Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ketchof its history—Its wonderful ruins and inscriptions — Damascus — Shechem — Gaza— Bethel—•Bethlehem—Sidon—Jericho. BABYLOK ITS VAST EXTENT ITS FALL ITS KEMABKABLE EUINS. Babel, or Babylon, is the first in order of the fourcities built or occupied by Nimrod. It is 300 milesN. \v, of the Persian Gulf, 200 above the junctionof the
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . ketchof its history—Its wonderful ruins and inscriptions — Damascus — Shechem — Gaza— Bethel—•Bethlehem—Sidon—Jericho. BABYLOK ITS VAST EXTENT ITS FALL ITS KEMABKABLE EUINS. Babel, or Babylon, is the first in order of the fourcities built or occupied by Nimrod. It is 300 milesN. \v, of the Persian Gulf, 200 above the junctionof the river Euphrates with the Tigris, and 530 milesE. N. E. of Jerusalem. Herodotus, who visited Baby-lon after its conquest by Cyrus, is considered thebest authority as to a description of the city, as hisaccount is corroborated by the testimony and re-searches of all subsequent writers, and by the explo-rations and excavations of the present age. He describes the city as a quadrangle of 15 mileson each side, surrounded, first, by a deep, wide moat,filled with water; and next by a wall 87 feet wideand 60 feet hiffh. The 30 lower courses of brick in * Hebron, Beeroth, Hamath, Jerusalem, and Tyre, are alsoreckoned araong the first cities. >WB. the wall were wattled with reeds, and the wholecemented by hot asphalt. On each side of the topof the wall was a row of dwelhngs facing each other,the passage between being of sufficient width to admitof turning a chariot with four horses. In the great wall there were 100 gates of brass, 25on each side of the city; and between every two gatesa tower 10 feet high. Although the outer wall wasthe chief defense, there was a second wall within, notmuch inferior in strength, but narrower. The city was divided into two nearly equal parts,by the river Euphrates running from north to south ;and the wall, with wide quays outside, was carriedalong each bank, the sides of the river being lined withbrick. In the middle of each division
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