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    ``inscriptionssocalledbecausetheletterswere

    inwere

    broughttoeuropebyadanishsurveyor,nadniebuhr.

    thenittookthirtyyearsbeforeapatientgernschool

    sterbythenaofgrotefendhaddecipheredthefirstfour

    letters,thed,thea,therahenaofthepersian

    kingdarius.andayyearshadtogoby

    untilabritishofficer,henryraous

    inscriptioun,gaveusaothenail

    ingofeasia.

    paredtotheproblefdecipheringthesenailings,

    thejobofchaollionhadbeenaneasyohe

    egyptiansusedpictures.butthesurians,theearliest

    inhabitantsofsopotaa,upontheideaof

    scratgtheirabletsofclay,haddiscardedpictures

    entirelyandhadevolvedasystefvshapedfiguresh

    shotleiouresoutofhey

    hadbeendeveloped.afeplesi

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    cuersoandafterashorteaningof

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    ideaslooksratherpliorethanthirtyturies

    iteriansandthebabyloniansand

    theassyriansandthepersiansandallthedifferentraces

    heirothefertilevalley.

    thestoryofsopotaaisoneofendlesswarfareand

    .firstthesurianscafrohenorth.they

    ountains.they

    hadbeenaccustodtodsoopsof

    hills.aftertheyhadeheplaiructedartificial

    littlehillsontopofheybuilttheiraltars.they

    didnotknoobuildstairsahereforesurrounded

    theirtohslopinggalleries.ineers

    haveborroayseeinrailroad

    stationsonefloortoanother.

    ayhaveborrothesurians

    buteriansirelyab

    sorbedbythoseracesthatehefertilevalleyatalater

    date.theirtoidsttheruinsof

    sopotaa.thejeheyintoexile

    inthelandofbabylonandtheycalledtheowersofbabilli,

    ortowersofbabel.

    iietherianshad

    enteredsopotaa.theyerwardsover

    poanytribesfrohe

    desertofarabiandialedwhoare

    knoites,becauseintheoldendayspeoplebelieved

    theobethedire,ohe

    threesonsofnoah.athousandyearslater,theakkadians

    ittotheruleofthearites,another

    seticdeserttriberabibuilthielf

    agnifitpalatheholycityofbabylonandwhavehispeopleasetoflaadethebabylonianstate

    thebestadnisteredeireoftheahe

    hittites,youeetiestant,over

    railevalleyaroyedevertheyuldnot

    carryauhefollowers

    ofthegreatdesertgod,ashur,selvesassyrians

    ahecityofheterofavast

    andterribleeireeasiaand

    egyptandgatheredtaxesfrontlesssubjectratil

    theendoftheseveurybeforethebirthofchristwhen

    theitictribe,reestablishedbabylonand

    dethatportantcapitalofthatday.

    nebuezzar,thebestkns,enuraged

    thestudyofsodeknoy

    aicsisallbasedupoainfirstprinciplesh

    hechaldeans.intheyear538b.c.a

    crudetribeofpersianshepherdsihisoldlandand

    overthrepireofthechaldeans.twohundredyears

    later,theyintuhrohegreat,

    eltingpotofsony

    setietherons

    andaftertherons,theturks,andsopotaa,thesend

    treoftheeavastwildeess

    oundsofearthtoldastoryofaglory.

    ses

    thestoryofses,theleaderofthe

    jewishpeople

    sotidurihturybeforeourera,

    asllanduniortanttribeofseticshepherdshadleft

    itsoldho,outh

    oftheeuphrates,andhadtriedtofindneureshin

    thedoinofthekingsofbabylonia.theyhadbeendriven

    aovedward

    lookingforalittlepieceofunoccupiedterritoryhey

    ghtsetuptheirtents.

    thistribeofshepherdshehebrewsor,as

    ,thejeheyhadwanderedfarandwide,

    andafternyyearsofdrearyperegrinationstheyhadbeen

    giveeri.forrethauriesthey

    haddongtheegyptiansandheiradopteduntry

    hadbeenoverrunbythehyksosraudersasitold

    youioryofegypttheyhadoketheelves

    usefultothefninvaderandhadbeeinthe

    undisturbedpossessionoftheirgrazingfields.butaftera

    loianshaddriventhe

    hyksosoutofthevalleyofthehenthejewshad

    eupoisfortheyhadbeendegradedtotherank

    ofnslavesandtheyhadbeenforcedtohe

    royalroadsandonthepyrads.andasthefrontierswere

    guardedbytheegyptiansoldiersithadbeeniossiblefor

    thejeoescape.

    afternyyearsofsufferiheir

    serablefatebyayoungjeoses,whoforalong

    tihaddinthedesertandtherehadleaedtoappreciate

    thesilevirtuesofhisearliestaors,

    aselves

    berruptedbytheeaseand

    ...
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