The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . V BB uiS,. ,; , rj > -• >^ rampart/..Xv^l - . >-V -_• ^^^,-*reirmTjts of ~ - .- -?- iH=fe=:^- -* •• X ?_ * ? « ^V. accomplished without any certain data, embodies the concept of and superhuman,well befitting the city ofblood and tears, cursedby the Hebrew was, however,at the outset, but a poortown, situated on bothbanks of the Euphrates,in a low-lying, flat dis-trict, intersected bycanals and liable attimes to become river at this pointruns almost directlynorth and south, betw
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . V BB uiS,. ,; , rj > -• >^ rampart/..Xv^l - . >-V -_• ^^^,-*reirmTjts of ~ - .- -?- iH=fe=:^- -* •• X ?_ * ? « ^V. accomplished without any certain data, embodies the concept of and superhuman,well befitting the city ofblood and tears, cursedby the Hebrew was, however,at the outset, but a poortown, situated on bothbanks of the Euphrates,in a low-lying, flat dis-trict, intersected bycanals and liable attimes to become river at this pointruns almost directlynorth and south, betweentwo banks of black mud,the base of which it isperpetually long as the city exis-ted, the vertical thrustof the public buildingsand houses kept the riverwithin bounds, and evensince it was finally aban-doned, the masses ofdebris have almost every-where had the effect ofresisting its encroach-ment ; towards the north, however, the line of its ancient quays has given way aud sunk beneath thewaters, while the stream, turning its course westwards, has transferred to theeastern bank the gardens and mounds originally on the opposite side.^ E-sagilla,the temple of the lofty
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