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With the death of Sardanapalus, the great monarch of Assyria, and the taking of Nineveh, the capital city, by the Medes, the kingdom of Assyria came to an end, and the vast domain was parcelled out among the conquerors. At the time of the catastrophe, the district of Babylonia, with its capital city Babylon, was ruled as a dependent satrapy of Assyria by Nabopolassar. Aided by the Medes, he now took possession of the province and established himself as an independent monarch, strengthening the alliance by a marriage between the Princess Amuhia, the daughter of the Median king, and his son Nebuchadnezzar | Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 by Various 1 AND FAMOUS WOMEN TìiE LiviCó EỉF i r-TnẠJi 200 OF THE MOST ppor. I Í1E fiT Pt sonAQt iTi HisTOpy J so Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 by Various Project Gutenberg s Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Author Various Editor Charles F. Horne Release Date August 27 2008 EBook 26421 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT MEN FAMOUS WOMEN VOL. 1 Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 by Various 2 Produced by Sigal Alon Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Canadian Libraries Transcriber s note Obvious printer s errors have been corrected all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author s spelling has been maintained. Captions marked with TN have been added while producing this file. Illustration Attila The Scourge of God . GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY VOL. I. Copyright 1894 BY SELMAR HESS edited by Charles F. Horne Illustration Publisher s arm. New-York Selmar Hess Publisher Copyright 1894 by SELMAR HESS. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE ALARIC THE BOLD Archdeacon Farrar . . 56 ALEXANDER THE GREAT 10 MARC ANTONY 37 ATTILA Archdeacon Farrar . . 59 BELISARIUS Charlolle M. Yonge 64 GODFREY DE BOUILLON Henry G. Hewlett 97 JULIUS CASAR E. Spencer Beesly . 32 CHARLEMAGNE Sir J. Bernard Burke