. The science of railways . the region about the Tigris. No more bloodthirstyor avaricious people ever lived. Their cruelty wasas great as that of the wild Indian. They wereoverthrown about B. C. 625. The Assyrian char-iots were modeled after those of the Chaldeans. (489) 490 ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND The first of the latter of which we have mentionwere those of a king of Agade about B. C. Chaldeans were in some respects the mostinteresting people of extreme antiquitJ^ Fromthem came, it is thought, the enlightenment ofthe West. They were peculiarly mild and ami-able, fond of trade, withal
. The science of railways . the region about the Tigris. No more bloodthirstyor avaricious people ever lived. Their cruelty wasas great as that of the wild Indian. They wereoverthrown about B. C. 625. The Assyrian char-iots were modeled after those of the Chaldeans. (489) 490 ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND The first of the latter of which we have mentionwere those of a king of Agade about B. C. Chaldeans were in some respects the mostinteresting people of extreme antiquitJ^ Fromthem came, it is thought, the enlightenment ofthe West. They were peculiarly mild and ami-able, fond of trade, withal, and much given toreligious speculation and star-gazing. Like allpeople who have been great conquerors, theAssyrians were fond of horses. The Persians. had a similar liking. So had the Greeks andRomans. The chaiiots of the Egyptians werecopied after those of the East. Among ancientillustrations of carriage, we have one of an Ela-mite cart B. C. 700. The chariot was a readapta-tion of the cart. Four-wheeled vehicles camelater. The so-called Persian carriage was merelya stout covered wagon without springs. It was,however, esteemed a kingly luxury. It is unfor-tunate that the drawings we have of the chariots MYTHOLOGICAL FORMS OF CARRIAGE. 491 of ancient Assyria and Egypt affords us, in manyinstances, only a rough outline. Details wouldbe exceedingly interesting. The pictures werenot drawn, however, to illustrate carriage. Thatwas a minor incident. The ass is associated with the most ancientillustrations we have of carriage. It is probable
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