I2O UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



9. The kingdom of Bithynia. 



10. The kingdom of Cappadocia. 



n. The kingdom of Pontus, which ended 

 with M.thri dates. 



.12. The kingdom of Armenia. Thefe five 

 fmall kingdoms were fituate in Afia Minor. 



13, The kingdom of the Parthiam, whofe 

 kings were named Ariaciu'ae. It fmifned 126 

 years before the vulgar era, after Artaban IV. 

 was killed by the Peril ans. 



14. The kingdom of India, which took its 

 name from the river Indus. Bacchus, they fay, 

 was the firft who conquered it ; the kings of 

 Perfia poffefled a portion of it till the time of 

 Alexander. Since his death the Indians have 

 always had kings of their own. 



In AFRICA. 



XXVIII. Ci) The Carthaginians were a colo- 

 ny of Phoenicians, who dlablilhed themfelves 

 in the year of the world 3147, acquired a for- 

 midable power by their commerce, andpofielTed 

 all the weftern coaft of Africa. They were re- 

 duced by the three Punic wars to a Roman pro- 

 vince. 



2. The Cyreneans were a Grecian colony efla- 

 bliQied in Africa. 



3. The Ethiopians', who though they had al- 

 ways their own kings, yet their hiflory is fo con- 

 necled with that of the Egyptians, as to make 

 them infeparable. 



4. The 



