Vignaud Pamphlets: Asia Minor1915 |
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Page 129
... important seaport on the Persian Gulf . It is now 125 miles from the sea . Both lands were entirely dependent for their habitability and fertility on the rivers which traversed them . In Meso- potamia the Tigris and the Euphrates have ...
... important seaport on the Persian Gulf . It is now 125 miles from the sea . Both lands were entirely dependent for their habitability and fertility on the rivers which traversed them . In Meso- potamia the Tigris and the Euphrates have ...
Page 131
... that the ancient town of Eridu was still , at about 3000 B. C. , an important seaport on the Persian Gulf . It is now 125 miles from the sea ( see page 129 ) . 1 Underwood & Underwood IRRIGATION ON THE EUPHRATES , WHERE.
... that the ancient town of Eridu was still , at about 3000 B. C. , an important seaport on the Persian Gulf . It is now 125 miles from the sea ( see page 129 ) . 1 Underwood & Underwood IRRIGATION ON THE EUPHRATES , WHERE.
Page 135
... important of all , they had already evolved a very complete and highly de- veloped system of writing , which in itself must have taken centuries to reach the stage at which it is first found . It began , no doubt , with pure picture ...
... important of all , they had already evolved a very complete and highly de- veloped system of writing , which in itself must have taken centuries to reach the stage at which it is first found . It began , no doubt , with pure picture ...
Page 150
... important things to think of than the immediate destruction of a small and obscure city like Jerusalem . Jeru- salem's turn would come in due time ; meanwhile it could wait . So he marched with the main army straight on Egypt , leaving ...
... important things to think of than the immediate destruction of a small and obscure city like Jerusalem . Jeru- salem's turn would come in due time ; meanwhile it could wait . So he marched with the main army straight on Egypt , leaving ...
Page 155
... important cities in the land , and it is from these copies , made on clay tablets and preserved in the library of the king's palace , that the bulk of what is known of Assyrian and Baby- lonian history and religion has been learned . By ...
... important cities in the land , and it is from these copies , made on clay tablets and preserved in the library of the king's palace , that the bulk of what is known of Assyrian and Baby- lonian history and religion has been learned . By ...
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Page 132 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 161 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 130 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 161 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 67 - Ho was born in 1841, a year after the second expedition of Sir Charles Fellows, at Xanthos. Near Sendjirli I know an Armenian woman who is very fair; her own people pretend that she is the daughter of an American. But all these are rare exceptions, of no general importance, and I feel sure that the modern admixture of European blood is in no way responsible for the great number of light-colored people also in the interior of Asia Minor and Syria. That in Oriental towns with very hot summers the death...
Page 71 - Kurds, but we do not know when these tribes first set then- foot upon the soil of their present home. The Assyrian annals and careful excavations on the upper Euphrates and Tigris will probably, at some future time, shed light upon this question. Meanwhile it is important to state two facts : The Kurds speak an Aryan language, and they have long heads and generally blue eyes and f air hair.
Page 157 - Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not be cured.
Page 69 - Gypsy tents as high up as 8,000feet. Unhappily, nothing is known about their early migrations and history; they speak Turkish in Asia Minor, Arabic in Syria, and keep secret their own language with so much care that my various and repeated efforts to get at least a few phrases turned out a complete...
Page 64 - always remain a mystery." Since then minute anthropometric researches and vast excavations have both thrown light on most of the problems connected with this "mystery," so that it may now be considered as practically solved. My own way of proceeding was to eliminate one by one every national or racial element that could be traced as having come from outside, and then to study the remainder. It was my good fortune to begin archeological and anthropometric field work in Lycia as early as 1881, and...