JEHOVAH,89 Jerusalem, taken by Nebuchadnezzar, 106 destruction of, by the Romans, 218 Jewish religion, basis of Christian religion, 107 its character, 108 _et seq._ Jews, the, in Alexandria, 161 Canaan,95 Egypt, 73-74 Jews, Greek influence among, 204 Pharisees and Sadducees, 204 revolt against Rome, 205 Herod, the great, king of, 206, 217 under Roman procurators, 215 KHAMMURABI, Code of, 62 _et seq._ Knossos, 77 _et seq._ LABYRINTH, at Crete, 81 Legions, the, 181 _et seq._ in Asia Minor, 185 power passing to, 195 Levant, the, 2 MARATHON, battle of, 131-2 Marduk, or Merodach, 58 Marius, 194, 197 Megiddo, battles at, 104 Memphis, 23 Mesopotamia, 3 Minoans, their sea-power, 82-83 Minos, king of Crete, 78 Minotaur, the, 81 Mithridates, king of Pontus, 193, 196 Moses, 74 Mummies, 44 Mycenæ, Cretan buildings at, 79 NEBUCHADNEZZAR, king of Babylon, 105 Nile, the river, 3, 5, 11 _et seq._ OAKS, old, in England, 8 Octavius, 209 _et seq._ Octavius, Master of the World, 211 called Cæsar Augustus, 213 Osiris, Egyptian god, 31 Ostriches, carved, 11 PALESTINE, between the two Empires, 25 Papyrus, 17 Parthians, the, subdued by Julius Cæsar, 201 Pastoral Age, the, 4 "Pax Romana," 192 Peloponnesian War, 145, 150 Peoples of the Sea, 120 Persian Gulf, 2 Persians, the, 110 _et seq._ their battle methods, 116 Phalanx, the Greek, 117 the Macedonian, 153 Philip, king of Macedon, 153 _et seq._ Philistines, the, 95-100 Philosophers, Stoic and Epicurean, 143 Phœnicians, 96 Platæa, battle of, 137 Pompey, the Great, 197 _et seq._ Pontius Pilate, 213 at trial of Christ, 216 Postal Service, in Roman Empire, 220 Pottery, 18 Priests, their power in Egypt, 36, 38, 47 Ptolemy, 159 Punic Wars, the, 172 _et seq._ Pyramids, the, 42 Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, 167 _et seq._ RE, the sun-god, 33 Rome, 164 _et seq._ constitution of, 178 _et seq._ Rome, conquers Macedon, 187 Egypt, 188 Mistress of the World, 190 _et seq._ slaves in, 194, 198 SACRED animals, 30 Salamis, battle of, 136 Scarabs, 34 Seleucus, 159 Semites, 55 _et seq._ Senate, of Rome, 178 _et seq._ Sennacherib, in his chariot, 102 Seth, Egyptian god, 31 Shanash, Babylonian sun-god, 57 Sicily, Greeks in, 148 its importance to Rome, 172 Silsilla, 11 Solomon, his kingdom, 100 Sothis, the star of Seth, the Dog-star, 12 Souls, Egyptian idea of, 45 Spartans, soldiers in Asia Minor, 111 virtues of, 138 Stone Age, the, 6 Sulla, 196-7 Sumerians, 54 Syracuse, siege of, by Athenians, 150 Dionysius, tyrant and saviour of, 151 TETHMOSIS III., 23 Themistocles, salvation of Greece due to, 136 Thermopylæ, battle of, 135 Three great facts that worked together, 226-7 Tigris, river, 2 "Totem," worship of, 30 Triumvirate, the first, 199 the second, 208 Troy, the siege of, etc., 124 Homer's account of the siege of, 124 more probable story of the siege of, 125 _et seq._