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Excerpt from Lectures on Ancient History: Comprising a General View of the Principal Events and Eras in Civil History, From the Creation of the World Till the Augustan Age; Together With an Allegory on Genius and Taste, Founded in the History of Ancient Literature It is the design of these lectures to give some general view of the rise and fall of nations; of their character, manners, revolutions, and gee graphical situation. In the present' scheme I propose to comprehend a period of years, extending from the creation to the Christian mr'a. This will be comprised in twelve lectures, enti tled A General View of Ancient History. The First, which is the present one, will be the Intro= duction. The Second will be a View of the ante diluvian world, including the deluge. The Third Will be a View of Egypt. The Fourth, a View of Assyria. The Fifth, a View of Media and Per sia. The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth, of Greece. The Ninth, of Carthage. The Tenth and Ele venth, of Rome. The Twelfth, of the Jewish State. 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.