The History of Antiquity, Vol. 5 (of 6)

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Max Duncker

CONTENTS.

THE ARIANS OF EASTERN IRAN.

CHAPTER I. THE LAND AND THE TRIBES.

CHAPTER II. THE KINGDOM OF THE BACTRIANS.

CHAPTER III. THE SCRIPTURES OF IRAN. [76]

CHAPTER IV. ZARATHRUSTRA AND THE DATE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE AVESTA. [118]

CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE ARIANS IN IRAN.

CHAPTER VI. THE REFORM OF THE FAITH.

CHAPTER VII. THE DOCTRINE OF THE AVESTA.

CHAPTER VIII. THE PRIESTHOOD OF IRAN

CHAPTER IX. THE LAW OF THE PRIESTS.

CHAPTER X. THE LATER DEVELOPMENT OF EASTERN IRAN.

THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.

CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATION OF THE MEDIAN KINGDOM.

CHAPTER II. THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES.

CHAPTER III. THE TRIBES OF THE PERSIANS.

CHAPTER IV. THE FALL OF THE MEDIAN KINGDOM.

CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF THE PERSIAN KINGDOM.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Footnotes have been renumbered and moved to the end of the chapters in this HTML version. Obvious errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. Other than that, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.

THE

HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY.

FROM THE GERMAN

OF

PROFESSOR MAX DUNCKER,

BY

EVELYN ABBOTT, M.A., LL.D.,
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.

VOL. V.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1881.

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