TOO UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



the laft kings of Gaza, of that nation, were van- 

 quifhed by the Egyptians, and their nation en-* 

 tirely extirpated. 



8. The hiftory of the ancient Syrians, as well 

 thofe of Zobach, as thofe of Damafcus, from 

 Rehob, the firft king, who lived in the time of 

 David, to the reign of Jeroboam, who deftroyed 

 Damafcus. 



9. The hiftory of the Phoenicians, from Age- 

 nor, the firft king of Sidon, who reigned a fhort 

 time before the Trojan_war (though, according 

 to Jofephus, Sidon, the eldeft fon of Canaan, 

 gave his name to that city and the country 

 round about) to the time that Sidon, as well as 

 Tyre, were reduced under the yoke of Alexan- 

 der the Great. 



10. The hiftory of the AfTyrians, from Pul, 

 or Phul, to Sardanapalus. The capital of this 

 empire was Nineve. 



11. The hiftory of the Babylonians or Chal- 

 deans. This nation was more ancient than that 

 of the AfTyrians. Their founder was Nimrod, 

 and Nebonafiar their firft king, whofe confort 

 was the famous Semiramis. Nebuchadnezzar, 

 1 7th king of Babylon, deftroyed the kingdom 

 of the AfTyrians , and that of Babylon fell in its 

 turn, in the reign of its twentieth king, Nabo- 

 nadus (who was the AfTuerus of the fcripture) 

 into the hands of the Medes and Perfians. 



12. The hiftory of the Medes, whofe empire 

 arofe out of the ruins of that of AfTyria, or ra- 

 ther became formidable, when they were freed 



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