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History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery
History of Egypt Chaldea Syria Babylonia and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery Author:Leonard William King General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: Grolier Society Subjects: Egypt History, Ancient History / General History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East / Egypt History / Reference Social Science / Archaeology Notes: This is a black and white ... more »OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN WESTERN ASIA AND THE DAWN OF CHALD/EAN HISTORY TN the preceding pages it has been shown how recent excavations in Egypt have revealed an entirely new chapter in the history of that country, and how, in consequence, our theories with regard to the origin of Egyptian civilization have been entirely remodelled. Excavations have been and are being carried out in Mesopotamia and the adjacent countries with no less enthusiasm and energy than in Egypt itself, and, although it cannot be said that they have resulted in any sweeping modification of our conceptions with regard to the origin and kinship of the early races of Western Asia, yet they have lately added considerably to our knowledge of the ancient history of the countries in that region of the world. This is particularly the case in respect of the Sumerians, who, so far as we know at present, were the earliest inhabitants of the fertile plains of Mesopotamia. The beginnings of this ancient people stretch back into the remote past, and their origin is still shrouded in the mists of antiquity. Whenfirst we come across them they have already attained a high level of civilization. They have built temples and palaces and houses of burnt and unburnt brick, and they have reduced their system of agriculture to a science, intersecting their country with canals for purposes of irrigation and to ensure a g...« less