THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS. CHAPTER VI. THE FALL OF THE LYDIAN EMPIRE. CHAPTER VII. THE SUBJUGATION OF ASIA MINOR. CHAPTER VIII. THE FALL OF BABYLON. CHAPTER IX. THE KINGDOM OF CYRUS. CHAPTER XI. THE MARCH TO MEROE. CHAPTER XII. THE DEATH OF CAMBYSES. CHAPTER XIII. THE RISE OF DARIUS. CHAPTER XIV. THE REBELLIONS IN THE PROVINCES. CHAPTER XV. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DARIUS ON THE INDUS AND THE DANUBE. CHAPTER XVI. THE CONQUESTS IN AFRICA AND EUROPE. CHAPTER XVII. THE STATE OF DARIUS. CHAPTER XVIII. THE FINANCE AND ARMY OF DARIUS. CHAPTER XIX. THE COURT OF DARIUS. 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. THEHISTORY OF ANTIQUITY.FROM THE GERMANOFPROFESSOR MAX DUNCKER,BYEVELYN ABBOTT, M.A., LL.D., |