. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. indications of middle-class dwellings appear,save among the inscriptions, which are endless ; butfrom these it may be positively asserted that theywere many, and of wood ; also that they were prob-ably built inexpensively, for a bill of sale drawn upon a clay tile was excavated among the ruins, fromwhich we know that a house was sold on the 16thof May, 692 B. c, in Nineveh, for forty-five evidences show that most of the wealth andartistic energy of the nation were expended upon for-tresses, palaces, and parks
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. indications of middle-class dwellings appear,save among the inscriptions, which are endless ; butfrom these it may be positively asserted that theywere many, and of wood ; also that they were prob-ably built inexpensively, for a bill of sale drawn upon a clay tile was excavated among the ruins, fromwhich we know that a house was sold on the 16thof May, 692 B. c, in Nineveh, for forty-five evidences show that most of the wealth andartistic energy of the nation were expended upon for-tresses, palaces, and parks. Nowhere do any temples appear, and possibly thiswarlike nation considered that they best honouredtheir god Nin (the Heracles of the Greeks) by fight-ing in the field ; but the general opinion is that thepalaces contained all the shrines, and were in realitypalace-temples. These palaces were always placedhigh upon artificial terraces, and so situated that thegreat city wall (tower broken and pierced with mass-ive gateways) formed the fortification of one or more P1A. I ,hi . ft ?:&
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