. The science of railways . Going to market in Holland. ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MYTHOLOGICALFORMS OF PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE. The ancients (the first people of whom we haveany account) had made considerable progress inthe art of carriage-building. The Assyrians werethe most expert of their time. They possessedconstructive ability and considerable taste in dec-orating. They dominated for several centuries. 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 we
. The science of railways . Going to market in Holland. ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MYTHOLOGICALFORMS OF PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE. The ancients (the first people of whom we haveany account) had made considerable progress inthe art of carriage-building. The Assyrians werethe most expert of their time. They possessedconstructive ability and considerable taste in dec-orating. They dominated for several centuries. 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
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