Plate 7. Plate 8. Plate 9. Plate 10. Sassanian Empire CHAPTERS I. to XIV. CHAPTERS XV. to XXVIII. WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS THE SEVENTH MONARCHY HISTORY OF THE SASSANIAN OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE. sassian_empire_th (154K) Begin Chapter I. History of Phoenicia PREFACE HISTORY OF PHOENICIA CHAPTER I—THE LAND CHAPTER II—CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS CHAPTER III—THE PEOPLE—ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER IV—THE CITIES CHAPTER V—THE COLONIES CHAPTER VI—ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER VII—ÆSTHETIC ART CHAPTER VIII—INDUSTRIAL ART AND MANUFACTURES CHAPTER IX—SHIPS, NAVIGATION, AND COMMERCE CHAPTER X—MINING CHAPTER XI—RELIGION CHAPTER XII—DRESS, ORNAMENTS, AND SOCIAL HABITS CHAPTER XIII—PHOENICIAN WRITING, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE CHAPTER XIV—POLITICAL HISTORY 1. Phoenicia, before the establishment of the hegemony of Tyre. 2. Phoenicia under the hegemony of Tyre (B.C. 1252-877) 3. Phoenicia during the period of its subjection to Assyria (B.C. 4. Phoenicia during its struggles with Babylon and Egypt (about B.C. 5. Phoenicia under the Persians (B.C. 528-333) 6. Phoenicia in the time of Alexander the Great (B.C. 333-323) 7. Phoenicia under the Greeks (B.C. 323-65) 8. Phoenicia under the Romans (B.C. 65-A.D. 650) FOOTNOTES