Image: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14584070300)

Description: Identifier: cu31924091762140 (find matches) Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient Publisher: London : Grolier Society Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: THE KING ON HIS THKONE. 270 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN WORLD respect as in other Oriental nations was paid only to thegods: this was but natural, for was he not a despot, whowith a word or gesture could abase the noblest of hissubjects, and determine the well-being or misery of hispeople ? His dress differed from that of his nobles only bythe purple dye of its material and the richness of the goldembroideries with which it was adorned, but he was Text Appearing After Image: A VIEW OF THE AP^UJANA OF SUSA, RESTOKED. distinguished from all others by the peouhar felt cap, orhidaris, which he wore, and the blue-and-white band whichencircled it like a crown; the king is never representedwithout his long sceptre with pommelled handle, whetherhe be sitting or standing, and wherever he went he wasattended by his umbrella- and fan-bearers. The prescrip-tions of court etiquette were such as to convince hissubjects and persuade himself that he was sprung from a ^ Drawn by Boudier, from the restoration by Marcel Dieulafoy. THE ETIQUETTE OP THE PERSIAN COURT 271 nobler race than that of any of his magnates, and that hewas outside the pale of ordinary humanity. The greaterpart of his time was passed in privacy, where he wasattended only by the eunuchs appointed to receive hisorders; and these orders, once issued, were irrevocable,as was also the kings word, however much he might desireto recall a promise once made. His meals were, as arule, served to him alone; he mig Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14584070300)
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