A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . re united under onegovernment. In the north, the dis-trict between the Tigris and Euphra-tes is mountainous and hilly. Therivers, in their descent from theirsources in the mountains of Arme-nia, gradually approach one another,at a distance of about three hundredand fifty miles from their outlet inthe Persian Gulf. Prom that point,the lowlands begin, the fertile plainsof Babylonia. The overflow of therivers, the waters of which were dis-tributed by the inhabitants throughartificial canals and dikes, increasedthe breadth of t
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . re united under onegovernment. In the north, the dis-trict between the Tigris and Euphra-tes is mountainous and hilly. Therivers, in their descent from theirsources in the mountains of Arme-nia, gradually approach one another,at a distance of about three hundredand fifty miles from their outlet inthe Persian Gulf. Prom that point,the lowlands begin, the fertile plainsof Babylonia. The overflow of therivers, the waters of which were dis-tributed by the inhabitants throughartificial canals and dikes, increasedthe breadth of the fertile region, andadded to its productiveness. The Early Inhabitants of Babylo-nia.— Babylonia has been inhabitedfrom the earliest times. When the Semites entered thisregion they found it settled and somewhat civilized. Thenorthern half, in which Babylon was included, was known asAkkad, and the southern as Sumer. The earlier inhabitants ofsouthern Babylonia, the Sumerians, are thought to have comedown from the north, and originally, as some learned scholars 37. Statue of a Sumekian Woman{Louvre) 38 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS judge, from beyond the Caspian Sea, as tlieir language isthought to be allied to that of the Turks who dwelt in thatregion. The Sumerians and the Semites mingled together, andthe resultant civilization contained both Semitic and non-Se-mitic elements. The kingdom of Ur bears da-te about 3000
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