Babylon

Examples

• He defeated the Babylonian army, under Belshazzar, outside Babylon, and then laid siege to the town. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Even the slave craftsmen of Babylon and Rome were protected by laws that enabled them to save and buy their freedom and to set up for themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Babylon was full of Aramean traders, who had great establishments, with slaves, freed-men, employees of all sorts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After a bout of hard drinking in Babylon a sudden fever came upon Alexander (323 B.C.), and he sickened and died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Since in Babylon slaves could themselves own property, many slaves saved up and bought themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were by no means abject slaves; in later Babylon their lives and property were protected by elaborate laws. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is to the Ph?nician contingent and to Aramean accessions in Babylon that the financial and commercial tradition of the Jews is to be ascribed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Alexander marched on to Babylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The soldiers of Cyrus entered Babylon without fighting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The plain fact of the Bible narrative is that the Jews went to Babylon barbarians and came back civilized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When Lydia was subdued, Cyrus turned his attention to Nabonidus in Babylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• From the days of Cyrus onward Zoroastrianism had prevailed over the ancient gods of Nineveh and Babylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Cyrus did, in fact, set up the Persian Empire in Babylon with the blessing of Bel-Marduk. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Landless men worked for wages paid mostly in kind--as they were in ancient Babylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Merodach, the Babylonian Jupiter, was carried off by the Elamites, and Babylon did not feel independent until its return. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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