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Title: A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology;
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hastings, James, 1852-1922 Selbie, John A. (John Alexander), 1856-1931
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: Edinburgh : Clark New York, Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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phrates in Mesopotamia;and on the south to the Radinu and Turnat,tributaries of the Tigris—one of wliich is to beidentified with the modern Diy^la. ihe Climate of Assyria—as we might imaginefrom its comparatively northern situation—may besaid to be really very temperate. The generalnature of the country Is preponderatingly moun-tainous. Only the capitals were situated on theTigris in the valley, e.r/. ancient Assur, Nineveh,and Kal.akh (Cahih Gn lO-). The new royalresidence built by Sargon, Bur-Sarrnkin (Sargonsca-stle), the modern l^horsabad, was situated tothe north of Nhieveh, just at the foot of themountains; while the well-known city of Istar,the market-town Arbela (Arbailu, i.e. Town of theFour Gods—now called Erbil), together with thegreat juilitary place to the south-west of it, Kakzi(modern Shemamek), etc., were situated in thehigher p,arts of Assyria. With regard to the Flora of Assyria, the slopesof the last-mentioned mountain districts were Charles Scribners .Simj*
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ASSYRIA ASSYKIA i: covered with oak, plane, and wild pine trees; whileon the plain proper, besides abundance iif nuts, figand olive trees flourished, together with the vineplant. These last were originally unknown to theEast-Semitic districts, and were first iniiwrted bythe Assyrian kings from Syria. Agriculture wasconfined mainly to the cultivation of wheat, barley,hemp, and millet. The Fauna was formerly far more varied thanit is to-day, as the pictures on the monumentsand the statements in tlie inscriptions provebeyond the possibility of doubt. In addition tohares, roes, stags, and mountain goats, lions andwild oxen (rimu, Heb. riieni) were found in greatnumbers—the former in the tall reed plantationson the banks of the Tigris, the latter in the moun-tain districts, the happy hunting-grounds ofthe Assyrians. Magnificent horses—the famousAssyrian chargers, which were probably of theMedo-Elaraite type—and cattle, goats, and sheeppastured on the slopes ; while wild asses and cam

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