Tyre, the taking of Harrdn - The end of the reign of Alyattes, Lydian art and its earliest coinage - Croesus, his relations with continental Greece, his conquests, his alliances with Babylon and Egypt - The war between Lydia and Persia the defeat of the Lydians, the taking of Sardes, the death of Croesus and subsequent legends relating to it-the submission of the' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.