The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . e inscription of Nebuchadnez-zar which is the chief authority regarding thestructures of Babylon. Prom this we learn thatNebuchadnezzar filled the city with temples andpublic buildings. Among the ruins are countlessnumbers ot bricks bearing the name of this king,which supports the statements of the inscriptionand of the book of Daniel that Nebuchadnezzarwas a builder-king. Prom the falle
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . e inscription of Nebuchadnez-zar which is the chief authority regarding thestructures of Babylon. Prom this we learn thatNebuchadnezzar filled the city with temples andpublic buildings. Among the ruins are countlessnumbers ot bricks bearing the name of this king,which supports the statements of the inscriptionand of the book of Daniel that Nebuchadnezzarwas a builder-king. Prom the fallen towers ofBabylon have arisen noi only all the present citiesin its vicinity, but others which, like itself, havelong since gone down into the dust. Since thedays of Alexander four capitals, at least have BABYLON 205 BABYLON been built out of its remains—Seleucia by theGreeks, Ctesiphon by the Parthians, Al Maidan bythe Persians, and Kufa by the Caliphs; with towns,villages, and caravansaries without number. Thenecessary fragments and materials were trans-ported along the rivers and the canals. The riverran through the city from north to south, and oneach side was a quay of the same thickness as the. Brick Bearing the Name of Nebuchadnezzar. walls of the city, and ioo stadia in length. Inthese quays were gates of brass, and from each ofthem steps descending into the river. A bridgewas thrown across the river, of great beauty andadmirable contrivance, a furlong in length and 30feet in breadth. As the Euphrates overflows dur-ing the summer months, through the melting ofthe snows on the mountains of Armenia, two canalswere cut to turn the course of the waters into theTigris, and vast artificial embankments were raisedon each side of the river, 4. Palace of Nebuchadnezzar. The palacebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar was prodigious in sizeand superb in embellishments Its outer wallembraced six miles; within that circumferencewere two other embattled walls, besides a greattower. Three braz
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