A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Mummy of Seti I. (Bulak 3fusewm) 36 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS in colors. On the outside was an epitapli recording the nameand rank of the deceased. Within was inscribed a chapterfrom the Book of the Dead, which was a description of rulesand ceremonies relating to the dead, and of petitions and pray-ers to be said by the soul to different divinities in the courseof its long journey in the abodes of the departed. The designwas to secure a contented, happy life to the different parts ofones being. In later times the case of th
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Mummy of Seti I. (Bulak 3fusewm) 36 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS in colors. On the outside was an epitapli recording the nameand rank of the deceased. Within was inscribed a chapterfrom the Book of the Dead, which was a description of rulesand ceremonies relating to the dead, and of petitions and pray-ers to be said by the soul to different divinities in the courseof its long journey in the abodes of the departed. The designwas to secure a contented, happy life to the different parts ofones being. In later times the case of the mummy was fash-ioned to fit the form and countenance of the person discoveries have enabled us to look upon the witheredfaces of famous Egyptian monarchs and Nile Statue {Vciiican Museum, Boint) CHAPTER V ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA Geography. — Assyria and Babylonia were geographically onecountry, inhabited by one race. For the greater part of theirhistory they were 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
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