Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... conquered all Syria, Egypt, and Asia Minor from the Eastern Empire, and led his armies to the very gates of Constantinople. He took what was called the True Cross from the church at Jerusalem and carried it to Persia. Heraclius and Chosroee.--You may see that the Eastern Empire of Rome was in serious danger of being overthrown as the Western Empire had been. But by good fortune there came to the throne an able emperor, named Heracli'us, who Kkmains Of The Arch Of Chosroes At Ctesiphon. reigned from 610 to 641. You have been told how the Romans forced Hannibal to leave Italy, by carrying the war into Africa. Heraclius took the same plan. He led a small body of picked men into Persia, where he did so much damage that Chosroes had to hasten back to save his country. While in Persia Heraclius recovered the True Cross, which he took back to Jerusalem. The Battle of Nineveh.--In the year 627 the armies of Heraclius and Chosroes met on the spot where the great Assyrian city of Nineveh had once stood, and fought a terrible battle around its ruins. When it ended the Persian army was not only defeated, but almost cut to pieces. Chosroes saw the great empire he had built up brought to ruin in a day, and so great was his grief that in a few days he died, though some say that he was assassinated. The Coming of the Arabians.--In a few years more the new Persian Empire came to an end in a way that we shall tell in our next chapter. We can only say here that the Arabians, the followers of the prophet Mohammed, came from their desert and conquered Syria and Persia. Like Chosroes, they overran Asia Minor and led their armies to the gates of Constantinople. So Heraclius, who had driven the Persians from these regions, saw them lost again to the Arabians....