Excerpt from The History of the World, Vol. 2 of 3: From the Reign of Alexander to That of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, From Their Foundation to Their Destruction, With a Preliminary Survey of Alexander's Consolidation Harbours. Picture oi Nations between the Nile and the Red Sea. Ptolemy's Views with regard to the Commerce carried on by the Ethiopian Nomades. Arts and Sciences. Constella lations of Poets. Historians. Philosophers. Ptolemy's Inter course by Embassies with Rome and Carthage. Transition to the History of the Growthand Aggrandizement of Rome. 99. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.