Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] · New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley · leaf 324
nd founded at the mouth of the Nilethe city of Alexandria. After his return from Egypt, he met Darius atthe head of 700,000 men, and a battle took place,in which 300,000 of the Persians were slain. Dariusfled from province to province, until he was mur-dered by one of his officers. This ended the… … Alexander the Great being at the head of the Grecian statesturned his arms against the Persians. He conquers Darius,takes Babylon, proceeds to India, defeats Porus and his ele-phants, conquers Africa, and burns Persepolis. Having sub-jected Europe, Asia, Africa, he wept because there mas no…
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