The world: historical and actual . , lias been used in a loose way to apply to a vastand shifting area in the vicinity of the Euphratesand the Tigris. Tbc name itself is derived from Asshur, a son of Shem, and the chief god of theAssyrian idolatry. There are archaeological reaspnsfor supposing that the Assyrians were features in sculpture are Jewish and Arabicin resemblance. Ninus is the name of one of the early and moreillustrious o! the Assyrian kings. He was, perhaps, thefounder of Nin-eveh, the previouscapital being nowlost entirely. Ifhistory and tradi-tion do not slan-der h
The world: historical and actual . , lias been used in a loose way to apply to a vastand shifting area in the vicinity of the Euphratesand the Tigris. Tbc name itself is derived from Asshur, a son of Shem, and the chief god of theAssyrian idolatry. There are archaeological reaspnsfor supposing that the Assyrians were features in sculpture are Jewish and Arabicin resemblance. Ninus is the name of one of the early and moreillustrious o! the Assyrian kings. He was, perhaps, thefounder of Nin-eveh, the previouscapital being nowlost entirely. Ifhistory and tradi-tion do not slan-der him, this king,like the sw e e tsinger of Israel,was guilty of themonstrous crime ofchoosing for the fa-vorite of his haremthe wife of one ofhis brave is not charged that the Assyrian monarch causedthe death of the despoiled husband. This Bath-sheba of Nineveh was the famous Semiramis,long one of the more august figures in research has greatly dimmed the lusterof her renown, or rather, cast suspicion upon. AND THEADJACENT COUNTRIES ?|s —? (81) r 82 ASSYRIA AND SYRIA. the flattering accounts of early historians. But ifthe latter may be at all trusted, she was indeed ahelpmeet to Ninus during his life, accompanyinghim iu war, and counseling with him at all times onall matters of state. When he died Semiramis as-sumed the administration as regent. To her Assyriais said to owe Babylon. If so, she, not Nebuchad-nezzar, could truthfully say, Behold, is not thisgreat Babylon which I have budded. Under herit became great and metropolitan, but not the capi-tal. She was a woman of war, and is representee]by Herodotus as having led her conquering legionsfar and near. The next Assyrian monarch of renown was Sc-nacherib, who began to reign about TOO B. C. Hefought successfully with the Egyptians, the Israel-ites and the Philistines. It was by his father, Sar-gon, that Babylon was made a part of Assyria, andit was by Senacherib that the captivity of the tentribes
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