A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Statue of a Sumekian Woman{Louvre) 38 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS judge, from beyond the Caspian Sea, as tlieir language isthought to be allied to that of the Turks who dwelt in thatregion. The Sumerians and the Semites mingled together, andthe resultant civilization contained both Semitic and non-Se-mitic elements. The kingdom of Ur bears da-te about 3000 Between 3000 and 2000 the Chaldeans, whose home was adistrict on the Persian Gulf, planted themselves in they got possession of Babylon, and
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Statue of a Sumekian Woman{Louvre) 38 EARLIEST GROUP OF NATIONS judge, from beyond the Caspian Sea, as tlieir language isthought to be allied to that of the Turks who dwelt in thatregion. The Sumerians and the Semites mingled together, andthe resultant civilization contained both Semitic and non-Se-mitic elements. The kingdom of Ur bears da-te about 3000 Between 3000 and 2000 the Chaldeans, whose home was adistrict on the Persian Gulf, planted themselves in they got possession of Babylon, and finally gainedthe mastery in that region. The language which prevailedwas that of the Semitic rulers. The Semitic element was evenmore mixed in Assyria. ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 39 The history of Babylon is ascertained partly from fragmentsof their native historian, Berosus, but the annals of bothBabylonia and Assyria are brought to light chiefly by thecuneiform, or wedge-shaped, inscriptions upon the ruins oftheir cities, especially those of Nineveh, which have beenunearthed in recent times.
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