The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . Bronze Knife. 2. Hatchet. 3. Hammer. 4. Adze. 5. Sickle. quarter of the globe. They indicate some practicalknowledge of the cleavage of silicions rocks, hutthey show no j)ower of producing even such finishas the celts frequently exhibit. In one case only hasa flint instrument been discovered perfectly regularin form, and presenting a sharp angular instrument, which is figured below, is a sort of Flint Implement. Chap.
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . Bronze Knife. 2. Hatchet. 3. Hammer. 4. Adze. 5. Sickle. quarter of the globe. They indicate some practicalknowledge of the cleavage of silicions rocks, hutthey show no j)ower of producing even such finishas the celts frequently exhibit. In one case only hasa flint instrument been discovered perfectly regularin form, and presenting a sharp angular instrument, which is figured below, is a sort of Flint Implement. Chap. V. METALLURGY. 123 long, open parallelogram. Its use is uncertain ; but,according to a reasonable conjecture/ it may havebeen designed for impressing characters upon themoist clay of tablets and cylinders—a purpose forwhich it is excellently fitted. The metallurgy of the Chaldreans, though indica-tive of a higher state of civilization and a greaterknowledge of the useful arts than their stoneweapons, is still of a somewhat rude character, andindicates a nation but just emerging out of an almostbarbaric simplicity. Metal seems to be scarce, a
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