A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . Fig. royal gate of khatti, the capital of the hittiteb, viewed from the OUTSIDE. The massive walls are preserved in their lower courses, but in the sketch theupper portions are restored in outline. The arched gateway with its sloping sidesis characteristic of Hittite work. [After Puchstein.] but the falling and broken ground to the north pre-vented a symmetrical completion of the circuit. Aseries of interior fortification-walls, following the slopeof the ground, enclosed a number of irregular areas,subsid
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . Fig. royal gate of khatti, the capital of the hittiteb, viewed from the OUTSIDE. The massive walls are preserved in their lower courses, but in the sketch theupper portions are restored in outline. The arched gateway with its sloping sidesis characteristic of Hittite work. [After Puchstein.] but the falling and broken ground to the north pre-vented a symmetrical completion of the circuit. Aseries of interior fortification-walls, following the slopeof the ground, enclosed a number of irregular areas,subsidiary forts being constructed on four smaller hillsalong the most southerly cross-wall, which shut in thehighest part of the city. The citys greatest length from north to south wasabout a mile and a quarter, and its greatest width some 232 HISTORY OF BABYLON three-quarters of a mile, the whole circuit of the exist-ing defences, including the lower-lying area, extendingto some three and a half miles. This is a remarkablesize for a mountain city, and although some portions ofthe a
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