Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team EARLY ISRAEL AND THE SURROUNDING NATIONS BY THE REV. A.H. SAYCE PROFESSOR OF ASSYRIOLOGY AT OXFORD AUTHOR OF “THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE HEBREWS,” &c London SERVICE & PATON 5 HENRIETTA STREET COVENT GARDEN 1899 INTRODUCTION One of the first facts which strike