A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . 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,
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . 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 Chaldean Household Utensils The Legendary Period.—The old kingdom of Babylon pre-ceded the Assyrian monarchy. The mythical tales of Baby-lonian annalists cover a period of 432,000 years. At this pointthey present an account of a deluge, much resembling in itsparticulars the narrative in Genesis. Then follows a periodof 36,000 years before we reach the Persian conquest whichbrought the Babylonian power to an end. About the name ofSargon I. numerous legends cluster. The Early Civilization of Babylonia. — The early Babyloniansmade considerable attainments in astronomy. They markeddown the signs of the zodiac, and made that division of timeinto months, weeks, days, hours and minutes, which still sub-sists. They invented weights and measures, and the potterswheel, and had no small skill in the manufacture of made a beginning in trade aaid commerce. Elamiteinvaders came in, and from the east of the Tigris established 40 EARLIEST GKOUP OF NATIONS
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