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Excerpt from The Nations Around The following sketch of the early history of the great Eastern Empires, whose territories surrounded, and sometimes included, Palestine, is entitled "The Nations Around," because the writer's aim has been to dwell chiefly on the periods and circumstances which brought these people into connexion with the Hebrews, and to regard their history somewhat in the reflected light of the interest which attaches to all that concerns the heroes of the sacred narrative. This has been done in the double hope of making some points of the Bible history clearer to some readers, and of awakening a more lively interest in the history of "The Nations Around the Jews," than is usually felt when they are regarded quite independently. 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.