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Babylonia was the gathering-place of the nations. Berossus, the Chaldean historian, tells us that after the creation it was peopled by a mixture of races, and we read in the book of Genesis that Babel, or Babylon, was the first home of the manifold languages of mankind. The country for the most part had been won from the sea; it was the gift of the two great rivers, Euphrates and Tigris, which once flowed separately into the Persian Gulf. Its first settlers must have established themselves on the desert plateau which fringes the Babylonian plain rather than in the plain itself.
The plain is formed of the silt deposited each year by the rivers that flow through it. It is, in fact, as much a delta as Northern Egypt, and is correspondingly fertile. Materials exist for determining approximately the rate at which this delta has been formed. The waters of the Persian Gulf are continually receding from the shore, and Ainsworth1 cal-
1 Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldea (1838), p.
Table of Contents
Babylonia and its Inhabitants l; CHAPTER II The Family 13; CHAPTER III Education and Death44; CHAPTER IV Slavery and the Free Laborer 67; CHAPTER V; Manners and Customs90; CHAPTER VI Trades, Houses, and Land ; Wages and Prices 107; CHAPTER VII; The Money-lender and Banker 151; The Government and the Army 168; CHAPTER IX The Law195; CHAPTER X; Letter-writing208; CHAPTER XI Religion231; APPENDIX; Weights and Measures265
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the
The plain is formed of the silt deposited each year by the rivers that flow through it. It is, in fact, as much a delta as Northern Egypt, and is correspondingly fertile. Materials exist for determining approximately the rate at which this delta has been formed. The waters of the Persian Gulf are continually receding from the shore, and Ainsworth1 cal-
1 Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldea (1838), p.
Table of Contents
Babylonia and its Inhabitants l; CHAPTER II The Family 13; CHAPTER III Education and Death44; CHAPTER IV Slavery and the Free Laborer 67; CHAPTER V; Manners and Customs90; CHAPTER VI Trades, Houses, and Land ; Wages and Prices 107; CHAPTER VII; The Money-lender and Banker 151; The Government and the Army 168; CHAPTER IX The Law195; CHAPTER X; Letter-writing208; CHAPTER XI Religion231; APPENDIX; Weights and Measures265
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the
