the same. From the accounts in the Bible, we find that its culture
engaged a large share of the attention of the ancient Hebrews.

_Culture_, growth, cultivation. _Hebrews_, the children of
Israel, the Jews


Who were the Athenians?

Inhabitants of Athens, the capital city of Greece.


Who were the Cretans?

The inhabitants of Crete, an island of the Archipelago.


Who were the Sicilians?

Inhabitants of Sicily, the largest island of the Mediterranean Sea,
now a part of Italy, and separated from the mainland by the Strait of
Messina.


Where do the Egyptians dwell?

In Egypt, a country of Africa. It is extremely fertile, producing
great quantities of corn. In ancient times it was called the dry nurse
of Rome and Italy, from its furnishing with corn a considerable part
of the Roman Empire; and we are informed, both from sacred and