# The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World Vol 5 P

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

The geographical extent of the Fifth Monarchy was far greater than that of any one of the four which had preceded it. While Persia Proper is a comparatively narrow and poor tract, extending in its greatest length only some seven or eight degrees (less than 500 miles), the dominions of the Persian kings covered a space fifty-six degrees long, and in places more than twenty degrees wide. The boundaries of their empire were the desert of Thibet, the Sutlej, and the Indus, on the east; the Indian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Arabian and Nubian deserts, on the south; on the west, the Greater Syrtis, the Mediterranean, the Egean, and the Strymon river; on the north, the Danube, the Black Sea, the...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-seven-great-monarchies-of-the-ancient-eastern-world-vol-5-p-9f3443f5/chapters/1/index.md)